10 best-selling historical books like Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

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Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b…

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1. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Cover of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

2. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

Similar categories in Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • fiction
"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

Cover of A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

3. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Westerbeke's A Short Walk Through a Wide World book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

4. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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5. April May June July

By: Alison B. Hart

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all … read more

Similar categories in Alison B. Hart's April May June July book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3) by Peter  Swanson

6. A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3)

By: Peter Swanson

3.61

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer—in this spectacularl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Swanson's A Talent for Murder (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #3) book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

7. The Return of Ellie Black

By: Emiko Jean

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Jean's The Return of Ellie Black book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

"When you study what you’ve been through, what happened to you, it loses its power, and then you have a choice: stay or move on."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

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8. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

By: Briony Cameron

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one o… read more

Similar categories in Briony Cameron's The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

9. Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more

Similar categories in Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. Middletide

By: Sarah Crouch

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crouch's Middletide book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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11. Skin & Bones

By: Renée Watson

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Skin & Bones book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • fiction
Cover of Honey by Isabel Banta

12. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

Cover of The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

13. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

14. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

15. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

16. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

Cover of The God of the Woods by Liz    Moore

17. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The North Line by Matt Riordan

18. The North Line

By: Matt Riordan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fi… read more

Similar categories in Matt Riordan's The North Line book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland

19. Jackpot Summer

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy liv… read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's Jackpot Summer book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • fiction
Cover of Hum by Helen          Phillips

20. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

21. The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Seventh Veil of Salome book and Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold

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

21 must-read fiction books like Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

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The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

3.84

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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A Short Walk Through a Wide World

Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

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The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

3.62

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21 best-selling fiction books like Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

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Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

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The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

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