15 Top adult books like The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

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The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine …

If you liked the adult plot in The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. The Flower Sisters

By: Michelle Collins Anderson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author’s Missouri h… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Collins Anderson's The Flower Sisters book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Sometimes I think spring lasts about fifteen minutes around here and then we're all sitting on Hell's front porch."

-Michelle Collins Anderson, The Flower Sisters

Cover of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

3. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's When the Jessamine Grows book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Sweet Blue Distance

By: Sara Donati

4.31

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico… read more

Similar categories in Sara Donati's The Sweet Blue Distance book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Woman with No Name

By: Audrey Blake

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned… 1942. Though she survived the bomb t… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Blake's The Woman with No Name book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

8. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • westerns
  • historical
  • medical
  • travel
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • drama
Cover of Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

9. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Goddess of Warsaw

By: Lisa Barr

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphan… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Barr's The Goddess of Warsaw book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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12. These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of Biltmore E… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) by Natalie Jenner

13. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3)

By: Natalie Jenner

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls returns with a brilliant nov… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jenner's Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of American Daughters by Piper Huguley

14. American Daughters

By: Piper Huguley

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In the vein of America’s First Daughter , Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkab… read more

Similar categories in Piper Huguley's American Daughters book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan by Eliza Knight

15. The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan

By: Eliza Knight

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the uni… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Knight's The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

16. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

Cover of The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck

17. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • drama
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

18. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

19. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

Cover of The Incorrigibles by Meredith Jaeger

20. The Incorrigibles

By: Meredith Jaeger

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Meredith Jaeger comes an emotionally resonant novel about two wom… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Jaeger's The Incorrigibles book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat

21. Beyond Summerland

By: Jenny Lecoat

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lecoat has crafted a spellbinding story about secrets and l… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lecoat's Beyond Summerland book and Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore

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The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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The Flower Sisters

Michelle Collins Anderson

4.08

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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When the Jessamine Grows

Donna Everhart

4.19

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Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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Finding Margaret Fuller

Allison Pataki

4.11

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Lisa Grunwald

3.97

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