8 Best fiction books like The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20) by Ralph McInerny

Cover of The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20) by Ralph McInerny

The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

By: Ralph McInerny

3.61

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

To Father Roger Dowling, St. Hilary's parish in Fox River, Illinois, seems to be buzzing with busin…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20) by Ralph McInerny , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

By: Dee Brown

4.25

Format: 509 pages, Paperback

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more

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"It is too often the case,"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Cover of Switchblade (Harry Bosch, #16.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #26.5) by Michael    Connelly

2. Switchblade (Harry Bosch, #16.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #26.5)

By: Michael Connelly

3.70

Format: 32 pages, ebook

An anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing … read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Switchblade (Harry Bosch, #16.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #26.5) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Thunderhead by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

3. Thunderhead

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mys… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Thunderhead book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Seventy-Seven Clocks (Bryant & May, #3) by Christopher Fowler

4. Seventy-Seven Clocks (Bryant & May, #3)

By: Christopher Fowler

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

The odd couple of detection -- the brilliant but cranky detectives of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Fowler's Seventy-Seven Clocks (Bryant & May, #3) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • mystery
  • fiction

5. The Wisdom of Father Brown (Father Brown, #2)

By: G.K. Chesterton

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes but he is also, to q… read more

Similar categories in G.K. Chesterton's The Wisdom of Father Brown (Father Brown, #2) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Phantastes by George MacDonald

6. Phantastes

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more

Similar categories in George MacDonald's Phantastes book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • fiction

7. The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #18; Harry Bosch Universe, #22)

By: Michael Connelly

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992… read more

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Cover of Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) by C.S. Lewis

8. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • fiction
"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

9. Moriarty

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's nail-biting new novel plunges us back into th… read more

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10. False Witness (Sister Agatha, #4)

By: Aimée Thurlo , David Thurlo

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Situated in rural New Mexico, Our Lady of Hope Monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft … read more

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Cover of Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) by C.S. Lewis

11. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • fiction
"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

Cover of The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20) by Ralph McInerny

12. The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

By: Ralph McInerny

3.61

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

To Father Roger Dowling, St. Hilary's parish in Fox River, Illinois, seems to be buzzing with busin… read more

Similar categories in Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20) book and Ralph McInerny's The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, #20)

  • mystery
  • fiction

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4.36

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3.78

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3.50

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2.67

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George MacDonald

3.48

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Andrew Peterson

4.33

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3.90

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