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Books like The spy who loved me

Loved The spy who loved me by Ian Fleming? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from romance, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

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    Mathilda

    Mary Shelley · 1959 · Romance

    Relatando la historia desde su lecho de muerte, Matilda cuenta la historia de la confesión de su padre sobre el amor incestuoso que sentía hacia ella, seguido por su suicidio mediante ahogamiento; su

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    Loving

    Danielle Steel · 1980 · Romance

    Bettina Daniels lived a fairytale existence of glamour, endless parties, and luxury among America's top celebrities -- simply because she was the beautiful daughter of famous American author Justin Da

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    Gone With the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell · 1936 · Romance

    Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the cent

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    Lucy Gayheart

    Willa Cather · 1935 · Romance

    Fervently pursuing the life of an artist, a young music student leaves behind her small midwestern town existence and comes to know the elation and heartache of a life in the creative world.

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    The Free Fishers

    John Buchan · 1934 · Romance

    Set in a bleak Yorkshire hamlet, this is a tale of treason and romance. Anthony Lammas, Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, becomes entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens the country.

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    Eva Luna

    Isabel Allende · 1987 · Romance

    The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence.

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    Guess How Much I Love You

    Sam McBratney · 1994 · Romance

    Welcome the family classic with an elegant, refreshed cover — the quintessential picture book, just waiting to be shared. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of de

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    Lady Susan

    Jane Austen · 1925 · Romance

    Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted no

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    Bridget Jones's Diary

    Helen Fielding · 1996 · Romance

    A single Londoner's diary of resolutions, cigarettes and Mr Wrong; the book that launched a genre.

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    Aaron's Rod

    D. H. Lawrence · 1922 · Romance

    An amateur musician leaves a coal mining town in the English Midlands, going first to London and later to Florence.

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