24 Top historical books like Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock

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Light to the Hills

By: Bonnie Blaylock

4.32

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and …

If you liked the historical plot in Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Light on Farallon Island

By: Jen Wheeler

3.88

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

From debut author Jen Wheeler comes a spellbinding tale about the dangers a nineteenth-century woma… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wheeler's The Light on Farallon Island book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's The Fire and the Ore book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Promise of Tomorrow

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the moving story about one woman’s reason for leavi… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ellen Taylor's The Promise of Tomorrow book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Nadine Nettmann

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their l… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Nettmann's The Bootlegger's Daughter book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Call the Canaries Home

By: Laura Barrow

4.03

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heart… read more

Similar categories in Laura Barrow's Call the Canaries Home book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Men were always there for the fun parts, she thought. Women were always left to pick up the pieces."

-Laura Barrow, Call the Canaries Home

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6. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

Similar categories in Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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7. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Witch of Tin Mountain

By: Paulette Kennedy

4.06

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of unca… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Kennedy's The Witch of Tin Mountain book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It was surreal, how everything continued, how everything kept “on"

-Paulette Kennedy, The Witch of Tin Mountain

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9. The Lost Letters of Aisling

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman faces the past she fled in a heart-stirring novel about unforgettable love and indomitable … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's The Lost Letters of Aisling book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Night Angels

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.22

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more

Similar categories in Weina Dai Randel's Night Angels book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Sing, Wild Bird, Sing

By: Jacqueline O'Mahony

4.12

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful nove… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline O'Mahony's Sing, Wild Bird, Sing book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. A Girl Called Samson

By: Amy Harmon

4.50

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to char… read more

Similar categories in Amy Harmon's A Girl Called Samson book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. When We Were Enemies

By: Emily Bleeker

3.97

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Camera-shy Elise Branson is different from the other women in her matriline. Her mother is an award… read more

Similar categories in Emily Bleeker's When We Were Enemies book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. When the Rain Ends

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.14

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

From The Brighter the Light author Mary Ellen Taylor comes the emotional story of a mother and daug… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ellen Taylor's When the Rain Ends book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. So Long, Chester Wheeler

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Unlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Hyde's So Long, Chester Wheeler book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. A Feather on the Water

By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.35

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Jayne Ashford's A Feather on the Water book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Life She Wanted

By: Anita Abriel

3.94

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

New York in the 1920s—a time when fortunes are made and a woman’s dreams are challenged against all… read more

Similar categories in Anita Abriel's The Life She Wanted book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Swan Light

By: Phoebe Rowe

4.21

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping, emotional tale of hope and perseverance, Swan Light weaves together the stories of two … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Rowe's Swan Light book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were as many parts of a story as there were people who remembered it."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"It was the story of the wrecks that hadn't happened, of the lives people got to keep living because of a light in the darkness ..."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"But shipwrecks were rarely like that, she’d learned later, proud and upright, perched whimsically on the seafloor. Wrecks were wrecked, sure and violent. Shattered and flattened, rotting edges under …"

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

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19. Light to the Hills

By: Bonnie Blaylock

4.32

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and … read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • books about books
  • audiobook
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20. A Castle in Brooklyn

By: Shirley Russak Wachtel

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning decades, an unforgettable novel about reckoning with the past, the true nature of friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Russak Wachtel's A Castle in Brooklyn book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. A Woman in Time

By: Bobi Conn

4.00

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman challenges the constraints of life in Prohibition-era Appalachia in this sweeping and richl… read more

Similar categories in Bobi Conn's A Woman in Time book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

Similar categories in Sophfronia Scott's Wild, Beautiful, and Free book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Well Behaved Wives

By: Amy Sue Nathan

3.99

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect wives, imperfect lives, and upending the rules of behavior in 1960s America. Law school … read more

Similar categories in Amy Sue Nathan's Well Behaved Wives book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Five Winters

By: Kitty Johnson

3.99

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A bighearted novel about motherhood, friendship, moving on, and love of all kinds. Ever since Beth… read more

Similar categories in Kitty Johnson's Five Winters book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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25. A Light in the Forest

By: Melissa Payne

4.22

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspens… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Payne's A Light in the Forest book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Road Towards Home

By: Corinne Demas

3.96

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

In this witty, warm novel by award-winning author Corinne Demas, unexpected changes bring two retir… read more

Similar categories in Corinne Demas's The Road Towards Home book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. Through a Darkening Glass

By: R.S. Maxwell

3.90

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerizing World War II mystery about a Londoner who flees the city to write a novel and finds a… read more

Similar categories in R.S. Maxwell's Through a Darkening Glass book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. When the World Goes Quiet

By: Gian Sardar

4.32

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a po… read more

Similar categories in Gian Sardar's When the World Goes Quiet book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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29. The Direction of the Wind

By: Mansi Shah

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answe… read more

Similar categories in Mansi Shah's The Direction of the Wind book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. A Harvest of Secrets

By: Roland Merullo

4.24

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of From These Broken Streets comes a sweeping novel of love, resistance… read more

Similar categories in Roland Merullo's A Harvest of Secrets book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Moonflowers

By: Abigail Rose-Marie

4.39

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Rose-Marie's The Moonflowers book and Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Jen Wheeler

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Olivia Hawker

4.07

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4.30

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Beth Cato

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