16 Best historical books like The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

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The Forgotten Garden

By: Kate Morton

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denie…

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1. The Forgotten Garden

By: Kate Morton

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denie… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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2. The Thirteenth Tale

By: Diane Setterfield

3.98

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's col… read more

Similar categories in Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
"Life is compost."

-Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

"Reading can be dangerous."

-Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

"Of course I loved books more than people."

-Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

"What better place to kill time than a library?"

-Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

3. La Otra Mujer

By: Roberto Ampuero

4.62

Format: 290 pages,

Un profesor se encuentra de visita en Berlin dictando conferencias, una mujer le entrega el manuscr… read more

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4. The Rose Garden

By: Susanna Kearsley

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

"Whatever time we have," he said, "it will be time enough." Eva Ward returns to the only place she … read more

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5. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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6. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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8. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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9. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

Cover of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (The Seven Sisters, #8) by Lucinda Riley

10. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (The Seven Sisters, #8)

By: Lucinda Riley

4.50

Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition

1928, Paris A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precoci… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Riley's Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (The Seven Sisters, #8) book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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11. 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 Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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12. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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13. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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15. The Echo of Old Books

By: Barbara Davis

4.28

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old pap… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Davis's The Echo of Old Books book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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16. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

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17. 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 Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"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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18. Stoneheart

By: Abby D. Jones

4.75

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

George "Sul" Sullivan is a bounty hunter with a magical stone for a heart.Unfeeling and efficient, … read more

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19. The Lost Bookshop

By: Evie Woods

4.09

Format: 448 pages, ebook

The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of myster… read more

Similar categories in Evie Woods's The Lost Bookshop book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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20. Summary of The Lake House: A Novel by Kate Morton

By: aBookaDay

4.33

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

Warning : This is an independent addition to The Lake House , meant to enhance your experience of t… read more

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21. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult

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