22 best-selling adult books like Good Taste by Caroline Scott

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Good Taste

By: Caroline Scott

3.45

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English count…

"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

If you liked the adult plot in Good Taste by Caroline Scott , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Underground Library book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22) by Jennifer Chiaverini

2. The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Cr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22) book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

3. 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 Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • food
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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5. Recipe for a Charmed Life

By: Rachel Linden

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After a day of unrivaled disappointments, a promising young chef finds every bite of food suddenly … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • food
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Instinctively, her fingers drifted to the four-leaf clover charm on the delicate chain at her throat, and she rubbed the little leaves. Long ago, her mother had told her that the four leaflets on the…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"She reached up and rubbed the four-leaf clover charm, saying a quick prayer for faith, hope, love, and luck. Faith that everything would turn out, hope that what was lost could be restored, gratitude…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"Star reached up and snapped an apple twig from the bough above them. It was laden with small white buds not yet blossomed. "Watch." She cupped it in her strong-knuckled hands. Before Georgia's eyes, …"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"The wine was cold and refreshing on her tongue, sliding down her throat like a mouthful of winter air. She closed her eyes and sniffed the bouquet. Ripe apricots smashing open on gray rocks, the smel…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

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6. The Evolution of Annabel Craig

By: Lisa Grunwald

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial te… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

By: Claire Swinarski

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious yo… read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • food
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All these kids today thought you needed so much time. Time, time, time! As if another year would show you the kind of father a person could be, or how the nightmares about battlefields in Vietnam wou…"

-Claire Swinarski, The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

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8. The London Bookshop Affair

By: Louise Fein

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bo… read more

Similar categories in Louise Fein's The London Bookshop Affair book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman

9. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

10. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

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11. Close Knit

By: Jenny Colgan

3.98

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious and romantic summer… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's Close Knit book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Excitements by C.J. Wray

12. The Excitements

By: C.J. Wray

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A brilliant and witty drama about two elderly female World War II veterans with a secret past who e… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Wray's The Excitements book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas

13. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams comes poignant historical fiction that remind… read more

Similar categories in Julia Bryan Thomas's The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

By: Olivia Ford

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Ford's Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • food
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

Cover of The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

15. 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 Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Beginning of Everything

By: Jackie Fraser

3.59

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

An irresistible friends-to-lovers novel of resilience, hope, and new beginnings from the author of … read more

Similar categories in Jackie Fraser's The Beginning of Everything book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Postwar Paris is surging back to life, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a gl… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Good Taste by Caroline  Scott

18. Good Taste

By: Caroline Scott

3.45

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English count… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Scott's Good Taste book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • food
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"Stella leaned her head back and saw the sun flashing between rooftops, pale pearly clouds and then the corner of Peter Jones', the windows full of hats and dresses in the spring colors, all geranium …"

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

"What brings you to Gloucestershire?" "I was halfway between Banbury cakes and Bath buns," she said. He raised an eyebrow in response, which made her feel like she'd let a double entendre slip out. "I…"

-Caroline Scott, Good Taste

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19. The Trouble with You

By: Ellen Feldman

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose be… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Feldman's The Trouble with You book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Phoenix Ballroom

By: Ruth Hogan

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things: a heartfelt and inspiring … read more

Similar categories in Ruth Hogan's The Phoenix Ballroom book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Bessie

By: Linda Kass

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson—, the college-educated daughter of poor Rus… read more

Similar categories in Linda Kass's Bessie book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

22. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wartime Book Club by Kate          Thompson

23. The Wartime Book Club

By: Kate Thompson

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey … read more

Similar categories in Kate Thompson's The Wartime Book Club book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan by Eliza Knight

24. The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan

By: Eliza Knight

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the uni… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Knight's The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

25. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

26. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

Cover of The Other Princess by Denny S.  Bryce

27. The Other Princess

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.99

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's The Other Princess book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund

28. A Northern Light in Provence

By: Elizabeth Birkelund

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of an elderly Provençal poet an… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Birkelund's A Northern Light in Provence book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the Duchess of Windsor by Georgie Blalock

29. The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the Duchess of Windsor

By: Georgie Blalock

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Georgie Blalock, the acclaimed author of The Other Windsor Girl, delivers an enchantingly reimagine… read more

Similar categories in Georgie Blalock's The Windsor Conspiracy: A Novel of the Crown, a Conspiracy, and the Duchess of Windsor book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Year of What If by Phaedra Patrick

30. The Year of What If

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Phaedra Patrick comes a fun, heartfelt novel about a bride-to-be, a fortune… read more

Similar categories in Phaedra Patrick's The Year of What If book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

31. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Caroline Scott's Good Taste

  • british literature
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

31 must-read fiction books like Good Taste by Caroline Scott

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.84

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21 must-read fiction books like The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

Transform Your Habits

The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Finding Margaret Fuller

Allison Pataki

4.11

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