22 must-read historical fiction books like The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) by Melissa Addey

Cover of The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) by Melissa Addey

The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3)

By: Melissa Addey

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

China’s most beautiful garden. The man who built it. The woman who had to leave it. 18th century…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) by Melissa Addey , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)

By: Anchee Min

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-ol… read more

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  • historical fiction
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2. Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)

By: Lisa See

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

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  • historical fiction
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3. Master Wu's Bride

By: Edward C. Patterson

3.54

Format: None pages,

It is Chi Lin's wedding day - an exciting time for any bride, unless the groom has died before the … read more

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  • historical fiction
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4. The Lioness of Morocco

By: Christiane Galvani , Julia Drosten

3.33

Format: 120 pages,

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in nineteenth-century London, where her strong wil… read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan

By: Stephanie Marie Thornton

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temuj… read more

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  • historical fiction

6. Daughters of the Dragon

By: William Andrews

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

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7. The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

There is no easy path for a woman aspiring to power. . . . A concubine at the palace learns quickly… read more

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8. Rebel Queen

By: Michelle Moran

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the 1850s, it expects a quick and easy conquest… read more

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9. The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)

By: Anchee Min

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

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10. Nefertiti

By: Michelle Moran

4.00

Format: 212 pages,

Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provid… read more

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11. The Empress of Bright Moon (Empress of Bright Moon, #2)

By: Weina Dai Randel

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

In the captivating sequel to The Moon in the Palace, Mei must protect her people from a murderous e… read more

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12. Imperial Woman

By: Pearl S. Buck

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a c… read more

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13. The Other Empress (A Qing Court Novel #1)

By: Amanda Roberts

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

In this exciting novel from USA Today best-selling author Amanda Roberts, the story of the slow mar… read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. The Purple Virgin: A Passionate Tale of a Chinese Harem (Passionate Tales Book 7)

By: Alexandra Daniels

3.78

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Year 8 of the Peaceful Emperor. When her grand-father dies, Shaolin is sold into slavery to pay th… read more

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15. The Elephant Keeper's Daughter

By: Julia Drosten

4.12

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman tr… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

By: William Andrews

4.25

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu

By: Ann Bennett

4.36

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Hi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Pearl of Penang: A totally heartbreaking love story with a gripping twist in the Far East pre-WW2 (The Penang Series Book 1)

By: Clare Flynn

4.33

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

“The emotions I went through were numerous... This book hit me in the gut… magical to read and will… read more

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19. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. Paradiso (Paradiso #1)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.17

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3) by Deborah Swift

21. The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3)

By: Deborah Swift

4.29

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Count your nights by stars, not by shadows ~ Italian Proverb Winter in Venice Mia Caiozzi is … read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Spirit of the Dragon (The Dragon #3)

By: William Andrews

4.58

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. Threads of Silk: A Historical Chinese Fiction Novel

By: Amanda Roberts

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When I was a child, I thought my destiny was to live and die on the banks of the Xiangjiang River a… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) by Melissa Addey

24. The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3)

By: Melissa Addey

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

China’s most beautiful garden. The man who built it. The woman who had to leave it. 18th century… read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. The Blue Dress Girl

By: E.V. Thompson

4.04

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

China, 1857. She-she, a peasant girl, never wanted to be a concubine. But She-she has caught the ey… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. Empress in Disguise (Empress in Disguise, #1)

By: Amanda Roberts

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

To save her family, one girl will sacrifice her very identity. Living in poverty in the shadow o… read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. The Secret of Elephants

By: Vasundra Tailor

4.10

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Navsari, India. Penniless and trapped in a loveless marriage, Nirmala spends her days anxiously car… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Petrus Prophecy (Vatican Secret Archive #3) by Gary McAvoy

28. The Petrus Prophecy (Vatican Secret Archive #3)

By: Gary McAvoy

4.52

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Father Jonah Barlow is dead. The respected Jesuit scholar of apocalyptic studies might have died fr… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Opus Dictum (Vatican Secret Archive #2) by Gary McAvoy

29. The Opus Dictum (Vatican Secret Archive #2)

By: Gary McAvoy

4.50

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1982, Italian financier Roberto Calvi, known as “God’s Banker,” was discovered hanging under Lon… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Silkworm Keeper (Tofana, #2) by Deborah Swift

30. The Silkworm Keeper (Tofana, #2)

By: Deborah Swift

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Rome 1638 Old sins have long shadows ~ Italian Proverb Giulia Tofana never wanted to be a nun… read more

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  • historical fiction
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31. Harem

By: Colin Falconer

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In the harem you love, you rule… or you die. Istanbul, 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottom… read more

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  • historical fiction

16 best-selling historical books like The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3) by Deborah Swift

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Colin Falconer

3.87

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The Other Gwyn Girl

Nicola Cornick

4.30

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Anne R. Bailey

4.13

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Linda Bennett Pennell

4.40

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