11 best-selling fiction books like The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam

The People on Privilege Hill

By: Jane Gardam

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, wher…

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1. A Countess Below Stairs

By: Eva Ibbotson

3.91

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no ch… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
"A countess, eh?"

-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs

"What the devil are you doing here?"

-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs

"A faint terror lest she begin to curtsy took hold of Rupert."

-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs

"When you’re sad, Little Star, go out of doors. It’s always better underneath the open sky."

-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs

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2. True North

By: Jim Harrison

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

True North is the story of a family torn apart and a man engaged in profound reckoning with the dam… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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3. A Star Called Henry

By: Roddy Doyle

4.11

Format: 96 pages,

Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern I… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Book of Forgotten Authors

By: Christopher Fowler

4.18

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. It makes people think you're dead. So begins Christophe… read more

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  • literature
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5. Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee

By: Thomas Brussig

4.04

Format: 192 pages,

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  • fiction
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6. The Corner That Held Them

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

3.94

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here In memory of the wife who had once … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • british literature
"And here am I, she thought, fixed in the religious life like a candle on a spike. I consume, I burn away, always lighting the same corner, always beleaguered by the same shadows; and in the end I sha…"

-Sylvia Townsend Warner, The Corner That Held Them

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7. Blaming

By: Elizabeth Taylor , Jonathan Keates

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Paperback

A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentiet… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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8. The Brandons

By: Angela Thirkell

3.72

Format: 395 pages,

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

9. The Bachelors

By: Muriel Spark

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

First found contentedly chatting in their London clubs and shopping at Fortnum's, the cozy bachelor… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

10. The People on Privilege Hill

By: Jane Gardam

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, wher… read more

Similar categories in Jane Gardam's The People on Privilege Hill book and Jane Gardam's The People on Privilege Hill

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 21st century

11. Treasures of Time

By: Penelope Lively

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Treasures of Time is the twelfth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively, a spellbindi… read more

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12. A Snow Garden and Other Stories

By: Rachel Joyce

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Hardcover

Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. … read more

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13. Aiding and Abetting

By: Muriel Spark

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Aiding and Abetting, the doyenne of literary satire has written a wickedly amusing and subversiv… read more

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14. Selected Stories

By: Alice Munro

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Spanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads … read more

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15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

By: Alice Munro

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In the her tenth collection (the title story of which is the basis for the new film Hateship Lovesh… read more

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16. The Hearing Trumpet

By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more

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17. Bark: Stories

By: Lorrie Moore

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

These eight masterly stories reveal Lorrie Moore at her most mature and in a perfect configuration … read more

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18. A Faraway Smell of Lemon

By: Rachel Joyce

3.77

Format: None pages,

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19. Airs Above the Ground

By: Mary Stewart

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in love, did not think it was a strange for h… read more

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20. The Road to Lichfield

By: Penelope Lively

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
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21. This Is Happiness

By: Niall Williams

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"

-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness

5 Top literature books like The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam

Transform Your Habits

True North

Jim Harrison

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Forgotten Authors

Christopher Fowler

4.18

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The Corner That Held Them

Sylvia Townsend Warner

3.94

The People on Privilege Hill

Jane Gardam

4.15

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14 Best fiction books like The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Transform Your Habits

The Vet's Daughter

Kathryn Davis , Barbara Comyns

3.90

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Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

Barbara Comyns

3.85

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Berg

Giles Gordon , Ann Quin

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Sleepless Nights

Geoffrey O'Brien , Elizabeth Hardwick

3.74

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