5 Top books about books books like Marmee by Sarah Miller

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Marmee

By: Sarah Miller

4.25

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott's beloved Little Women, fro…

"Waking up every day and remembering Papa's gone to the front is like biting into a bonbon with nothing in the center."

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

"I have been wrong to hide my temper so completely. All this time I have been inadvertently teaching my girls that goodness is the absence of faults. An unattainable goal that can only lead to a lifetime of discouragement. Effortless virtue is a fairy tale, so far as I can tell. The honor is in the struggle."

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

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1. Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother

By: Eve LaPlante

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Marmee & Louisa, hailed by NPR as one of the best books of 2012, paints an exquisitely moving and u… read more

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2. 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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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more

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  • family
  • audiobook
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6. All My Secrets

By: Lynn Austin

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opul… read more

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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10. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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11. After Anne

By: Logan Steiner

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most pri… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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12. In This Moment (Timeless, #2)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.48

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives… read more

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  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

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14. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Where Coyotes Howl

By: Sandra Dallas

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

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18. Marmee

By: Sarah Miller

4.25

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott's beloved Little Women, fro… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Miller's Marmee book and Sarah Miller's Marmee

  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • civil war
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Waking up every day and remembering Papa's gone to the front is like biting into a bonbon with nothing in the center."

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

"I have been wrong to hide my temper so completely. All this time I have been inadvertently teaching my girls that goodness is the absence of faults. An unattainable goal that can only lead to a lifet…"

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

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19. Coronation Year

By: Jennifer Robson

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent hi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry

By: Anna Rose Johnson

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a… read more

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

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