13 Best adult books like Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

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Courting Mr. Lincoln

By: Louis Bayard

3.72

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the p…

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1. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the frien… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

2. The Jester

By: Andrew Gross , James Patterson

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Freedom - in eleventh-century France, it is a luxury enjoyed by only the King and nobility. For the… read more

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3. The Angry Wife

By: Pearl S. Buck

3.78

Format: None pages,

Indonesian edition Dua kakak-beradik, dua istri, dua dunia... Tom dan Pierce Delaney sama-sama ikut… read more

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4. One Mississippi

By: Mark Childress

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This exuberantly acclaimed novel by the author of the bestselling Crazy in Alabamatells an uproario… read more

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5. Song Yet Sung

By: James McBride

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

March, 1850. In the tense days before the Civil War, a slave breakout in the labyrinthine swamps of… read more

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6. Abraham Lincoln

By: Thomas Keneally

3.21

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This self-made man from a log cabin-the great orator, the Emancipator, the savior of the Union, the… read more

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7. Henry Henry

By: Allen Bratton

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more

Similar categories in Allen Bratton's Henry Henry book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."

-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry

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8. 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 Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

By: Jane Draycott

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more

Similar categories in Jane Draycott's Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • historical
  • audiobook
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10. The General and Julia

By: Jon Clinch

3.82

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and… read more

Similar categories in Jon Clinch's The General and Julia book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • 19th century
  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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13. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Starring Adele Astaire

By: Eliza Knight

4.00

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns with a story full of glitz and glam as she delves… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Knight's Starring Adele Astaire book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Romanov Brides

By: Clare McHugh

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—th… read more

Similar categories in Clare McHugh's The Romanov Brides book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The House of Lincoln

By: Nancy Horan

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with The Ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Horan's The House of Lincoln book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Some day she [Ana Ferreira Evans] would write what she had learned about love in her widowhood. Love needs a place to go. Your heart doesn't stop making it when you lose the single adored person of y…"

-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln

"She [Ana Ferreira Evans] remembered a remark [Mrs.] Alsop had once made. Some people are willfully ignorant. They aren't stupid--they simply choose to be oblivious. That way they aren't responsible f…"

-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln

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17. Courting Mr. Lincoln

By: Louis Bayard

3.72

Format: 381 pages, Hardcover

From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the p… read more

Similar categories in Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Jackie

By: Dawn Tripp

4.34

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Tripp's Jackie book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"not only because of the pleasure it will bring, but because the power of ideas, and the ability to express them, is the greatest power we have."

-Dawn Tripp, Jackie

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19. All the World Beside

By: Garrard Conley

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England … read more

Similar categories in Garrard Conley's All the World Beside book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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20. Halloween Party Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #27.5)

By: Leslie Meier

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Small town traditions are celebrated throughout Maine during the holiday season. But when it comes … read more

Similar categories in Leslie Meier's Halloween Party Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #27.5) book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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21. The First Lady and the Rebel

By: Susan Higginbotham

3.91

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

From celebrated author Susan Higginbotham comes an incredible book about Abraham Lincoln's First La… read more

Similar categories in Susan Higginbotham's The First Lady and the Rebel book and Louis Bayard's Courting Mr. Lincoln

  • romance
  • historical
  • civil war
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

14 must-read fiction books like Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker

Jennifer Chiaverini

3.47

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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An American Beauty

Shana Abe

4.15

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The General and Julia

Jon Clinch

3.82

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From Here to Home (Too Much, Texas Novel)

Marie Bostwick

4.39

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The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

4.25

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The First Ladies

Marie Benedict

4.04

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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