16 Best historical books like The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure

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The Fallen Architect

By: Charles Belfoure

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting novel from The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, a man in …

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1. The Obituary Writer

By: Ann Hood

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamor… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hood's The Obituary Writer book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If you want to feel like ginger ale Claire, drink a ginger ale."

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

"This was how to help a family who has just lost their child. Wash the clothes, make soup. Don't ask them what they need, bring them what they need. Keep them warm. Listen to them rant, and cry, and t…"

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

"On April 18, 1906, when that earthquake hit San Francisco and took David from her, Vivien began to speak the language of grief. She understood that grief is not neat and orderly; it does not follow a…"

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

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2. Blind Justice (William Monk, #19)

By: Anne Perry

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical Novel 2014 Oliver Rathb… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Marriage of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2.5)

By: Laurie R. King

4.18

Format: 56 pages, ebook

When Mary Russell and her long-time mentor Sherlock Holmes decide to marry in early 1921, it’s a pr… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Marriage of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2.5) book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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4. My Name Is Resolute

By: Nancy E. Turner

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their fa… read more

Similar categories in Nancy E. Turner's My Name Is Resolute book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Travelers

By: Chris Pavone

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Expats andTh… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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6. Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

By: Isabel Vincent

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave, … read more

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7. Secrets of Eden

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.46

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel … read more

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  • mystery
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight."

-Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden

"But it's funny how the memory works and how sometimes we just belive whatever we want."

-Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden

"Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory."

-Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden

"We may talk a good game and write even better ones, but we never outgrow those small wounded things we were when we were five and six and seven."

-Chris Bohjalian, Secrets of Eden

8. The Priestly Sins

By: Andrew M. Greeley

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not since his runaway bestseller, The Cardinal Sins, has Father Andrew Greeley written such a seari… read more

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9. Centennial

By: James A. Michener

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener's magnificent saga of the Westis… read more

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10. The Heavens May Fall

By: Allen Eskens

4.31

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Detective Max Rupert is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Max's frie… read more

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11. All Day and a Night (Ellie Hatcher, #5)

By: Alafair Burke

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads a young defense lawyer and an NYPD homic… read more

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12. Women of the Silk

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanho… read more

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13. A Bridge Across the Ocean

By: Susan Meissner

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present in the latest novel from the accla… read more

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14. Corridors of the Night (William Monk, #21)

By: Anne Perry

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached … read more

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15. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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16. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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17. Time Squared

By: Lesley Krueger

2.62

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

"I’ll dive right in and tell you that the novel, Time Squared by Lesley Krueger, which I’ve loved m… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Krueger's Time Squared book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

By: Annabel Abbs

3.92

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor’s A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Abbs's Miss Eliza's English Kitchen book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"God, I think blasphemously, is in a sip of coffee."

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"I can feel Mother's furious eyes upon me, but the tug of the kitchen is stronger: my new books, the fresh perch gleaming in the larder, the trugs of field mushrooms and damsons and pippin apples stil…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"The smell of bruised apples reaches me of a sudden. And in that moment I am back in Miss Eliza's kitchen, rich with cooking odors: the nutty smell of roasting coffee berries, the syrupy scent of frui…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

"But then, one bright morning, I walked out through woods of pine and birch. Foxgloves and wild clematis and briar roses were bursting from the earth. Birdsong shook the air. Swifts snipped at the sky…"

-Annabel Abbs, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

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19. Hannah's War

By: Jan Eliasberg

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A "mesmerizing" re-imagination of the final months of World War II (Kate Quinn, author of The Alice… read more

Similar categories in Jan Eliasberg's Hannah's War book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But there was something she'd forgotten or perhaps had never learned - knowledge and wisdom aren't the same. Wisdom grows in the deep recesses of the soul and is governed, not by the head, but by the…"

-Jan Eliasberg, Hannah's War

"It wasn't until we were able to sustain a chain reaction that we could be certain Einstein's theories were true." Oppenheimer’s gaze moved past the dancers to the dark mirror windows of the laborator…"

-Jan Eliasberg, Hannah's War

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20. Der Tote vom Strand (Inspector Van Veeteren #8)

By: Håkan Nesser

3.64

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Der Tote vom Strand - bk230; btb im Goldmann Verlag; Hakan Nesser; pocket_book; 2004 read more

Similar categories in Håkan Nesser's Der Tote vom Strand (Inspector Van Veeteren #8) book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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21. A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1)

By: Victoria Gilbert

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired librarian gets back to the books—and into a devilish murder case—in acclaimed author Vict… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Gilbert's A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1) book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Collector’s Apprentice

By: B.A. Shapiro

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer of 1922, and nineteen-year-old Paulien Mertens finds herself in Paris—broke, disown… read more

Similar categories in B.A. Shapiro's The Collector’s Apprentice book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning by Gail Ward Olmsted

23. Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning

By: Gail Ward Olmsted

4.27

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A marriage of convenience leads to a life of passion and purpose. A shared vision transforms the Am… read more

Similar categories in Gail Ward Olmsted's Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The German Daughter

By: Marius Gabriel

4.48

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

The band new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyt… read more

Similar categories in Marius Gabriel's The German Daughter book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Haunting of Beacon Hill (The Beckoning Dead, #1) by Ambrose Ibsen

25. The Haunting of Beacon Hill (The Beckoning Dead, #1)

By: Ambrose Ibsen

3.85

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Sadie has a gift. And she'll do anything to keep from using it. At sixteen, Sadie Young had a brush… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Ibsen's The Haunting of Beacon Hill (The Beckoning Dead, #1) book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Fallen Architect

By: Charles Belfoure

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting novel from The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, a man in … read more

Similar categories in Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • architecture
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart

27. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

By: Thad Carhart

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little st… read more

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"I wanted to love this piano. I wanted to invite music back into my life."

-Thad Carhart, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

"The effect is captivating as all of the tones mix, like a watercolor with hues swirled together, and lovely carrying notes long after the fingers are lifted from the keys."

-Thad Carhart, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

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28. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy: 101 Stories about Creating Your Best Life

By: Amy Newmark

3.97

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

These 101 true stories will inspire you to think positive to live a happier life.  Everyone can … read more

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29. The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

By: Oliver Pötzsch

4.26

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man’s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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30. Twilight Territory

By: Andrew X. Pham

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping first novel of love, war, and resistance in post–World War II Japanese-occupied Vietnam,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew X. Pham's Twilight Territory book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family book and Charles Belfoure's The Fallen Architect

  • architecture
  • historical
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure

Transform Your Habits

The Obituary Writer

Ann Hood

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Blind Justice (William Monk, #19)

Anne Perry

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Marriage of Mary Russell (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #2.5)

Laurie R. King

4.18

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Resolute

Nancy E. Turner

4.06

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11 best-selling history books like The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart

Transform Your Habits

The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

Sam Kean

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs

Elaine Sciolino

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present

Peter Hessler

4.22

Transform Your Habits

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

Stuart Isacoff

3.58

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