A Net for Small Fishes
By: Lucy Jago
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When Frances Howard, unhappy wife of the Earl of Essex, meets the talented Anne Turner, the two str…
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1. The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal, and Divorce
By: Hallie Rubenhold
4.30
Format: None pages,
She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. … read more
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- historical
- british literature
2. Witches, a tale of Scandal, Sorcery and Seduction
By: Tracy Borman
4.57
Format: 102 pages,
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly… read more
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3. The Dance Tree
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
4. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
5. The Household
By: Stacey Halls
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
6. The Whalebone Theatre
By: Joanna Quinn
4.06
Format: 558 pages, Hardcover
A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatr… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- historical
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- historical fiction
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- audiobook
"Without passion we are only machines."-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"A place where exiles gather to talk of passion."-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"The men repeatedly request that she play Elgar’s “Nimrod"-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
"It pleases her immensely that she has created this. It reminds her of playing with the cardboard theatre in the attic, how her favourite part was lying on the floor, doing the voices, making the char…"-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
7. Daughters of Night
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.17
Format: 580 pages, Hardcover
From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. The Marriage Portrait
By: Maggie O'Farrell
4.01
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The author of award-winning Hamnet… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
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- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"May I keep this?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"The animal was orange, burnished gold, fire made flesh; she was power and anger, she was vicious and exquisite;"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
"Is it possible for a woman to be so unsettled in spirit that a child will have no hope of taking root within her?"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait
9. Shrines of Gaiety
By: Kate Atkinson
3.85
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
10. Cuddy
By: Benjamin Myers
4.33
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy
11. Absolutely and Forever
By: Rose Tremain
3.90
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- historical
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- novels
- audiobook
12. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
By: Jessie Burton
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
13. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
14. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
15. The Leviathan
By: Rosie Andrews
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan
16. The Confessions of Frannie Langton
By: Sara Collins
3.57
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing hi… read more
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- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"What did Shakespeare know? Love must alter, or it can't survive."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"there were two things I loved: all those books I read, and all the people who wrote them."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
"Only two types of white people in this world, chile, the ones doing shit to you and the ones wanting you to tell them ’bout the shit them other ones did."-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton
17. Learwife
By: J.R. Thorp
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this breathtaking debut novel tells the story of the most famo… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. Cecily
By: Annie Garthwaite
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more
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- british literature
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
19. A Net for Small Fishes
By: Lucy Jago
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When Frances Howard, unhappy wife of the Earl of Essex, meets the talented Anne Turner, the two str… read more
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- literary fiction
- 17th century
- lgbt
- historical
- british literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Murder and marriage is not a happy mix."-Lucy Jago, A Net for Small Fishes
20. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
By: Hilary Mantel
4.33
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a noveli… read more
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- audiobook
- british literature
"Mourning is work. It is not simply being sad. It is naming your pain. It is witnessing the sorrow of others, drawing out the shape of loss. It is natural and necessary and there is no healing without…"-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
"How nice, then, to go to Waterstones and not to have to disinfect yourself when you get home; yet sometimes as a reader I feel nostalgic for disorder, for the random and unpredictable. I find myself …"-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing
21. The Burial Plot
By: Elizabeth Macneal
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more
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- audiobook
22. Bird Life
By: Anna Smaill
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill. A lyrical and ambitious exploration… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
23. The Book of Secrets
By: Anna Mazzola
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it t… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
24. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
25. The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
By: Paterson Joseph
3.70
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It’s finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in… read more
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- british literature
- historical
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- novels
- adult
- audiobook
26. The Revels
By: Stacey Thomas
3.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set and the witch-hunt is about to begin… ‘I am no witch. I have not sold my soul t… read more
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- fiction
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- adult
- audiobook
27. The Company
By: J.M. Varese
3.46
Format: 320 pages, ebook
London, 1870. Lucy Braithwhite lives a privileged existence as the heir to the fortune of Braith… read more
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- british literature
- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
28. The Fire and the Rose
By: Robyn Cadwallader
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
29. The King's Witches
By: Kate Foster
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more
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- historical
- adult
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30. La sonata perduta (Italian Edition)
By: Christiana Moreau
3.84
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
«Magnifico e commovente.»»l'avenirVenezia, 1723. Per le orfane dell’Ospedale della Pietà, la vita è… read more
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