13 Top fiction books like The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates

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The Darling Buds of May

By: H.E. Bates

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Darling Buds of May, which came out in 1958, was the first of five Larkin novels and in it read…

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1. Before Lunch

By: Angela Thirkell

3.58

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Middle-aged Catherine Middleton, married to an obtuse but endearing older man, is the still center … read more

Similar categories in Angela Thirkell's Before Lunch book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • comedy
"If it were in his destiny, which he felt it never would be, to love and be loved, he could imagine a way of love quite different from what he had just seen."

-Angela Thirkell, Before Lunch

"Miss Starter said that she felt herself that quite enough was done for refugees and there was a woman psychopath in Surbiton who had done wonders for a friend of hers."

-Angela Thirkell, Before Lunch

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2. Hello Mum

By: Bernardine Evaristo

3.69

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chi… read more

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  • fiction
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3. If Only They Could Talk

By: James Herriot

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he… read more

Similar categories in James Herriot's If Only They Could Talk book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • humor
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4. Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #1)

By: Miss Read

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Miss Read's charming chronicles of small-town life have achieved an almost legendary popularity wor… read more

Similar categories in Miss Read's Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #1) book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Darling Buds of May

By: H.E. Bates

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Darling Buds of May, which came out in 1958, was the first of five Larkin novels and in it read… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • historical fiction
  • comedy
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6. Village Diary (Chronicles of Fairacre, #2)

By: Miss Read

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

The enchanting follow-up to Village School, Miss Read's beloved first novel, Village Diary once aga… read more

Similar categories in Miss Read's Village Diary (Chronicles of Fairacre, #2) book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7. Gossip from Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #6)

By: Miss Read

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

GOSSIP FROM THRUSH GREEN returns readers to the delightful English village, neighbor to Fairacre, f… read more

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8. Queen Lucia (Lucia, #1)

By: E.F. Benson

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

Queen Lucia is the first book in the Mapp and Lucia series. Mrs. Lucas, Lucia to her intimates, res… read more

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9. Celebrations at Thrush Green

By: Miss Read

3.68

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Miss Read's 36th novel takes readers back to the village of Thrush Green, where special plans and c… read more

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10. Vertigo 42 (Richard Jury, #23)

By: Martha Grimes

5.00

Format: None pages,

In her latest Richard Jury mystery, Martha Grimes delivers the newest addition to the bestselling s… read more

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11. Diary of a Provincial Lady

By: E.M. Delafield

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

When Diary of a Provincial Ladywas first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic g… read more

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12. Darling

By: India Knight

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for grea… read more

Similar categories in India Knight's Darling book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
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13. 73 Dove Street

By: Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The page-turning and evocative new novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Gir… read more

Similar categories in Julie Owen Moylan's 73 Dove Street book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1)

By: Victor Canning

4.02

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his li… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Lark

By: E. Nesbit

3.80

Format: 263 pages, None

"When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we've got - to have a lark entirely on our own… read more

Similar categories in E. Nesbit's The Lark book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • classics
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
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16. Pilgrim: 25 Ways God’s Character Leads Us Onward

By: Ruth Chou Simons

4.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A Publishers Weekly Bestseller Guideposts of Grace for Your Faith Journey   As a follower of Chris… read more

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17. Falling Animals

By: Sheila Armstrong

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the las… read more

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  • fiction
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18. Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

By: Molly Clavering

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war expe… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Secrets of Blythswood Square

By: Sara Sheridan

4.19

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Blythswood Square... 1846. Glasg… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sheridan's The Secrets of Blythswood Square book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Vol. 1

By: Takuto Kashiki

4.07

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Deep within a lush, green forest live Hakumei and Mikochi. Making their home in trees, using leaves… read more

Similar categories in Takuto Kashiki's Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Vol. 1 book and H.E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May

  • fiction

8 Top classics books like The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates

Transform Your Habits

Before Lunch

Angela Thirkell

3.58

Transform Your Habits

If Only They Could Talk

James Herriot

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Thrush Green (Thrush Green, #1)

Miss Read

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Darling Buds of May

H.E. Bates

3.83

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18 Top fiction books like 73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylan

Transform Your Habits

The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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You Are Here

David Nicholls

4.08

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The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

Lucy Barker

3.55

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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