5 must-read womens books like American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper

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American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

By: Karen Harper

3.66

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Before Meghan and Harry, another American ‘princess’ captured the hand of an English aristocrat. N…

If you liked the womens plot in American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age

By: Renée Rosen

3.71

Format: 412 pages,

In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing … read more

Similar categories in Renée Rosen's What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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2. The American Heiress

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.46

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, The American Heiress marks the debut of a glorious sto… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Happiness is a talent."

-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

"... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away."

-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

"She knew that people generally behaved only as well as they had to."

-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

"When he drew back she said, ‘Don’t you mind?’ ‘Mind what?’ he whispered. ‘My skin. Don’t you mind kissing a coloured girl?"

-Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

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3. 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 Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2)

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.40

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Yorkshire Dales, August 1913 American heiress India, Lady Kilnsey, enjoys the very comfortable l… read more

Similar categories in Linda Bennett Pennell's The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2) book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. An American Beauty

By: Shana Abe

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more

Similar categories in Shana Abe's An American Beauty book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

By: Allison Pataki

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average ev… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Second Mrs. Astor

By: Shana Abe

3.98

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Marie Benedict, this riveting novel takes you inside th… read more

Similar categories in Shana Abe's The Second Mrs. Astor book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we’re young, we’re taught to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they ch…"

-Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

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8. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl

By: Renée Rosen

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined … read more

Similar categories in Renée Rosen's Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Mitford Affair

By: Marie Benedict

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The Mitford Affair book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
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10. The Social Graces

By: Renée Rosen

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in his… read more

Similar categories in Renée Rosen's The Social Graces book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Tiffany Girls

By: Shelley Noble

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble wows with a gripping historical novel about the rea… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Noble's The Tiffany Girls book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Queen's Fortune

By: Allison Pataki

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty, an… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's The Queen's Fortune book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A crown is both a great gift and an onerous burden."

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Love is in no way essential to a successful marriage"

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Frivolity is destructive, and complacency is corrosive"

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Ambition is never content, even at the summit of greatness."

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

Cover of A Beautiful Rival: A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden by Gill Paul

13. A Beautiful Rival: A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden

By: Gill Paul

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic ti… read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's A Beautiful Rival: A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper

14. American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

By: Karen Harper

3.66

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Before Meghan and Harry, another American ‘princess’ captured the hand of an English aristocrat. N… read more

Similar categories in Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of American Gilt: Absinthe by J.D.  Peterson

15. American Gilt: Absinthe

By: J.D. Peterson

4.13

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, January 1883 – The new year finds Oliver and Sara celebrating their recent marriage. After t… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Peterson's American Gilt: Absinthe book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. A Well-Behaved Woman

By: Therese Anne Fowler

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A novel of a family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, In 1883, the New York Times prints a leng… read more

Similar categories in Therese Anne Fowler's A Well-Behaved Woman book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money's cons…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

"Alva did suffer when the next wave came, and again and again and again, but a short while later she brought into the Vanderbilt family a girl with tufts of dark hair and wide eyes and the sweetest li…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

"Consuelo was correct: marrying for money alone was not ideal. Alva hoped for status, too - though not for the reasons her mother had sought it, self-importance and admiration. Status gave a woman mor…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

Cover of The American Adventuress by C.W. Gortner

17. The American Adventuress

By: C.W. Gortner

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big, juicy biopic novel by the author of Mademoiselle Chanel about the scandalous life of Jennie … read more

Similar categories in C.W. Gortner's The American Adventuress book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Woman Before Wallis

By: Bryn Turnbull

3.89

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American … read more

Similar categories in Bryn Turnbull's The Woman Before Wallis book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. That Churchill Woman

By: Stephanie Barron

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Paris Wife meets PBS's Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of histo… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Barron's That Churchill Woman book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter by Clare McHugh

20. A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter

By: Clare McHugh

3.71

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

To the world, she was Princess Victoria, daughter of a queen, wife of an emperor, and mother of Kai… read more

Similar categories in Clare McHugh's A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

21. Bye, Baby

By: Carola Lovering

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told. On a brisk fall night in … read more

Similar categories in Carola Lovering's Bye, Baby book and Karen Harper's American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Instantly calming as she suckles by breast. It's a relief for both of us..."

-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby

"Ella is on my nipple like a magnet... my breasts engorged and tingling from the let-down."

-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby

"Ella begins to fuss in her stroller... I feel a wave of love for her as my nipples tingle on instinct - my milk coming down."

-Carola Lovering, Bye, Baby

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Daisy Goodwin

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4.11

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