23 must-read historical fiction books like The Girl Who Dared to Dream by Diney Costeloe

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The Girl Who Dared to Dream

By: Diney Costeloe

4.33

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

In London in 1912, Mabel Oakley and her family are typical of their time. Her father Andrew is a so…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Girl Who Dared to Dream by Diney Costeloe , here is a list of 23 books like this:

1. Barbara's War

By: Fenella J. Miller

3.80

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"BARBARA'S WAR by Fenella J Miller is a gripping tale of a young woman in wartime changing the cour… read more

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2. The Library Girls of the East End

By: Patricia McBride

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first instalment in a BRAND NEW series from bestselling author Patricia McBride 1940, London … read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Reporting For Duty (The Army Girls #1)

By: Fenella J. Miller

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A BRAND NEW series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller - Meet the Army Girls! Army Girls - repo… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Midwives' War

By: Chrissie Walsh

4.62

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Roy… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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5. New Neighbours for Coronation Close (Coronation Close, #1)

By: Lizzie Lane

4.41

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Bristol 1936 Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Waterfront Lass (The Waterfront Women #1)

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.53

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Wakefield 1870 On the banks of the River Calder, Meg Taylor struggles to care for her younger si… read more

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  • historical fiction
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7. A Sister's Destiny

By: Rosie Clarke

4.48

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman’s journey is beset with trials and tribulations, but will it end in happiness? As wa… read more

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  • historical fiction
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8. The Girl Who Dared to Dream

By: Diney Costeloe

4.33

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

In London in 1912, Mabel Oakley and her family are typical of their time. Her father Andrew is a so… read more

Similar categories in Diney Costeloe's The Girl Who Dared to Dream book and Diney Costeloe's The Girl Who Dared to Dream

  • historical
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2)

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.62

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A broken heart, a shameful secret… Wakefield, Yorkshire 1871 Loretta Chambers has spent her l… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. The Bad Penny

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.33

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice Connaught he saves her from the hands of her father, who is … read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Winter Waif

By: Lynette Rees

4.30

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

'A touching and at times heart-rending story' Rosie Clarke All she wants is a place to call home...… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Dangerous Times on Dressmakers' Alley (Dressmakers Alley #1)

By: Rosie Clarke

4.42

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Dressmakers Alley, a twisted place filled with dark and deadly secrets London’s East End… read more

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  • historical fiction
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13. The Ragged Orphan

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.46

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

When 12 year-old Jared Johnson’s little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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14. The Pick-Pocket Orphans

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.47

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Alice Truelove can’t take another day of her father’s cruelty. Better a life on t… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Eden's Conflict

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.42

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A new century brings change to the carefully ordered world Eden Harris maintains, change that threa… read more

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17. A Wartime Welcome from the Foyles Bookshop Girls

By: Elaine Roberts

4.36

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1918: the world is being torn apart by war, but for the girls of London’s Foyles bookshop, … read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Girl She Left Behind

By: Jo Bartlett

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A family in turmoil... Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her … read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Tuscan Orphan

By: Siobhan Daiko

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably chang… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Daiko's The Tuscan Orphan book and Diney Costeloe's The Girl Who Dared to Dream

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Three Women of Liverpool

By: Helen Forrester

4.05

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Liverpool, May 1941. The worst week of the Blitz. Helen Forrester produces another moving novel set… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Sarah's Choice (The Trenwith Collection, #1)

By: Rosie Clarke

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Can life ever be the same again? The start of a fabulous new series set at Trenwith Estate from bes… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. Daughter of Destiny (Strong Family, #1)

By: Lizzie Lane

4.46

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

Barbados 1818 One fateful night, a terrible tragedy occurs at the Strong family sugar plantation o… read more

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  • fiction
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23. The Code Breaker's Secret

By: Catherine Law

4.33

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Love and duty, codes and spies... Kent, 1939 Soon to marry her childhood sweetheart, Eliza think… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Law's The Code Breaker's Secret book and Diney Costeloe's The Girl Who Dared to Dream

  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • historical fiction
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24. A New Doctor at Orchard Cottage Hospital (Orchard Cottage Hospital #1)

By: Lizzie Lane

4.48

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A brand new series for 2024 from bestselling author Lizzie Lane A country town in need of a good… read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. The Picture House Girls (Lily Baker #1)

By: Patricia A. McBride

4.30

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1938 and hard-working Lily Baker’s life turns upside down when she and her family move to a ne… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. The Scullery Maid's Salvation (Victorian Runaway Women)

By: Emma Hardwick

4.51

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

1880s London After enduring years of neglect from her cold mother and cruel father, young Ebba flee… read more

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27. The Girl Below Stairs

By: Hope Dawson

4.35

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

She thought nothing could be worse than the workhouse. But she was wrong. Because life as a maid be… read more

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28. Emmy's Second Chance

By: Catherine James

4.29

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Emmy was created in terrible sin and carried in lies, and that was only the start. Left in … read more

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29. Kitty McKenzie

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.50

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Slum Angel.1864 York, England.Suddenly left as the head of the family, Kitty… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. A Pocketful of Pennies (Nightingale Family, #1)

By: Fenella J. Miller

4.42

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order the emotional and gripping Victorian saga series from Fenella J Miller **1840s Colchester… read more

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31. The Workhouse Girl: The BRAND NEW beautifully emotional historical saga from Lynette Rees for 2024

By: Lynette Rees

4.48

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a workhouse girl, always a workhouse girl... Enid Hardcastle has always had a hard life, but w… read more

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  • historical fiction

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Patricia McBride

4.40

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Reporting For Duty (The Army Girls #1)

Fenella J. Miller

4.45

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Lizzie Lane

4.41

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Diney Costeloe

4.33

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Hard Times for the East End Library Girls (Library Girls, #2)

Patricia McBride

4.46

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AnneMarie Brear

4.62

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Lynette Rees

4.30

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Rosie Clarke

4.42

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