12 best-selling historical fiction books like The Celestial Wife by Leslie Howard

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The Celestial Wife

By: Leslie Howard

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist communit…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Celestial Wife by Leslie Howard , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

1. 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 Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Sisters of Belfast

By: Melanie Maure

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Maure's Sisters of Belfast book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

3. The Other Valley

By: Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future Sixtee… read more

Similar categories in Scott Alexander Howard's The Other Valley book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Keeper by Genevieve Graham

4. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale

5. The Paris Affair

By: Pip Drysdale

3.73

Format: 8 pages, Audiobook

She thinks love can kill you. It turns out she might be right. Meet Harper Brown… Occupation: Arts … read more

Similar categories in Pip Drysdale's The Paris Affair book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
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6. 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 Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

7. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hilton's Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Celestial Wife by Leslie     Howard

8. The Celestial Wife

By: Leslie Howard

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist communit… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's Behind You book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
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10. Pelican Girls

By: Julia Malye

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Malye's Pelican Girls book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
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12. The Royal Librarian

By: Daisy Wood

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: Sec… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Wood's The Royal Librarian book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The room smelt exactly as a library should: of old paper, leather and sweet, sticky glue, overlaid with furniture polish and the smoke from a thousand dead fires."

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"She loved the calm regularity of librarianship; each book a treasure trove of information or experience that would be categorised, labelled and stored in its rightful place. And she could think of no…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"Most walls of the family's apartment were lined with bookshelves, and more volumes were stacked in boxes under every bed and table. Her mother often threatened to throw them out with the rubbish, and…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

Cover of Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) by Natalie Jenner

13. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3)

By: Natalie Jenner

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls returns with a brilliant nov… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jenner's Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

14. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
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15. The Black Crescent

By: Jane Johnson

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A captivating historical novel set in post-war Casablanca about a young man marked by djinns who mu… read more

Similar categories in Jane Johnson's The Black Crescent book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather     Marshall

16. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's The Secret History of Audrey James book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

17. Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

By: Jackie Lau

3.55

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

A charming rom-com about a young woman’s desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother…only to… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Lau's Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
"They have flavors like Hong Kong milk tea and ube and Vietnamese coffee. Spiced persimmon. Mango lassi. Jasmine tea." There's something sexy about Mark listing off gelato flavors for me."

-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

"At the liquor store, we select a bottle of wine based on one very important factor: price. The cheaper the better. Then we head home, change into comfier clothes, pull out our plastic wineglasses (ve…"

-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

"Holy shit! Fifteen bucks for a milkshake!" I exclaim, looking at the poster for the special of the month: cherry pie milkshake. I, personally, consider fifteen bucks to be too much for a drink that d…"

-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

"Sunday morning, I make a few posts on social media, something I'm supposed to do as an author to promote myself, but I'm rather unconvinced of the efficacy of posting things like cherry pie milkshake…"

-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

Cover of Till Death Do Us Part by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

18. Till Death Do Us Part

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here returns with a thriller set in the vineyards of Napa V… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Elizabeth Flynn's Till Death Do Us Part book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Off Season by Amber Cowie

19. The Off Season

By: Amber Cowie

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

For fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, a destination thriller about a woman who accompanies her new … read more

Similar categories in Amber Cowie's The Off Season book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The Offing by Roz Nay

20. The Offing

By: Roz Nay

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Two young women are trapped in a deadly chase through the beautiful, dangerous waters around Austra… read more

Similar categories in Roz Nay's The Offing book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit by Nadine Sander-Green

21. Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit

By: Nadine Sander-Green

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A woman’s coming-of-age through a toxic relationship, isolation, and betrayal―set against the stark… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Sander-Green's Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Asking for a Friend by Kerry Clare

22. Asking for a Friend

By: Kerry Clare

3.57

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

For readers of J. Courtney Sullivan and Emma Straub, and for fans of Firefly Lane , comes a poignan… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Clare's Asking for a Friend book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories by Shashi Bhat

23. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories

By: Shashi Bhat

4.22

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

CBC Books' Top Pick for Most Anticipated Canadian Fiction for Spring 2024—a breathtaking and sharpl… read more

Similar categories in Shashi Bhat's Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of And Then There Was Us by Kern Carter

24. And Then There Was Us

By: Kern Carter

3.83

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A mother's death forces a teen girl to reevaluate their tumultuous relationship in this powerful co… read more

Similar categories in Kern Carter's And Then There Was Us book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena

25. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
Cover of But How Are You, Really by Ella  Dawson

26. But How Are You, Really

By: Ella Dawson

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A burned-out bisexual confronts old demons, her estranged chosen family, and the ex she maybe shoul… read more

Similar categories in Ella Dawson's But How Are You, Really book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Incorrigibles by Meredith Jaeger

27. The Incorrigibles

By: Meredith Jaeger

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Meredith Jaeger comes an emotionally resonant novel about two wom… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Jaeger's The Incorrigibles book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of High Society by Daniel Kalla

28. High Society

By: Daniel Kalla

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Daniel Kalla comes a twisty psychological thriller about a … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kalla's High Society book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

29. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • canada
Cover of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

30. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of real ones by Katherena Vermette

31. real ones

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's real ones book and Leslie Howard's The Celestial Wife

  • fiction
  • canada

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Melanie Maure

3.69

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Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

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3.68

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Caro Carver

3.69

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