The Thread Collectors
By: Shaunna J. Edwards
4.10
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid…
Want to Read $ 9.99"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors
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1. The Last Van Gogh
By: Alyson Richman
4.12
Format: 80 pages,
Summer, 1890. Van Gogh arrives at Auvers-sur-Oise, a bucolic French village that lures city artists… read more
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2. 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
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- 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
3. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
4. The Golden Doves
By: Martha Hall Kelly
4.18
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Naz… read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. The Paris Daughter
By: Kristin Harmel
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter
6. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
7. The Orphan Collector
By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.24
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
8. 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
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
9. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. 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
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
12. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
13. Crow Mary
By: Kathleen Grissom
4.33
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. Switchboard Soldiers
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
4.07
Format: 453 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of … read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. Code Name Sapphire
By: Pam Jenoff
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
16. 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
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. The Spectacular
By: Fiona Davis
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular
"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular
18. 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
- adult
- audiobook
19. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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- jewish
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
20. The Matchmaker's Gift
By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more
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- adult fiction
- jewish
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
21. The House of Eve
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
22. The Last Lifeboat
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.33
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
23. The Thread Collectors
By: Shaunna J. Edwards
4.10
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more
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- adult fiction
- jewish
- historical
- civil war
- war
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors
24. The Bird Hotel
By: Joyce Maynard
4.30
Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition
Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard. After… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"A person can start off fresh in this place,"-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel
"I hadn’t shaken my bone-deep sadness, but in small ways, I was coming back to life. My body, that had gone numb, began to feel again. Sun on my skin, good food, something as simple as the smell of th…"-Joyce Maynard, The Bird Hotel
25. Once We Were Home
By: Jennifer Rosner
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more
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- adult fiction
- jewish
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
26. By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
By: Piper Huguley
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"It took one person. One lady with a good heart to see who I was and what I could do in this world."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"It has been many years since I let a man kiss me... When our lips met, parts of me that I had forgotten existed, thawed out from neglect and rose back to life like when Jesus was resurrected."-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"The way she had seen me and treated me, was the way we should all see and treat one another. For to be able to see someone, to see them as a human being, to see them for what they can contribute in t…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
"For all of my life, ever since I was a little girl, I thought what I wanted was to be at one of these lovely dinner dances. Well. Now that I'm here, It's been marvelous, but I know that the main thin…"-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
27. 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
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- jewish
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
28. The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights
By: Kitty Zeldis
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mesmerizing historical novel about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold. … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
29. Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel
By: Matthew Daub
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and … read more
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- fiction
- jewish
30. El lugar de la herida
By: Laura Baeza
4.46
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
¿Qué pasa cuando someter a otras personas es la única forma de sobrevivir? ¿La desobediencia es pos… read more
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31. 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
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- adult fiction
- 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
