8 must-read historical books like The House in the Orchard by Elizabeth Brooks

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The House in the Orchard

By: Elizabeth Brooks

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

1945: War widow Peggy is grateful to have inherited Orchard House from her husband’s Aunt Maude; sh…

If you liked the historical plot in The House in the Orchard by Elizabeth Brooks , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Love Talker

By: Elizabeth Peters

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laurie has finally returned to Idlewood, the beloved family home deep in the Maryland woods where s… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Peters's The Love Talker book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

2. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

By: Shubnum Khan

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more

Similar categories in Shubnum Khan's The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"

-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

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3. The Road from Belhaven

By: Margot Livesey

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Margot Livesey's The Road from Belhaven book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Marsh Queen

By: Virginia Hartman

3.74

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, this powerful novel, set amid the lush landscape of the Florid… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Hartman's The Marsh Queen book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
" Lemon balm soothe all troublesome care reviveth the heart and ward off despair. "

-Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

"People who are honest never do think the folks they admire can be so far from what they seem."

-Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

" Paracelsus believed that each plant was a terrestrial star, and each star a spiritualized plant ."

-Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

"Look, everybody lies. You're the only pillar of truth I know." "Me and the woman I end up with." Oof ."

-Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

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5. The Night Ship

By: Jess Kidd

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars tha… read more

Similar categories in Jess Kidd's The Night Ship book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Hester

By: Laurie Lico Albanese

3.97

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The letter A is red,"

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

Cover of Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

7. Liar, Dreamer, Thief

By: Maria Dong

3.59

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Katrina Kim may be broke, the black sheep of her family, and slightly unhinged, but she isn’t a sta… read more

Similar categories in Maria Dong's Liar, Dreamer, Thief book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The House in the Orchard

By: Elizabeth Brooks

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

1945: War widow Peggy is grateful to have inherited Orchard House from her husband’s Aunt Maude; sh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti   Davis

9. Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

By: Patti Davis

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers … read more

Similar categories in Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

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10. Singer Distance

By: Ethan Chatagnier

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Station Eleven and Light from Other Stars, Ethan Chatagnier’s propulsive, genre-bending… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Chatagnier's Singer Distance book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"A road can be the connection between places or the distance between them"

-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance

"a constellation is formed by points of light that are not connected to each other by anything other than the observer"

-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance

"I didn’t know whether these pictures would end up in history books or be used against me in a court hearing, but they would testify to something."

-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance

"Crystal owed the two of us so many apologies, but I’d spent enough years imagining extracting those from my father to know that wringing someone else out didn’t make you any fuller."

-Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance

Cover of A Good House for Children by Kate   Collins

11. A Good House for Children

By: Kate Collins

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when he… read more

Similar categories in Kate Collins's A Good House for Children book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Twice in a Lifetime by Melissa  Baron

12. Twice in a Lifetime

By: Melissa Baron

3.84

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

The Time Traveler's Wife meets Oona Out of Order in this imaginative and moving debut novel of a lo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Baron's Twice in a Lifetime book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy

13. The Other Side of Night

By: Adam Hamdy

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his su… read more

Similar categories in Adam Hamdy's The Other Side of Night book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Turn Into a Bird by María José Ferrada

14. How to Turn Into a Bird

By: María José Ferrada

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of How to Order the Universe, María José Ferrada beautifully details … read more

Similar categories in María José Ferrada's How to Turn Into a Bird book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • fiction
Cover of Edith Holler by Edward Carey

15. Edith Holler

By: Edward Carey

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the m… read more

Similar categories in Edward Carey's Edith Holler book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ruins by Phoebe Wynne

16. The Ruins

By: Phoebe Wynne

3.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A suspenseful, feminist Gothic coming-of-age tale with shades of Patricia Highsmith, Rebecca, and A… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Wynne's The Ruins book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister

17. Desert Creatures

By: Kay Chronister

3.50

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a world that has become treacherous and desiccated, Magdala has always had to fight to survive. … read more

Similar categories in Kay Chronister's Desert Creatures book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Socialite's Guide to Murder (Pinnacle Hotel Mystery, #1) by S.K. Golden

18. The Socialite's Guide to Murder (Pinnacle Hotel Mystery, #1)

By: S.K. Golden

3.41

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The hotel was her refuge, but scandal is afoot—and a killer stalks the halls in this charming serie… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Golden's The Socialite's Guide to Murder (Pinnacle Hotel Mystery, #1) book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café Mysteries, #1) by Emily  George

19. A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café Mysteries, #1)

By: Emily George

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Emily George launches a groundbreaking, irresistible new series unlike anything else out there, as … read more

Similar categories in Emily George's A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café Mysteries, #1) book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

Similar categories in John Vercher's Devil Is Fine book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

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21. Closer to Okay

By: Amy Watson

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Weaving culinary delights with an honest, appraising look at how we deal with the world when it bec… read more

Similar categories in Amy Watson's Closer to Okay book and Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard

  • fiction

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3.74

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3.59

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