12 must-read fiction books like Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1) by Allen Drury

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Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1)

By: Allen Drury

4.11

Format: None pages,

ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of political animals in their natural habitat and is universally reco…

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1. The Yearling

By: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

4.03

Format: 513 pages, Paperback

No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Words began fights and words ended them."

-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

"I'm eating' it quick... but I'll remember it a long time."

-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

"He would be lonely all his life. But a man took it for his share and went on."

-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

"Well, son, you cain’t go thru life chunkin’ things at all the ugly women you meet."

-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

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2. The Fixer

By: Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Safran Foer

3.98

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

A classic that won Malamud both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The Fixer (1966)… read more

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"In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"Where to look if you've lost your mind?"

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"I fix what's broken - except in the heart."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

"Charity you can give even when you haven't got."

-Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

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3. Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1)

By: Allen Drury

4.11

Format: None pages,

ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of political animals in their natural habitat and is universally reco… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • literature
  • politics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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4. The Caine Mutiny

By: Herman Wouk

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutinyand the hit Broadway play The Caine Mu… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Arrowsmith

By: E.L. Doctorow , Sinclair Lewis

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Originally published in 1925, after three years of anticipation, the book follows the life of Marti… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Tales of the South Pacific

By: James A. Michener

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Enter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. House Made of Dawn

By: N. Scott Momaday

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a stranger in his native land A young Native Americ… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. A Bell for Adano

By: John Hersey

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

An Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople whe… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Keepers of the House

By: Shirley Ann Grau

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, The Keepers of the Houseis Shirley Ann Grau's masterwork, a m… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. In This Our Life

By: Ellen Glasgow

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This novel is an analytical study of the feeling of kinship as it is manifested in the Timberlake f… read more

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11. The Reivers

By: William Faulkner

4.21

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car … read more

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12. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

By: Oscar Hijuelos

3.84

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

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13. A Fable

By: William Faulkner

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

This novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955. An allegorical story of… read more

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14. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

By: Robert Lewis Taylor

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Enjoyed by millions since its first publication in 1958 The Travels Of Jaimie McPheeters is the liv… read more

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15. The Confessions of Nat Turner

By: William Styron

3.95

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader … read more

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16. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

By: Robert Olen Butler

3.68

Format: None pages,

Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam … read more

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17. Now in November

By: Nancy Hoffman , Josephine Winslow Johnson

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brilliant, evocative, poetic, savage, this Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel (1934) written when J… read more

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18. Elbow Room

By: James Alan McPherson

3.37

Format: 414 pages,

A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive … read more

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19. Andersonville

By: MacKinlay Kantor

4.23

Format: 690 pages, Paperback

The 1956 Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the Andersonville Fortress and its use as a concentration … read more

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20. Ironweed

By: William Kennedy

3.68

Format: 336 pages,

Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he… read more

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21. The Edge of Sadness

By: Edwin O'Connor , Amy Welborn , Ron Hansen

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A realistic Christian novel of hope in a non-Christian age."--New England Quarterly "A deeply felt… read more

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7 Top novels books like Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1) by Allen Drury

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The Fixer

Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Safran Foer

3.98

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Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent, #1)

Allen Drury

4.11

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Arrowsmith

E.L. Doctorow , Sinclair Lewis

3.63

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House Made of Dawn

N. Scott Momaday

3.45

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The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

4.03

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Years of Grace

Margaret Ayer Barnes

3.70

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John P. Marquand

0.00

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Conrad Richter

3.75

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