5 Best historical books like Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

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Bitter Orange

By: Claire Fuller

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them—Cara fi…

If you liked the historical plot in Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of He Wants by Alison Moore

1. He Wants

By: Alison Moore

3.31

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Retired teacher Lewis Sullivan always imagined living by the sea. He lives instead in the Midla… read more

Similar categories in Alison Moore's He Wants book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. From the Heart

By: Susan Hill

4.00

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

You're a young woman. You can choose. Which career to pursue. Who to have sex with. Who to marry an… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's From the Heart book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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3. Fell

By: Jenn Ashworth

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and otherworldly tale of the impact on one family of a guest with seemingly magical powe… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Ashworth's Fell book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. The House in Cornwall

By: Noel Streatfeild

2.50

Format: 260 pages,

John, Sorrel, Wish and Edward Chandler have to spend the summer with Uncle Murdock, their father's … read more

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5. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Absolutely and Forever book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Soldier Sailor

By: Claire Kilroy

4.10

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me."

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I tell my husband about my childhood and he tells me about his but it isn't the same. We can never know each other as we were then. But I know you. I will see the child you were in the man you will b…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"Hated cling film. Hated it more than I hated kinetic sand. Defeated by something that lacked a third dimension. While I'd been off tinkering on the cerebral plane, the smart money has been mastering …"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I knelt down to pick up the hatchling to . . . . what? Give it back to its mother? Here is your dying chick? Just before I made contact with it, she dive-bombed me. The mother actually dive-bombed me…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

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7. Trespasses

By: Louise Kennedy

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between … read more

Similar categories in Louise Kennedy's Trespasses book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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8. Piglet

By: Lottie Hazell

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites—and the truth about having it a… read more

Similar categories in Lottie Hazell's Piglet book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • british literature
"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She picked up salted butter, thick Greek yoghurt, and cream. The menu was not modest. Her basket was already heavy with Charlotte potatoes, fresh herbs, and a Duchy chicken. It was too hot for a roas…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"She opened the capers, green and freckled as amphibians, and with a teaspoon eased them from their brine. The olives were next, and she pushed pits from the aubergine-dark fruits, dropping their fles…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

"On the platter before her there was a bowl of beef bourguignon, the sauce dark with merlot; the corner of dauphinoise potatoes, gruyère-crusted top browned, bubbled with heat; there was a small plate…"

-Lottie Hazell, Piglet

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9. Big Swiss

By: Jen Beagin

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is … read more

Similar categories in Jen Beagin's Big Swiss book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"¿Habla más de un idioma?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"You bullied other bullies,"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"she’d always been less of a shit-talker and more of a shit-thinker"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

"At least I know where the hell I am and what’s happening. Which way is north?"

-Jen Beagin, Big Swiss

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10. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

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11. The Fell

By: Sarah Moss

3.63

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. K… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Moss's The Fell book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
"Life, then, to be lived, somehow."

-Sarah Moss, The Fell

Cover of The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff

12. The Fortnight in September

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fortnight in September embodies the kind of mundane normality the men in the dug-out longed for… read more

Similar categories in R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • historical fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

13. Bitter Orange

By: Claire Fuller

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them—Cara fi… read more

Similar categories in Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

14. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

15. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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16. Mühlensommer

By: Martina Bogdahn

3.68

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

In »Mühlensommer« erzählt Martina Bogdahn warmherzig und humorvoll von einer Frau und ihrem Leben z… read more

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Cover of The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor

17. The Reservoir Tapes

By: Jon McGregor

3.75

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The Reservoir Tapes returns to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor's Man Booker Prize-longl… read more

Similar categories in Jon McGregor's The Reservoir Tapes book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. The Jealous One

By: Celia Fremlin

4.08

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Rosamund and Geoffrey's new neighbor, Lindy, is smart, good-looking, friendly, and delightful in ev… read more

Similar categories in Celia Fremlin's The Jealous One book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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19. True Love

By: Paddy Crewe

4.12

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

KEELY feels alone in the world — grief consumes her, she wants to escape it, to take both her fathe… read more

Similar categories in Paddy Crewe's True Love book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • fiction
Cover of The Third Persephone Book of Short Stories by Persephone Books

20. The Third Persephone Book of Short Stories

By: Persephone Books

4.00

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Published to mark the 25th anniversary of Persephone Books in Bath, England. Follows the successful… read more

Similar categories in Persephone Books's The Third Persephone Book of Short Stories book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • fiction
Cover of Meet Me at Rainbow Corner by Celia Imrie

21. Meet Me at Rainbow Corner

By: Celia Imrie

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1944. The air raid sirens are blaring, the bombers are hovering. England has been at war wi… read more

Similar categories in Celia Imrie's Meet Me at Rainbow Corner book and Claire Fuller's Bitter Orange

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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He Wants

Alison Moore

3.31

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Jenn Ashworth

3.96

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Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

3.90

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So Much for That Winter

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3.51

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Kristopher Jansma

2.50

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Michelle Latiolais

3.50

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Colin Barrett

3.78

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