19 Best historical fiction books like The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2) by Alka Joshi

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The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

By: Alka Joshi

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in S…

"There's more power in keeping a secret than in betraying it."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I turn the pages carefully. Our tribal elders may not know how to read, but they revere those who can. "Books contain magic," they say."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I never knew there was a place where you could go look at books, much less borrow them, then return them when you are through looking. Imagine! Something that precious!"

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2) by Alka Joshi , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 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 Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • 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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2. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • 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

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4. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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6. 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

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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8. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Remarkably Bright Creatures

By: Shelby Van Pelt

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

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11. Hello Beautiful

By: Ann Napolitano

4.16

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

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12. 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

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's The House of Eve book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Someone Else's Shoes

By: Jojo Moyes

3.96

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Jojo Moyes's Someone Else's Shoes book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Daughters of Madurai

By: Rajasree Variyar

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more

Similar categories in Rajasree Variyar's The Daughters of Madurai book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Looking for Jane

By: Heather Marshall

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A debut about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, an… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's Looking for Jane book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

By: Crystal Smith Paul

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of mode… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Smith Paul's Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We always have a choice; we only say we don't to soothe our conscience from what we're capable of."

-Crystal Smith Paul, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

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17. The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

By: Alka Joshi

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in S… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2) book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • cultural
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There's more power in keeping a secret than in betraying it."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I turn the pages carefully. Our tribal elders may not know how to read, but they revere those who can. "Books contain magic," they say."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I never knew there was a place where you could go look at books, much less borrow them, then return them when you are through looking. Imagine! Something that precious!"

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

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18. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Honor

By: Thrity Umrigar

4.36

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two coup… read more

Similar categories in Thrity Umrigar's Honor book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It was as if a gust of wind had blown open a window in my heart and a sweet bird had flown in and made a nest."

-Thrity Umrigar, Honor

"Because a woman can live in one of two houses--fear or love. It is impossible to live in both at the same time."

-Thrity Umrigar, Honor

"Because a woman can live in one of two houses--- fear or love. It is impossible to live in both at the same time."

-Thrity Umrigar, Honor

"When Radha and I were children, we used to play a game. She would ask, “What is the true color of the world, Didi?"

-Thrity Umrigar, Honor

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21. 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

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 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

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