Noah Gordon 2001
- What it is
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A long road where every step counts · a world to get lost in
- Genre
- Historical fiction Classics
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
Books similar to The Physician
Coming from The Physician? Start with King Solomon's Mines, Shogun, Winter King. 45 more below, each with why it fits.
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King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard 2000
A world to get lost in · in search of a lost world or a treasure
3 books
Sensual and the long road
Between two fires
Christopher Buehlman 2012
Like yours: the long road · it ties your stomach in a knot
Cold mountain
Charles Frazier 1997
In common with yours: the long road · it stays with you
Spear
Nicola Griffith 2022
In common with yours: the long road · love in the middle of danger
12 books
Sensual and epic
Shogun
James Clavell 1975
You won't want to come back · a big story that sweeps you along
Winter King
Bernard Cornwell 1995
Love in the middle of danger · an adventure with a love story in it
Die Drei Musketiere
Alexandre Dumas 1973
Love and laughs in equal parts · love in the middle of danger
The Persian Boy
Mary Renault 1972
Tender and sad at once · a small, intimate story
Ssea Of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh 2005
A world to get lost in · strangers who become a family
Ilium
Dan Simmons 2006
Full of big ideas · a myth or a classic told anew
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe 1800
It makes you think, without a lecture · surviving with everything scarce
Mundo Anillo
Larry Niven 2011
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6
Frank Herbert 1965
A world to get lost in · full of big ideas
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2008
A world to get lost in · love in the middle of danger
Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon 2023
It raises the temperature, but in fantasy
2 books
The long road and epic
News of the World ARE
Paulette Jiles 2016
Like yours: the long road · tender and sad at once
Wanderers
Chuck Wendig 2019
Like yours: the long road · a big story that sweeps you along
10 books · Alike in just one
Only sensual
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen 2006
The same sensual and atmospheric, turned more bittersweet and dark
Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead 2021
As atmospheric and adventurous as yours, only more bittersweet and mysterious
Nautical Chart
Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2000
It messes with your head · it changes how you see things
Hating Game
Sally Thorne 2016
It raises the temperature, but in a romance
Thunderhead
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 1999
A mystery you want to solve, but in a thriller
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne 2007
Adventure with a touch of madness · one more chapter, then another
City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert 2019
Funny and sad at once · sharp and very funny
3 books · Alike in just one
Only the long road
The Hunger
Alma Katsu 2018
In common with yours: the long road · properly scary
The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce 2012
Like yours: the long road · it hurts, and then it heals
12 books · Alike in just one
Only epic
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexander Dumas 1940
Just as epic and adventurous, but more morally grey and hopeful
Sarum
Edward Rutherfurd 1987
You won't want to come back · a big story that sweeps you along
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell 1992
Love hurts sometimes · a big story that sweeps you along
The Godfather
Mario Puzo 2004
You end up rooting for the wrong people · a big story that sweeps you along
Gates of fire
Steven Pressfield 1998
It leaves you shaken · a big story that sweeps you along
East of Eden
John Steinbeck 1952
It hurts, and then it heals · it makes you think, without a lecture
The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared
Jonas Jonasson 2012
Odd and endearing · sharp and very funny
El reino imposible
Yeyo Balbás 2026
It grabs you with a mystery · you can't put it down
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende 1994
You won't want to come back · it leaves you shaken
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee 2017
It makes you cry, in a good way · fierce and defiant
4 books
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Comforting, like coming home · love hurts sometimes
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017
Love hurts sometimes · it makes you cry, in a good way
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