12 best-selling fiction books like When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis

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When the Men Were Gone

By: Marjorie Herrera Lewis

3.71

Format: 240 pages, ebook

In Marjorie Herrera Lewis’s debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher …

"These boys would be better off hog-tied than playing for a woman!"

-Marjorie Herrera Lewis, When the Men Were Gone

If you liked the fiction plot in When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Stars Over Clear Lake

By: Loretta Ellsworth

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For the first time in decades, Lorraine Kindred has returned to the ballroom where she was swept aw… read more

Similar categories in Loretta Ellsworth's Stars Over Clear Lake book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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2. Redemption in Indigo

By: Karen Lord

3.88

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Paama's husband is a fool and a glutton. Bad enough that he followed her to her parents' home in th… read more

Similar categories in Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better themselves. Give them a stranger's life, and then they're content."

-Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo

"Names are very important for humans, aren't they? How do I translate for you the name of this town as it seems to me, the true name that tells of its history and people and lands and weather and . . …"

-Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo

"Anyone can cook, but the true talent belongs to those who are capable of gently ensnaring with their delicacies, winning compliance with the mere suggestion that there might not be any goodies for a …"

-Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo

"It is not the known danger that we most fear, the shark that patrols the bay, the lion that rules the savannah. It is the betrayal of what we trust and hold close to our hearts that is our undoing: t…"

-Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo

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3. The Story of Us

By: Dani Atkins

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

A gripping love story from the bestselling author of Fractured. Emma Marshall can't wait to marry h… read more

Similar categories in Dani Atkins's The Story of Us book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult
  • fiction
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4. Loving God with All Your Mind

By: Elizabeth George

3.50

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Elizabeth George's Loving God with All Your Mind(more than 200,000 copies sold) has been revised an… read more

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5. The Christmas Light (Christmas Hope #7)

By: Donna VanLiere

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

In the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Je… read more

Similar categories in Donna VanLiere's The Christmas Light (Christmas Hope #7) book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • fiction
  • audiobook

6. The Last Suppers

By: Mandy Mikulencak

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A gorgeous novel that finds beauty in the most unlikely of places." --Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Tim… read more

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7. Noah Barleywater Runs Away

By: John Boyne

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Noah Barleywater Runs Away, bestselling author John Boyne explores the world of childhood and th… read more

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8. Harris and Me

By: Gary Paulsen

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

A young boy spends his tenth summer on his aunt and uncle's farm, where he is constantly involved i… read more

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9. Arthur: The dog who crossed the jungle to find a home

By: Mikael Lindnord

3.37

Format: 395 pages,

When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing yo… 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

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • 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

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11. Tide and Punishment (Seaside Café Mystery, #3)

By: Bree Baker

4.10

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

No one dreams of a killer Christmas...It's Christmastime in Charm, North Carolina, and while Everly… read more

Similar categories in Bree Baker's Tide and Punishment (Seaside Café Mystery, #3) book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Westering Women

By: Sandra Dallas

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the peri… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Men Were Gone by Marjorie Herrera Lewis

13. When the Men Were Gone

By: Marjorie Herrera Lewis

3.71

Format: 240 pages, ebook

In Marjorie Herrera Lewis’s debut historical novel the inspiring true story of high school teacher … read more

Similar categories in Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
"These boys would be better off hog-tied than playing for a woman!"

-Marjorie Herrera Lewis, When the Men Were Gone

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14. When We Were Young & Brave

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times b… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's When We Were Young & Brave book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together

By: Dan Kois

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this "refreshingly relatable" (Outside) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate edi… read more

Similar categories in Dan Kois's How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

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

16. 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 Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America

By: David Horowitz

4.42

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

"Read this disturbing but vital book." — Tucker Carlson From the New York Times bestselling Trump… read more

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18. 7 Days of Christmas: A Season of Generosity

By: Jen Hatmaker

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess , 7 Days of… read more

Similar categories in Jen Hatmaker's 7 Days of Christmas: A Season of Generosity book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • audiobook
Cover of Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) by Bruce Borgos

19. Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenge… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. And All the Phases of the Moon

By: Judy Reene Singer

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Delving into the mysteries of the human heart with humor and emotion, master storyteller Judy Reene… read more

Similar categories in Judy Reene Singer's And All the Phases of the Moon book and Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone

  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Family: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist by S.L. Harker

21. The Secret Family: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

By: S.L. Harker

4.25

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Peter’s world shatters when his beloved wife, Stella, is ripped away from him in a sudden hiking ac… read more

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Loretta Ellsworth

4.10

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3.88

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