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Nevil Shute

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

January 17, 1899

Died

January 12, 1960

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

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Nevil Shute Norway was a popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer.

He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels.

He lived in Australia for the ten years before his death.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 138,538 ratings · 11,734 reviews · 93 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 58,927 ratings — published 1950 — 354 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Beach 3.97 avg rating — 45,699 ratings — published 1957 — 416 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trustee from the Toolroom 4.30 avg rating — 4,872 ratings — published 1960 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pied Piper 4.26 avg rating — 4,617 ratings — published 1942 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Far Country 4.02 avg rating — 2,473 ratings — published 1952 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem for a Wren 4.06 avg rating — 2,417 ratings — published 1955 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Highway 3.99 avg rating — 1,928 ratings — published 1948 — 155 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pastoral 4.07 avg rating — 1,769 ratings — published 1944 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Round the Bend 4.12 avg rating — 1,700 ratings — published 1951 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chequer Board 4.09 avg rating — 1,432 ratings — published 1947 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.”
― Nevil Shute, Round the Bend

tags: stupidity

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“It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.”
― Nevil Shute, On the Beach

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“She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done."
"That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.”
― Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

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Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

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Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck

35 votes, 18.5%

On the Beach by Nevil Shute

26 votes, 13.8%

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali

21 votes, 11.1%

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

19 votes, 10.1%

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

16 votes, 8.5%

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

7 votes, 3.7%

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