Vera
By: Carol Edgarian
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by q…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Doesn’t everyone have at least two opposing natures warring inside them?"-Carol Edgarian, Vera
"Doesn’t everyone have at least two opposing natures warring inside them?"-Carol Edgarian, Vera
"For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be."-Carol Edgarian, Vera
"For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be."-Carol Edgarian, Vera
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1. Lila & Theron
By: Bill Schubart
3.98
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Set in rural America and spanning much of the 20th century, Lila & Theron captures the spirit of th… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
3. Night of a Thousand Stars
By: Deanna Raybourn
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
New York Timesbestselling author Deanna Raybourn returns with a Jazz Age tale of grand adventure O… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
By: Laurence Leamer
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It was a difficult assignment, but someone had to do it. In an act of journalistic subterfuge worth… read more
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5. The Other Alcott
By: Elise Hooper
3.54
Format: 317 pages, ebook
Elise Hooper's debut novel conjures the fascinating, untold story of May Alcott--Louisa's youngest … read more
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6. The Lost Mother
By: Mary McGarry Morris
3.20
Format: 160 pages,
Mary McGarry Morris has achieved new heights with her riveting chronicle of the Talcotts, a family … read more
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7. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. The Orphan Collector
By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.24
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more
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- adult fiction
- coming of age
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector
9. Hang the Moon
By: Jeannette Walls
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk … read more
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- adult fiction
- coming of age
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- adult
- audiobook
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. The Lost English Girl
By: Julia Kelly
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.07
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
13. Little Souls
By: Sandra Dallas
3.93
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now a Denver Post bestseller Finalist, 2023 Colorado Book Awards Sandra Dallas's Little Souls… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. The House Is on Fire
By: Rachel Beanland
4.10
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
The author of Florence Adler Swims Forever returns with a masterful work of historical fiction abou… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"If you want to help... any of us, then you get where you're going and you work hard and you find a way to take care of someone else the way your uncle has taken care of you."-Rachel Beanland, The House Is on Fire
15. Still Alice
By: Christine Mary Dunford
4.54
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Alice Howland is a university professor at the height of her career when she is diagnosed with earl… read more
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- fiction
"She ran behind him, letting him set the pace, watching and listening to him like he was a gorgeous musical instrument—the pendulum-like swinging back of his elbows, the rhythmic, airy puffs of his ex…"-Christine Mary Dunford, Still Alice
16. The Summer We Lost Her
By: Tish Cohen
3.59
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
It’s been a busy—and expensive—few years for Matt and Elise Sorenson and their young daughter Graci… read more
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- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. Beyond the Wire
By: James D. Shipman
4.14
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of Irena's War blends fact and fiction in a gripping novel based on one of t… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. The Jazz Club Spy
By: Roberta Rich
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the author of the “riveting” ( Chicago Tribune ) The Midwife of Venice , a fresh and sweeping … read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Surviving Savannah
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection fo… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Grief had been coiled quietly inside me since Papa's death 10 years ago-an absence that was as much a presence as any ghost."-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah
"I'd discovered that Savannah couldn't be fully explained to those who hadn't visited it. Photos, no matter how glorious, and movies, no matter how accurate, couldn't convey the way Savannah felt - se…"-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah
20. The Next Ship Home
By: Heather Webb
4.17
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: "Give me your tired, yo… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"They laughed heartily and shouted over one another, the Sicilian dialect she hadn't heard in a while enveloping her. To the untrained eye, the group might have been arguing, but Francesca knew better…"-Heather Webb, The Next Ship Home
21. The Lost Dresses of Italy
By: M.A. McLaughlin
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this rich, atmospheric historical novel, perfect for fans of Brenda Janowitz and Adriana Trigian… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
22. Vera
By: Carol Edgarian
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by q… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Carol Edgarian's Vera book and Carol Edgarian's Vera
- adult fiction
- coming of age
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Doesn’t everyone have at least two opposing natures warring inside them?"-Carol Edgarian, Vera
"For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be."-Carol Edgarian, Vera
23. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
24. The Night Travelers
By: Armando Lucas Correa
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
25. Barbara Isn't Dying Yet
By: Alina Bronsky
3.74
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Walter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, “comfortable” confines of traditional ge… read more
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- audiobook
- family
- fiction
- novels
26. Swimming Back to Trout River
By: Linda Rui Feng
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE How many times in life can we start over with… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
27. Half Life
By: Jillian Cantor
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of M… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
28. At Sea
By: Emma Fedor
3.57
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Cara and Brendan first meet, she’s fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of h… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
29. The Orphan Sisters
By: Shirley Dickson
4.07
Format: 367 pages, ebook
A heartbreaking, unputdownable and utterly unforgettable story of two young sisters cruelly abandon… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
30. When Stars Rain Down
By: Angela Jackson-Brown
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
This summer has the potential to change everything. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is u… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Everything we ever need to heal ourselves grows out of God's good earth."-Angela Jackson-Brown, When Stars Rain Down
31. The Hollows (Kinship #2)
By: Jess Montgomery
4.09
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in this powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
