13 best-selling historical books like The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

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The Which Way Tree

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to aven…

If you liked the historical plot in The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. The Color Of Lightning

By: Paulette Jiles

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Enemy Women and Stormy Weather comes this stirrin… 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Anne Phillips's Night Watch book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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4. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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5. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's North Woods book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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6. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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7. Chenneville

By: Paulette Jiles

4.13

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Jiles's Chenneville book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

9. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

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10. 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

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Crow Mary book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Sipsworth

By: Simon Van Booy

4.26

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more

Similar categories in Simon Van Booy's Sipsworth book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. I Cheerfully Refuse

By: Leif Enger

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more

Similar categories in Leif Enger's I Cheerfully Refuse book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

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13. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

Similar categories in Carys Davies's Clear book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Mr. Texas

By: Lawrence Wright

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

A sharply drawn, page-turning send up of Texas politics—from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-sel… read more

Similar categories in Lawrence Wright's Mr. Texas book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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15. The Which Way Tree

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to aven… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

16. The Bullet Swallower

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's The Bullet Swallower book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Turtle House

By: Amanda Churchill

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Churchill's The Turtle House book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller

18. The Curse of Pietro Houdini

By: Derek B. Miller

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving Wor… read more

Similar categories in Derek B. Miller's The Curse of Pietro Houdini book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life."

-Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

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19. Bear

By: Julia Phillips

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more

Similar categories in Julia Phillips's Bear book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."

-Julia Phillips, Bear

"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"

-Julia Phillips, Bear

Cover of The Boot Camp Murder: We Sit Pets (The "We Sit Pets" Mysteries) by Matthew Ross

20. The Boot Camp Murder: We Sit Pets (The "We Sit Pets" Mysteries)

By: Matthew Ross

4.25

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

An an ambitious high-achieving young woman, unfairly bullied from her job, her career in ruins; her… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Ross's The Boot Camp Murder: We Sit Pets (The "We Sit Pets" Mysteries) book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

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21. The Light That Bends Round Corners

By: Alexandra Carey

4.00

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

A contemporary book club fiction novel following the lives of two women from two very different bac… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Carey's The Light That Bends Round Corners book and Elizabeth Crook's The Which Way Tree

  • fiction

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