The Corset
By: Laura Purcell
4.15
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit…
Want to Read $ 5.99"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
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1. The Girl in the Glass Tower
By: Elizabeth Fremantle
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Arbella Stuart is trapped behind the towering glass windows of Hardwick Hall. Kept cloistered from … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
3. Isabella Warrior Queen
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.30
Format: None pages, ebook
The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more
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- historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen
4. Diavola
By: Jennifer Marie Thorne
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
5. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
By: Bridget Collins
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- historical fiction
6. The Black Feathers
By: Rebecca Netley
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- horror
- audiobook
7. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
By: Katie Lumsden
3.67
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
8. The Familiars
By: Stacey Halls
3.88
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Respect is earned, not demanded."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."-Stacey Halls, The Familiars
9. The Household
By: Stacey Halls
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
10. Daughters of Night
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.17
Format: 580 pages, Hardcover
From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more
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- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- audiobook
11. 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
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- 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
12. The Maiden
By: Kate Foster
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
13. Wakenhyrst
By: Michelle Paver
3.87
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- audiobook
14. My Darling Dreadful Thing
By: Johanna van Veen
3.89
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing
15. Mrs England
By: Stacey Halls
3.91
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"-Stacey Halls, Mrs England
16. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
By: Bridget Collins
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
17. The Doll Factory
By: Elizabeth Macneal
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession … read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- audiobook
"You have everything you want! You cleave to your principles, and you are a man with the advantage of station! This - this interaction with me - it doesn't degrade you. In the eyes of the world, it ma…"-Elizabeth Macneal, The Doll Factory
18. The Foundling
By: Stacey Halls
3.99
Format: 400 pages, ebook
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hosp… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"Waarom moesten we de kaarten die ons waren toebedeeld, klakkeloos accepteren?"-Stacey Halls, The Foundling
"Mijn wereld was gekrompen tot de grootte van een walnoot. En toen was Daniel naar een van tante Cassandra's feestjes gekomen en had hij de noot gekraakt."-Stacey Halls, The Foundling
19. The Binding
By: Bridget Collins
3.86
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Books are dangerous things in Collins's alternate universe, a place vaguely reminiscent of 19th-cen… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Memories,"-Bridget Collins, The Binding
"I ran through air that held me back."-Bridget Collins, The Binding
"We make books - we make beautiful books - out of love."-Bridget Collins, The Binding
"the fear with elderly characters is the high likelihood of their death..."-Bridget Collins, The Binding
20. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
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- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
21. The Whistling
By: Rebecca Netley
3.69
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
22. The Leviathan
By: Rosie Andrews
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- horror
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan
23. Fyneshade
By: Kate Griffin
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- horror
24. The Lost Ones
By: Anita Frank
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
25. The Corset
By: Laura Purcell
4.15
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit… read more
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- crime
- audiobook
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"You'll call me heartless for thinking such thoughts. Maybe I was: a cavity yawned in my ribs, where once I'd felt a heart beat back."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
"I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe."-Laura Purcell, The Corset
26. 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
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
27. The Beholders
By: Hester Musson
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
28. The Clockwork Girl
By: Anna Mazzola
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
29. The Glass Woman
By: Caroline Lea
3.69
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
1686, ICELAND. AN ISOLATED, WINDSWEPT LAND HAUNTED BY WITCH TRIALS AND STEEPED IN THE ANCIENT SAGAS… read more
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- gothic
- mystery thriller
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- audiobook
"Love opens us, as an earthquake opens the earth."-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman
"In love, every one of us is a cross, every one of us a Christ."-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman
"She is a woman capable of violence. She is a woman who did what was necessary. She is a woman who has survived."-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman
"We were but a step away from the vagrants and exiles who are left to beg by the roads until they were murdered by the cold and buried by the snow."-Caroline Lea, The Glass Woman
30. The Revels
By: Stacey Thomas
3.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin… ‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul t… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
31. The Company
By: J.M. Varese
3.46
Format: 320 pages, ebook
London, 1870. Lucy Braithwhite lives a privileged existence as the heir to the fortune of Braith… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
