15 Top fiction books like The Lady with the Ship on Her Head by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

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The Lady with the Ship on Her Head

By: Deborah Nourse Lattimore

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Madame Pompenstance decides to decorate her hair with seashells in a desperate attempt to win the p…

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1. The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his ev… read more

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  • fiction
"I should at least die as I had lived—fighting."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

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2. The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.83

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

Impetuous and headstrong is Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter. Tara meets Prince… read more

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  • fiction
"It is a strange tale and utterly Barsoomian."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)

"What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted?" demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm. "Men have died for less than that, ancient one," E-Thas reminded him. "I am safe," retorted I-Gos, "for I am not a brave…"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)

"Tears came to the soft eyes of the slave girl. "It is because I love you, my princess," she said softly. Tara of Helium melted. She took the slave in her arms and kissed her. "I have the disposition …"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)

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3. Mr. Harrison's Confessions

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.70

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This charming and witty prequel to Cranford is a neglected Gaskell classic with all the period deta… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We found out that we mutually disliked each other, and were contented with the discovery. If people are worth anything, this sort of non-liking is a very good beginning of friendship. Every good qual…"

-Elizabeth Gaskell, Mr. Harrison's Confessions

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4. North and South

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Alan Shelston

4.15

Format: 521 pages, Paperback

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her com… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be. "

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

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5. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

The Return of Sherlock Holmesis a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Cranford

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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9. The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into th… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"The kid is a pest, a wart, and a pot of poison, and should be strangled!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"My God, man!" I gargled. "The cravat! The gent's neckwear! Why? For what reason?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"I thought Eustace *was* a horrible accident, and Claude about the same, but I didn't say so."

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

10. Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A Jeeves and Wooster novel Thank You, Jeevesis the first novel to feature the incomparable valet Je… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (Jeeves, #11)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Bertie is in it up to his neck when a perfectly harmless visit to … read more

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  • fiction
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12. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. My Lady Ludlow

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.91

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Lady Ludlow is absolute mistress of Hanbury Court and a resolute opponent of anything that might di… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more

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15. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Known and loved by generation after generation, this shrewd amateur detective, with faithful Dr Wat… read more

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16. Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.72

Format: 272 pages,

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more

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17. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.25

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Employers are like horses — they require management."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)

18. Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Th… read more

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19. The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more

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20. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (Jeeves, #15)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.60

Format: None pages,

A tome of well-mannered high comedy, from the "unrivaled master of the comedy of manners" - Enterta… read more

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21. Ming Lo Moves the Mountain

By: Arnold Lobel

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ming Lo's wife is angry. The couple live beside a big mountain which causes them no end of trouble.… read more

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22. The Mating Season (Jeeves, #9)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village of King's Deverill, imposto… read more

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23. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more

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24. A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Seelye

3.81

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most… read more

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  • fiction
"Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"Twenty years have intervened; for ten of them I lived and fought for Dejah Thoris and her people, and for ten I have lived upon her memory."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"Day had now given away to night and as we wandered along the great avenue lighted by the two moons of Barsoom, and with Earth looking down upon us out of her luminous green eye, it seemed that we wer…"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

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25. The Lady with the Ship on Her Head

By: Deborah Nourse Lattimore

4.07

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Madame Pompenstance decides to decorate her hair with seashells in a desperate attempt to win the p… read more

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7 Best historical fiction books like The Lady with the Ship on Her Head by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Transform Your Habits

Mr. Harrison's Confessions

Elizabeth Gaskell

3.70

Transform Your Habits

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell , Alan Shelston

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

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Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)

Philip José Farmer

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Asleep in Armageddon

Ray Bradbury

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)

Michael Moorcock

3.45

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