13 best-selling historical books like On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster

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On Gin Lane

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young …

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1. The Five-Star Weekend

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

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2. Bad Summer People

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against … read more

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. The Summer We Started Over

By: Nancy Thayer

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's The Summer We Started Over book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
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4. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • mystery
  • 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 Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Lost Summers of Newport

By: Beatriz Williams

3.71

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Lost Summers of Newport book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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7. Hotel Laguna

By: Nicola Harrison

3.80

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Hazel Francis left Wichita, Kansas for California, determined to do her part for the war e… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Harrison's Hotel Laguna book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Summer of Songbirds

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's The Summer of Songbirds book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. All the Days of Summer

By: Nancy Thayer

4.02

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his ow… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Thayer's All the Days of Summer book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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12. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

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13. Vacationland

By: Meg Mitchell Moore

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Louisa has come to her parents' house in Maine this summer with all three of her kids, a barely wri… read more

Similar categories in Meg Mitchell Moore's Vacationland book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Spectacular book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

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16. The Divorcées

By: Rowan Beaird

3.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lois Saunders thought marrying the right man would cure her loneliness, but as picture-perfect as h… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Beaird's The Divorcées book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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18. The Beach at Summerly

By: Beatriz Williams

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams returns with a ravishing summer read, taking readers bac… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Beach at Summerly book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. My Magnolia Summer

By: Victoria Benton Frank

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Benton Frank's My Magnolia Summer book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"Omitting the truth is also lying."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Are you planning on kissing me behind a haystack or something?" "Oh, I plan on a lot worse, Maggie."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"Maybe violets don't have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

"I unrolled my knife bag and saw all my old friends staring back at me. Some girls liked diamonds, some liked pearls, but just give me a good knife. Knives are sexy, that's all there is to it."

-Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer

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20. The Summer Pact

By: Emily Giffin

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Giffin's The Summer Pact book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

21. The House on Biscayne Bay

By: Chanel Cleeton

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and presen… read more

Similar categories in Chanel Cleeton's The House on Biscayne Bay book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I think it did. He was quite staggered by the place. Then again, Vizcaya tends to have that effect. Is the home that grand? It Is. Vizcaya has brought the Mediterranean to Florida."

-Chanel Cleeton, The House on Biscayne Bay

"I like to think of the houses I build as having their own personalities. Oh, there's the people who are their custodians to consider, of course, a symbiosis in the relationship between the house and …"

-Chanel Cleeton, The House on Biscayne Bay

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

22. 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 Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. Summer Stage

By: Meg Mitchell Moore

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A spirited summer page-turner following a family of actors grappling with fame, scandal, and ambiti… read more

Similar categories in Meg Mitchell Moore's Summer Stage book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. The Darlings

By: Hannah McKinnon

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

On a secluded stretch of Cape Cod, a wedding is being planned at a beloved beach house—only for a l… read more

Similar categories in Hannah McKinnon's The Darlings book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
Cover of On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea  Foster

25. On Gin Lane

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young … read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

26. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Gilt

By: Jamie Brenner

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A luxurious and richly compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Blush , about a famous f… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Brenner's Gilt book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • new york
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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28. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's A Happier Life book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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29. The Cliffs

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wedding People by Alison Espach

30. The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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31. The Same Bright Stars

By: Ethan Joella

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's The Same Bright Stars book and Brooke Lea Foster's On Gin Lane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook

31 Top fiction books like On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster

Transform Your Habits

The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

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Bad Summer People

Emma Rosenblum

3.43

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The Summer We Started Over

Nancy Thayer

4.00

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Summers at the Saint

Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

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The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Look on the Bright Side

Kristan Higgins

4.25

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