7 Best historical books like Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin

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Old Lovegood Girls

By: Gail Godwin

3.51

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Flora and Evensong comes the story of two remarkable …

"We could all do with some silence, just sitting back in a dark theater and watching humans living and working and discovering their affinities without any words."

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

"Merry didn’t believe Feron had any idea of her homesickness. Now Ritchie was the complete opposite. He loved being away from home and at twelve was making plans for traveling the world. What made him different? Did people who weren’t homesick carry their home inside them? And then there were people who wanted to forget the home they came from. She knew Feron must be one of these."

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

If you liked the historical plot in Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Laura & Emma

By: Kate Greathead

3.19

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

A tender, witty debut novel about a single mother raising her daughter among the upper crust of New… read more

Similar categories in Kate Greathead's Laura & Emma book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"Buck up. Fake it till you feel it. The show must go on. This was the way they did things - These people in the world she'd grown up in."

-Kate Greathead, Laura & Emma

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2. Third Degree

By: Greg Iles

3.84

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the gravest dangers -- and the darkest souls -- live right beside us.... In the span o… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Third Degree book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Dad!"

-Greg Iles, Third Degree

"The sheriff faced forward, the downward angle of his big head radiating disappointment."

-Greg Iles, Third Degree

"All human beings, Carl had learned, were fascinated with death. Only those who knew death intimately, as he did, understood its essential mystery."

-Greg Iles, Third Degree

"circa 1985. Vida's great claim to fame was winning a televised wet T-shirt contest in Destin she'd beaten 150 other competitors-but two children and ten thousand cheeseburgers had deflated her prized…"

-Greg Iles, Third Degree

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3. The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells

By: Andrew Sean Greer

4.14

Format: None pages, ebook

1985. After the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix, and the break up with her long-time lover… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Sean Greer's The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. The Art of Mending

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets--secrets that have shaped the personali… read more

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5. The English Teacher

By: Lily King

3.62

Format: 186 pages,

"Fifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived from Texas alone and pregnant at Fayer Academy. She has since… read more

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6. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

By: Janelle Brown

3.82

Format: 148 pages,

A smart, comic page-turner about a Silicon Valley family in free fall over the course of one eventf… read more

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7. 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 Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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8. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Enlightenment book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

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9. 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 Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. The Limits

By: Nell Freudenberger

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more

Similar categories in Nell Freudenberger's The Limits book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Women in Sunlight

By: Frances Mayes

3.64

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an… read more

Similar categories in Frances Mayes's Women in Sunlight book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Turtle House

By: Amanda Churchill

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Churchill's The Turtle House book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin

13. Old Lovegood Girls

By: Gail Godwin

3.51

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Flora and Evensong comes the story of two remarkable … read more

Similar categories in Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • literary fiction
  • unfinished
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"We could all do with some silence, just sitting back in a dark theater and watching humans living and working and discovering their affinities without any words."

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

"Merry didn’t believe Feron had any idea of her homesickness. Now Ritchie was the complete opposite. He loved being away from home and at twelve was making plans for traveling the world. What made him…"

-Gail Godwin, Old Lovegood Girls

Cover of Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser

14. Forget You Know Me

By: Jessica Strawser

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Forget You Know Me is that book you can’t put down, and can’t stop thinking about when you are fin… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Strawser's Forget You Know Me book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. Henry, Himself

By: Stewart O'Nan

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life tryin… read more

Similar categories in Stewart O'Nan's Henry, Himself book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
"Her anger was the fuel she used to keep going."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Being agreeable didn't make people less difficult."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Just contemplating the energy required to make small talk tired him."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

"Like a funeral, a birthday wasn't yours but for the people who loved you."

-Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself

Cover of Rhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp

16. Rhododendron Pie

By: Margery Sharp

3.80

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

It was indeed very difficult for the Laventie children not to be a little priggish. As lively an… read more

Similar categories in Margery Sharp's Rhododendron Pie book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"My darling, why didn't you say so before? You know, I sometimes wonder," she added, turning to Ann, "what it would be like to have no children." "Jolly dull, " said John. "you'd be bored stiff. What …"

-Margery Sharp, Rhododendron Pie

Cover of The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams

17. The Nesting Dolls

By: Alina Adams

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic … read more

Similar categories in Alina Adams's The Nesting Dolls book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Life has never given me what I wanted. But it has, once in a while, given me what I needed."

-Alina Adams, The Nesting Dolls

Cover of The Secret Keeper of Main Street by Trisha R. Thomas

18. The Secret Keeper of Main Street

By: Trisha R. Thomas

3.77

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Trisha R. Thomas delivers a masterful new tale of scandal and intuition. In 1950s … read more

Similar categories in Trisha R. Thomas's The Secret Keeper of Main Street book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Divide Me By Zero by Lara Vapnyar

19. Divide Me By Zero

By: Lara Vapnyar

3.79

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A  New York Times  Editor’s Choice As a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math … read more

Similar categories in Lara Vapnyar's Divide Me By Zero book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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20. Royals

By: Emma Forrest

3.61

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams… read more

Similar categories in Emma Forrest's Royals book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Love, Death & Rare Books by Robert Hellenga

21. Love, Death & Rare Books

By: Robert Hellenga

3.63

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Chas. Johnson & Sons has been a family operation for three generations—grandfather, father and son.… read more

Similar categories in Robert Hellenga's Love, Death & Rare Books book and Gail Godwin's Old Lovegood Girls

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Greg Iles

3.84

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4.10

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4.14

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3.66

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