13 must-read historical books like Ashton Hall by Lauren Belfer

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Ashton Hall

By: Lauren Belfer

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An American woman and her son unearth the buried secrets and past lives of an English manor house i…

"When people in the village have books they no longer need, this shop provides a refuge whilst the volumes are in transition to new homes. That's the point of books, isn't it? To be passed from hand to hand, until they fall apart. Part of the great river of life. [SIR JEREMY AUBREY ('the general'), to Hannah Larson]"

-Lauren Belfer, Ashton Hall

If you liked the historical plot in Ashton Hall by Lauren Belfer , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. Royal Mistress

By: Anne Easter Smith

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical no… read more

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2. Homecoming

By: Kate Morton

4.07

Format: 547 pages, Hardcover

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the groun… read more

Similar categories in Kate Morton's Homecoming book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Stress can make even the most loving mother lose control."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"What is the truth anyway?" Jess had once been asked by a curious friend. "It's what happened." "According to whom?"

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"There's other ways to travel." She was right. He had books, and there was no barrier to the places he could visit in his own mind."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"Bad things happen to the best of people, and we cannot let them overwhelm us. Life doesn’t always work out the way we plan, but it does work out in the end."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

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3. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By: Hester Fox

3.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Last Heir to Blackwood Library book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By: Katie Lumsden

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more

Similar categories in Katie Lumsden's The Secrets of Hartwood Hall book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

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5. 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

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Karma Under Fire

By: Love Hudson-Maggio

3.87

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

When Harlow Kennedy, an aspiring jewelry maker, meets Tej Mayur, the “it” chef of Atlanta’s hottest… read more

Similar categories in Love Hudson-Maggio's Karma Under Fire book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace

By: Tracey Buchanan

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It's 1952 in the small western Kentucky town of Paducah and Mrs. Minerva Place would prefer everyon… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Buchanan's Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. 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

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 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

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9. The Cloisters

By: Katy Hays

3.41

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

On the wheel of fortune, who will emerge on top... and who will die? When Ann Stilwell arrives i… read more

Similar categories in Katy Hays's The Cloisters book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Life after parents is like a clean slate. [Rachel Mondray]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"...time made it possible to revisit even the hardest places. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"And I searched my memory -- that thin, imperfect archive -- for where might have seen it before. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"Era difícil no notar el peso del pasado a nuestro alrededor. Al fin de cuentas, ¿los museos no eran en realidad mausoleos?"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

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10. Hester

By: Laurie Lico Albanese

3.97

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The letter A is red,"

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

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11. The Bones of the Story

By: Carol Goodman

3.68

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

A locked-room mystery about a group of former classmates trapped on their college campus—with a mur… read more

Similar categories in Carol Goodman's The Bones of the Story book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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12. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

By: Jess Armstrong

3.56

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more

Similar categories in Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."

-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

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13. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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14. Mother Daughter Traitor Spy

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A mother and daughter find the courage to go undercover after stumbling upon a Nazi cell in Los Ang… read more

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's Mother Daughter Traitor Spy book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries)

By: J. C. Briggs

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

An intriguing Gothic house mystery novel you don’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Sarah Burton, … read more

Similar categories in J. C. Briggs's The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries) book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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16. Bloomsbury Girls

By: Natalie Jenner

3.86

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and hea… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jenner's Bloomsbury Girls book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"As her eyes met his, Grace took strength in that feeling of understanding, which she now knew to be another form of love. Being understood, appreciated, and not judged: these, surely, were the corner…"

-Natalie Jenner, Bloomsbury Girls

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17. Back to the Garden

By: Laurie R. King

3.92

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life--with potentially fatal … read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's Back to the Garden book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. Ashton Hall

By: Lauren Belfer

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An American woman and her son unearth the buried secrets and past lives of an English manor house i… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"When people in the village have books they no longer need, this shop provides a refuge whilst the volumes are in transition to new homes. That's the point of books, isn't it? To be passed from hand t…"

-Lauren Belfer, Ashton Hall

Cover of Girl from the Red Rose Motel by Susan Beckham Zurenda

19. Girl from the Red Rose Motel

By: Susan Beckham Zurenda

3.93

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

"Impoverished high school junior Hazel Smalls and privileged senior Sterling Lovell would never ord… read more

Similar categories in Susan Beckham Zurenda's Girl from the Red Rose Motel book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

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20. The Stockwell Letters

By: Jacqueline Friedland

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

From USA Today best-selling and multi-award-winning author Jacqueline Friedland comes a gripping wo… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Friedland's The Stockwell Letters book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at Vinland (Gilded Newport Mysteries, #12) by Alyssa Maxwell

21. Murder at Vinland (Gilded Newport Mysteries, #12)

By: Alyssa Maxwell

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Reporter and sleuth Emma Cross Andrews must stop a bold poisoner who is targeting the society wives… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Maxwell's Murder at Vinland (Gilded Newport Mysteries, #12) book and Lauren Belfer's Ashton Hall

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

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3.36

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3.67

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