8 best-selling young adult books like A Calamity of Mannerings by Joanna Nadin

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A Calamity of Mannerings

By: Joanna Nadin

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is a curse to be born a girl...' Take a peek into the diary of Panth (never enquire as to he…

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1. Life Among the Savages

By: Shirley Jackson

3.94

Format: None pages,

Shirley Jackson, author of the classic short story The Lottery, was known for her terse, haunting p… read more

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2. The Night Watch

By: Sarah Waters

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN . Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, bl… read more

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  • historical fiction
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3. The Camomile Lawn

By: Mary Wesley

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Here, in t… read more

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  • historical fiction

4. The Bone Sparrow

By: Zana Fraillon

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fl… read more

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5. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

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  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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6. The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.17

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that… read more

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  • historical fiction
"... when people want to hurt someone very much, they often reach for the thing that would hurt themselves most deeply."

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

"... why have we all decided that the most important and to-be-respected quality is the one possessed by the worst people?"

-K.J. Charles, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #1)

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7. Murder on Lake Garda

By: Tom Hindle

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of C… read more

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8. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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9. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. City of Stolen Magic

By: Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An action-packed, inclusive and breathtakingly magical middle-grade adventure, for fans of THE UNAD… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Housekeepers

By: Alex Hay

3.34

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

On the night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women launches a daring revenge heist again… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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13. The Second Chance Store

By: Lauren Bravo

3.61

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

If clothes can get a second chance, why can’t we? Brimming with life, love, and the stories bound u… read more

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14. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. Clothes-Pegs

By: Susan Scarlett

3.86

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Annabel Brown has taken a job in the sewing room at Bertna's, a high-end dressmaker, to help her fa… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2)

By: Laura Wood

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

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  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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17. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more

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  • young adult
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18. Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was m… read more

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19. The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1)

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

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  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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20. A Calamity of Mannerings

By: Joanna Nadin

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is a curse to be born a girl...' Take a peek into the diary of Panth (never enquire as to he… read more

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  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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21. A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2)

By: Katy Watson

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects... Ex-child star Posy Star… read more

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22. The Four

By: Ellie Keel

3.40

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"I don’t regret what we did. And I would do it all again." Each of the four had, for their own r… read more

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  • young adult
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23. A Single Thread of Moonlight

By: Laura Wood

4.28

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

Iris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two step… read more

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  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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24. 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

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  • historical fiction
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25. Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic

By: A.M. Howell

4.16

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

A twisty and heart-pounding mystery at sea, from award-winning A.M. Howell. July, 1936. As the Q… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #2)

By: Megan Bannen

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best frien… read more

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27. Under Your Spell

By: Laura Wood

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The daughter of an aging rock star finds herself working for the hottest musician on the planet and… read more

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28. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

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  • historical fiction
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29. The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst

By: Katie Lumsden

4.50

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

1841. Mr Montgomery Hurst of Radcliffe Park is getting married. To the great consternation of the c… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • young adult
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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The Night Watch

Sarah Waters

4.35

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Mary Wesley

3.87

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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K.J. Charles

4.17

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D.E. Stevenson

4.33

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D.E. Stevenson

3.91

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Elizabeth Cadell

3.99

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