14 must-read historical books like The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker

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The Ragged Edge of Night

By: Olivia Hawker

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotio…

If you liked the historical plot in The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Mercer Girls

By: Libbie Hawker

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1864 in downtrodden Lowell, Massachusetts. The Civil War has taken its toll on the town--leavi… read more

Similar categories in Libbie Hawker's Mercer Girls book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Stars Don't Lie

By: Boo Walker

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a he… read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's The Stars Don't Lie book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along."

-Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

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3. Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector… read more

Similar categories in Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

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4. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Where Butterflies Wander book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

Similar categories in Julianne MacLean's A Storm of Infinite Beauty book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Only Way Home

By: Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction! Desperate times.… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Minniti's The Only Way Home book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. 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 Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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9. The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

By: Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her … read more

Similar categories in Lonormi Manuel's The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's a hard life for a woman, married to a man who's married to the bottle."

-Lonormi Manuel, The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

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10. 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 Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. 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 Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Winter Waif

By: Lynette Rees

4.30

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

'A touching and at times heart-rending story' Rosie Clarke All she wants is a place to call home...… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Rees's The Winter Waif book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical fiction
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13. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

Similar categories in Helen Parusel's The Austrian Bride book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Secret of Villa Alba

By: Louise Douglas

4.26

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

1968, Sicily.  Just months after a terrible earthquake has destroyed the mountain town of Gibellina… read more

Similar categories in Louise Douglas's The Secret of Villa Alba book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. An Unfinished Story

By: Boo Walker

4.35

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

A grieving widow and a disenchanted writer form an unexpected bond in a novel about second chances … read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's An Unfinished Story book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Tuscan Orphan

By: Siobhan Daiko

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably chang… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Daiko's The Tuscan Orphan book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Ragged Edge of Night

By: Olivia Hawker

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotio… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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18. Out of the Dust

By: Joyce E. Patterson

4.24

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the… read more

Similar categories in Joyce E. Patterson's Out of the Dust book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical fiction
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19. 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 Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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20. All the Glimmering Stars

By: Mark T. Sullivan

4.66

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in … read more

Similar categories in Mark T. Sullivan's All the Glimmering Stars book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony by Libbie Hawker

21. Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony

By: Libbie Hawker

4.22

Format: 539 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1607, three ships arrive on the coast of Virginia to establish Jamestown Colony. One girl’s life… read more

Similar categories in Libbie Hawker's Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony book and Olivia Hawker's The Ragged Edge of Night

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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