Cold Sassy Tree
By: Olive Ann Burns
4.02
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around--fast. On July …
Want to Read $ 13.99"Also, he set great store on a man doing right by his family."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"She's as dead as she'll every be, ain't she? Well, ain't she?"-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"Grandpa had made the Lord seem so real, I wouldn't of been surprised if he'd said good night to Him. But after a long pause he just said a-men."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
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1. Murder in Coweta County
By: Margaret Anne Barnes , Barnes Margaret
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Murder in Coweta County received the coveted Edgar Allan Poe Special Award as an outstanding fact-c… read more
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- southern
2. The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)
By: Lauren Willig
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Modern-day graduate student Eloise achieved the academic coup of the century when she unmasked one … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for."-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)
"Right now, I couldn't have cared less if someone had waltzed across the room in a large flower costume with a sign saying GET YOUR BLACK TULIPS HERE. Every nerve in my body was on man-alert, screamin…"-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)
"Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be …"-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)
3. The Persian Pickle Club
By: Sandra Dallas
4.26
Format: 331 pages,
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and t… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)
By: Ariana Franklin
3.69
Format: 216 pages,
Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times'… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. Songs of Willow Frost
By: Jamie Ford
4.00
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage … read more
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- adult fiction
- coming of age
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
6. Whistling Past the Graveyard
By: Susan Crandall
3.91
Format: 631 pages, Hardcover
The summer of 1963 begins like any other for nine-year-old Starla Claudelle. Born to teenage parent… read more
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7. The Forsaken Inn
By: Anna Katharine Green
4.07
Format: 71 pages,
An old and dilapidated inn in upstate New York provides the setting for this gothic mystery involvi… read more
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9. Weeping Willow
By: Ruth White
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tiny Lambert struggles to find security and happiness when her high school years are marred after h… read more
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10. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
11. His Forefathers and Mick
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more
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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick
12. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
13. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
14. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Isabella Warrior Queen
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.30
Format: None pages, ebook
The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more
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- historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
16. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
18. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
19. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- classics
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
20. Victor's Blessing
By: Barbara Sontheimer
4.34
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet, wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her. He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing
21. Cold Sassy Tree
By: Olive Ann Burns
4.02
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around--fast. On July … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Olive Ann Burns's Cold Sassy Tree book and Olive Ann Burns's Cold Sassy Tree
- adult fiction
- classics
- coming of age
- historical
- young adult
- southern
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Also, he set great store on a man doing right by his family."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"She's as dead as she'll every be, ain't she? Well, ain't she?"-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
"Grandpa had made the Lord seem so real, I wouldn't of been surprised if he'd said good night to Him. But after a long pause he just said a-men."-Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree
