7 best-selling classics books like The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett, Frank Swinnerton

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The Grand Babylon Hotel

By: Arnold Bennett , Frank Swinnerton

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Grand Babylon Hotel is an exclusive London establishment, and American millionaire Theodore Rac…

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1. The Secret Agent

By: Joseph Conrad

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Bad world for poor people."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"To the destruction of what is."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

"A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale."

-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

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2. Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II

By: Geoffrey Parker

3.95

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain’s be… read more

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3. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

4.00

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here On a rainy Sunday in Januar… read more

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  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."

-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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4. The Grand Babylon Hotel

By: Arnold Bennett , Frank Swinnerton

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Grand Babylon Hotel is an exclusive London establishment, and American millionaire Theodore Rac… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • historical
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The Mystery of the Yellow Room

By: Gaston Leroux

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

The young lady had just retired to her room when sounds of a struggle ensue, and cries of "Murder!"… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • crime
  • fiction

6. Hotel du Lac

By: Anita Brookner

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

"Impeccably written and suffused with pleasing wit."--Newsweek In the novel that won her the Booker… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature

7. The Hotel

By: Elizabeth Bowen

3.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

These were the balmy days of the 1920s. The Hotel was a comfortable hotel on the Italian Riviera, r… read more

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  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • british literature
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8. Orient Express

By: Christopher Hitchens , Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

As the Orient Express hurtles across Europe on its three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople,… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature

9. The Window at the White Cat

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jack Knox adored the beautiful Margery Fleming, but she adored the less-than-reputable Harry Wardro… read more

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10. The Beginning of Spring

By: Penelope Fitzgerald

4.67

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

In March 1913, Frank Reid's wife abruptly leaves him and Moscow for her native England. Naturally, … read more

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11. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

By: Wilkie Collins

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Is there no explanation of the mystery of The Haunted Hotel? Is The Haunted Hotel the tale of a hau… read more

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12. The Beetle

By: Richard Marsh

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The Beetle' (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with … read more

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13. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

By: R.A. Dick , Josephine Leslie

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Co… read more

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14. The Touchstone

By: Edith Wharton

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of basenes… read more

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15. Hotel World

By: Ali Smith

4.50

Format: 176 pages,

Five disparate voices inhabit Ali Smith's dreamlike, mesmerising Hotel World, set in the luxurious … read more

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16. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.08

Format: None pages,

When Paul spoke in that tone and wore that look, Lillian felt as if they had changed places, and he… read more

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17. The Good Soldier

By: Ford Madox Ford , None , Kenneth Womack

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldierrelates the complex social and sexua… read more

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18. Three Weeks

By: Elinor Glyn , Sally Beauman

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

This hugely enjoyable novel, a scandalous success in 1907, is even today, startling for its enthusi… read more

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19. The Case of the Wandering Scholar (A Laetitia Rodd Mystery, #2)

By: Kate Saunders

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Reifrock, Tee und Mord: ein neuer Fall für Laetitia Rodd, die Ermittlerin, die alles sieht und kein… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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20. Nadie contará la verdad

By: Pedro Feijóo

3.92

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Marosa Vega, una talentosa y hábil periodista que fue despedida por su inquebrantable compromiso co… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink by Matthew Parker

21. One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink

By: Matthew Parker

4.15

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its… read more

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  • 20th century
  • british literature

9 must-read fiction books like The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett, Frank Swinnerton

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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

3.59

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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey

4.00

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The Grand Babylon Hotel

Arnold Bennett , Frank Swinnerton

4.33

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Gaston Leroux

3.64

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The Vet's Daughter

Kathryn Davis , Barbara Comyns

3.90

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A Far Cry from Kensington

Muriel Spark

3.83

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The Tortoise and the Hare

Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Jenkins

3.94

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The Priory

Dorothy Whipple

4.21

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