20 must-read historical books like The Invincible Miss Cust by Penny Haw

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The Invincible Miss Cust

By: Penny Haw

4.19

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real …

If you liked the historical plot in The Invincible Miss Cust by Penny Haw , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. 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 Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The First Ladies book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. After Anne

By: Logan Steiner

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most pri… read more

Similar categories in Logan Steiner's After Anne book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Canary Girls book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Where Coyotes Howl

By: Sandra Dallas

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Dallas's Where Coyotes Howl book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Lifeboat

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.33

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Last Lifeboat book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Call of the Wrens

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying s… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's The Call of the Wrens book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Invincible Miss Cust

By: Penny Haw

4.19

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real … read more

Similar categories in Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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16. The Woman with a Purple Heart

By: Diane Hanks

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"Historical fiction at its finest!" ―Amanda Skenandore, author of The Second Life of Mirielle West … read more

Similar categories in Diane Hanks's The Woman with a Purple Heart book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey

17. Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancor of 2022 from the headlines of the w… read more

Similar categories in Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • historical
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18. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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19. For Those Who Are Lost

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

One woman's split-second decision on the eve of World War II will tear a family apart... On the … read more

Similar categories in Julia Bryan Thomas's For Those Who Are Lost book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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21. Love and Fury: A Memoir

By: Margie Orford

4.57

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Love and Fury traces a woman's fierce love and righteous rage, unravelling entanglements that are a… read more

Similar categories in Margie Orford's Love and Fury: A Memoir book and Penny Haw's The Invincible Miss Cust

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Marie Benedict

4.04

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Only the Beautiful

Susan Meissner

4.47

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Unsinkable

Jenni L. Walsh

3.86

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Brianna Labuskes

3.95

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