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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: 4.08 · 147,742 ratings · 12,784 reviews · 87 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Town Like Alice 4.16 avg rating — 61,408 ratings — published 1950 — 363 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 3.98 avg rating — 48,969 ratings — published 1957 — 425 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 4.31 avg rating — 5,701 ratings — published 1960 — 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
	Pied Piper 4.27 avg rating — 5,218 ratings — published 1942 — 221 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 4.03 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 1952	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 4.08 avg rating — 2,595 ratings — published 1955 — 112 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 4.01 avg rating — 2,096 ratings — published 1948 — 160 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 4.10 avg rating — 1,975 ratings — published 1944 — 25 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 4.13 avg rating — 1,827 ratings — published 1951 — 106 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 4.10 avg rating — 1,523 ratings — published 1947 — 129 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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Vote for the July discussion book! Read in June, discussion opens July 1st. Please remember, a vote is a commitment to read/discuss if your book wins. Happy voting!

Ariel by Steven R. Boyett
1983, 325 pages, 3.63 (1,300+ ratings)

4 votes, 40.0%

Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson
2010, 253 pages, 3.91 (2,000+ ratings)

2 votes, 20.0%

On the Beach by Nevil Shute
1957, 312 pages, 3.9 (29,000 ratings)
Kindle $8.87, paperback cheap used

2 votes, 20.0%

Ende: A Diary Of The Third World War by Anton-Andreas Guha
1986, 176 pages, 4.62 stars (8 ratings)
Paperback only

1 vote, 10.0%

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
2013, 382 pages, 4.19 stars (34,000 ratings)
$6.99 Kindle, $8.94 paperback

1 vote, 10.0%

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