13 must-read fiction books like When the Green Woods Laugh by H.E. Bates

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When the Green Woods Laugh

By: H.E. Bates

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

'When the Green Woods Laugh' was the third in a series of five immensely popular comic novels featu…

If you liked the fiction plot in When the Green Woods Laugh by H.E. Bates , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth, #2) by M.C. Beaton

1. Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth, #2)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.83

Format: 214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A CAD: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWh… read more

Similar categories in M.C. Beaton's Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth, #2) book and H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh

  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. The Railway Children

By: E. Nesbit

4.02

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

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3. The Empty House

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.85

Format: 249 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the h… read more

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  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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4. Moonlight Cove (Chesapeake Shores, #6)

By: Sherryl Woods

4.08

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jess O'Brien has overcome a lot: the challenges of attention deficit disorder, the near bankruptcy … read more

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  • fiction
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5. The Fire Baby (Philip Dryden, #2)

By: Jim Kelly

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the stifling heat wave of June 1976, an American plane crashes on the Cambridgeshire Fens, the p… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. A Zoo in My Luggage

By: Gerald Durrell , Ralph Thompson

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Fans of Gerald Durrell's timeless classic My Family and Other Animalswill love this hilarious tale,… read more

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  • humor
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7. The Jeeves Omnibus Vol. 1 (Jeeves, #5, 7, & 2)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

'It beats me why a man of his genius is satisfied to hang around pressing my clothes and whatnot,' … read more

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  • classics
  • humor
  • fiction
  • novels
  • comedy
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8. Five Go On A Strategy Away Day

By: Bruno Vincent

3.67

Format: None pages,

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourit… read more

Similar categories in Bruno Vincent's Five Go On A Strategy Away Day book and H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
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9. When the Green Woods Laugh

By: H.E. Bates

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

'When the Green Woods Laugh' was the third in a series of five immensely popular comic novels featu… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh book and H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • modern
  • fiction
  • novels
  • comedy

10. The Mabinogion

By: Unknown , Jeffrey Gantz

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other … read more

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11. Agatha's First Case

By: M.C. Beaton

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

At age twenty six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leavi… read more

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12. The Enchanted Castle

By: E. Nesbit , H.R. Millar

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Jerry, Jimmy, and Cathy stumble upon a mysterious castle with a beautiful princess asleep in the ga… read more

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13. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more

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14. Driftwood Cottage (Chesapeake Shores, #5)

By: Sherryl Woods

4.08

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Single mom Heather Donovan’s dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she sett… read more

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  • fiction
"Relationships are never static. They have to evolve over time as the individuals in them change."

-Sherryl Woods, Driftwood Cottage (Chesapeake Shores, #5)

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15. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1) book and H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

16. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
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17. Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch

By: Bob Mortimer

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

TWO COMEDY GREATS TALK LIFE, FRIENDSHIP AND THE JOYS OF FISHING... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whiteho… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch book and H.E. Bates's When the Green Woods Laugh

  • humor
  • comedy
Cover of A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) by S.J.  Bennett

18. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
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19. 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
  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of East End Angels (East End Angels #1) by Rosie Hendry

20. East End Angels (East End Angels #1)

By: Rosie Hendry

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet The East End Angels, the newest members of Station Seventy-Five's ambulance crew Strong-wil… read more

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5 Best classics books like When the Green Woods Laugh by H.E. Bates

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E. Nesbit

4.02

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Rosamunde Pilcher

3.85

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P.G. Wodehouse

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4.18

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Tom Hindle

3.55

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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C.L. Miller

3.37

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