28 best-selling historical fiction books like Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity by Jack Bodkin

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Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity

By: Jack Bodkin

4.19

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

In Amazon’s # 7 Best Seller in Historical British and Irish Literature (12/9/22), Briarhill to Broo…

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1. Katie (Clover Springs Mail Order Brides, #1)

By: Rachel Wesson

4.24

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

When Katie O’Callaghan left Ireland in search of a better life in America, she never dreamed that s… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Queenie of Norwich by L.K. Wilde

2. Queenie of Norwich

By: L.K. Wilde

4.44

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

"You're Nellie Westrop and don't you forget it. We'll see each other again one day, but until we do… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of For All The World (Cullen's Celtic Cabaret, #1) by Jean Grainger

3. For All The World (Cullen's Celtic Cabaret, #1)

By: Jean Grainger

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Dublin, Ireland 1915 Eighteen-year-old May Gallagher is beautiful but restless, and longs fo… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1) by Jean Grainger

4. The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1)

By: Jean Grainger

4.44

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958 For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and d… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
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5. A Class Coveted (A Matter of Class, #4)

By: Susie Murphy

4.55

Format: 633 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Susie Murphy…is an absolute HIT…This is another excellent installment to a beautiful series.’ The … read more

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  • historical fiction
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6. A Class Apart (A Matter of Class, #1)

By: Susie Murphy

4.33

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH CAP AWARDS 2023 'A beautifully written historical novel with character… read more

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  • historical fiction
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7. A Class Entwined (A Matter of Class, #2)

By: Susie Murphy

4.45

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

'A book that you can't stop reading because you want to see how it ends, and yet you never want it … read more

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  • historical fiction
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8. A Class Forsaken (A Matter of Class, #3)

By: Susie Murphy

4.48

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

EDITORS' CHOICE, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY 'This series keeps getting better…Once I started readi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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9. A Class Reunited (A Matter of Class, #5)

By: Susie Murphy

4.59

Format: 635 pages, Kindle Edition

‘There's something that happens at the end of every Susie Murphy book that I read; I absolutely can… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Austrian Bride by Helen Parusel

10. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of More Harm Than Good (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #3) by Jean Grainger

11. More Harm Than Good (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #3)

By: Jean Grainger

4.58

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland 1974For each member of the O’Sullivan family there are turbulent times ah… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of What Divides Us (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #2) by Jean Grainger

12. What Divides Us (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #2)

By: Jean Grainger

4.56

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland 1963.On the face of it, life is idyllic for Eli and Lena Kogan. Living in… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Irish Key (Emerald Isles) by Daisy O'Shea

13. The Irish Key (Emerald Isles)

By: Daisy O'Shea

4.43

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Take the key, my pet. I can’t ever go back. The last letter I had from Ireland was clear about tha… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor

14. The Irish Nanny

By: Sandy Taylor

4.31

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

There is a fierce wind blowing in from the sea, as I step off the boat towards my new life in Ameri… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic by Louella Bryant

15. Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic

By: Louella Bryant

4.56

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Sheltering Angel tells the true story of several lesser-known individuals whose lives were impacte… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Rivers of Wrath (Cullen's Celtic Cabaret #3) by Jean Grainger

16. Rivers of Wrath (Cullen's Celtic Cabaret #3)

By: Jean Grainger

4.66

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

When Cullen’s Celtic Cabaret rolls into a sleepy Irish seaside town, their eccentric and theatrical… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. Roaring Liberty (Queenstown #4)

By: Jean Grainger

4.55

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, 1922 Harp Devereaux is torn. Part of her desperately wants to return to Ireland t… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
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18. When Irish Eyes Are Lying (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #4)

By: Jean Grainger

4.66

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland. 1975  Despite the best efforts to the older generation to maintai… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity

By: Jack Bodkin

4.19

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

In Amazon’s # 7 Best Seller in Historical British and Irish Literature (12/9/22), Briarhill to Broo… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
Cover of Necessary Sins (Lazare Family Saga #1) by Elizabeth    Bell

20. Necessary Sins (Lazare Family Saga #1)

By: Elizabeth Bell

4.24

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with his secret African ancestry and his love … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Passage to Inis Mór: Could a Legend Save a Life? by Brian O'Raleigh

21. Passage to Inis Mór: Could a Legend Save a Life?

By: Brian O'Raleigh

4.50

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Conor O’Rourke’s wife, Giselle, has left him, taking their young son back to her family home in Fra… read more

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  • irish literature
Cover of The Girl on the Carpathia : A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

22. The Girl on the Carpathia : A Novel of the Titanic

By: Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

4.32

Format: 679 pages, Kindle Edition

A tragic collision with an iceberg. A ruthless quest to assign blame. Can one young woman stand her… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of A Class Inherited (A Matter of Class, #6) by Susie Murphy

23. A Class Inherited (A Matter of Class, #6)

By: Susie Murphy

4.68

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I just love these characters…they truly feel like people I know.’ Lisa Boyle, author of the Paddy … read more

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24. Irish Eyes (The American Songbook, #1)

By: Hope C. Tarr

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Aran Islands 1898. Eighteen-year-old Rose O’Neill leaves her beloved Ireland and boards a steame… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
Cover of Signed, A Paddy (Paddy #1) by Lisa  Boyle

25. Signed, A Paddy (Paddy #1)

By: Lisa Boyle

4.23

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

The gruesome truth hung in the air, and none of us wanted to go near it. Not yet. Ireland, 1848.… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Killing Snows (Irish Famine, #1) by Charles Egan

26. The Killing Snows (Irish Famine, #1)

By: Charles Egan

4.16

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is fiction. The story that inspired it was not. In 1990, a box of very old documents wa… read more

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  • irish literature
  • historical fiction
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27. Cambridge Street

By: Steven Decker

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 1900s, the Mafia controls much of Sicily, the government is corrupt, and taxes are exo… read more

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28. The Butcher on Colfax

By: J.T. Tierney

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

On an autumn day in 1890, eighteen-year-old Alice Butler and her sister Nora step out the massive d… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story by Jean Grainger

29. Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story

By: Jean Grainger

4.59

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

1937. Two lives. Thousands of miles apart. One in Dingle, Ireland, the other in Georgia, USA. G… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Irish Child by Daisy O'Shea

30. The Irish Child

By: Daisy O'Shea

4.52

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A salty breeze whips the tears from my eyes as I stare out at the emerald Irish Sea. Everything I’v… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girl Who Crossed Mountains by Lelita Baldock

31. The Girl Who Crossed Mountains

By: Lelita Baldock

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

San Sebastian, 1936. Abene García, a fisherman’s daughter, must make a terrible choice: risk be… read more

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7 Best irish literature books like Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity by Jack Bodkin

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The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1)

Jean Grainger

4.44

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The Irish Nanny

Sandy Taylor

4.31

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Roaring Liberty (Queenstown #4)

Jean Grainger

4.55

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Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity

Jack Bodkin

4.19

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6 must-read fiction books like The Irish Key (Emerald Isles) by Daisy O'Shea

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The Keeper of the Irish Secret (Magnolia Manor #1)

Susanne O'Leary

4.22

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The Irish Key (Emerald Isles)

Daisy O'Shea

4.43

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Return to the Irish Boarding House (The Irish Boarding House #2)

Sandy Taylor

4.32

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The Girl in the Cottage by the Sea: An absolutely gorgeous and emotional page-turner filled with family secrets (The Island Cottage)

Rebecca Alexander

4.51

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