20 Best historical fiction books like The Artist's Secret by Alexandra Joel

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The Artist's Secret

By: Alexandra Joel

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The sweeping new saga of strong heroines and family secrets from the bestselling author of The Pari…

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1. Back on Track

By: Tricia Stringer

3.95

Format: 454 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author and voice of Australian storytelling Tricia Stringer tackles troubled relationsh… read more

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2. The Sugar Palace

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s ambition Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Swe… read more

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  • historical fiction
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3. Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year

By: Joanna Nell

3.77

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Husband and wife GPs Alan and Heather Winterbottom have worked side by side in their idyllic rural … read more

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4. The Chocolate Factory

By: Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Love, friendship and dangerous secrets in the early years of Cadbury's Tasmanian factory. It's 1… read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. Without Further ADO

By: Jessica Dettmann

3.72

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Can a modern woman take lessons in love from Shakespeare? Beth O'Leary meets 10 Things I Hate About… read more

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6. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

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7. Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.00

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

'Dinuka McKenzie has talent to burn' Dervla McTiernan A parent's worst nightmare. A case that's … read more

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8. A Country of Eternal Light

By: Paul Dalgarno

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An astonishingly inventive, playful, funny, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia'… read more

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9. The Butterfly Collector

By: Tea Cooper

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A botanical illustration of a butterfly, a missing baby, and a twisty mystery fifty years in the ma… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. A Secret Garden Affair

By: Erica James

4.19

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

July 1981. As the country prepares to celebrate Prince Charles’ wedding to Lady Diana, Libby wants … read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Talented Mrs Greenway

By: Tea Cooper

3.93

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of … read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. The Money Club

By: Fiona Lowe

3.94

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A gripping exploration of modern greed as bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe unpicks the mora… read more

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13. The Redgum River Retreat

By: Sandie Docker

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The heart-warming new novel by the bestselling author of The Kookaburra Creek Hotel and The Wattle … read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. The Library at Wagtail Ridge

By: Janet Gover

4.23

Format: 400 pages, ebook

An unexpected and unusual inheritance sets a young woman on the road to discover her mother's deepe… read more

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15. The Orphans

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a spec… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. Dead Tide (DCI Jack Hawksworth #4)

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.94

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth of Scotland Yard has headed up three major serial operatio… read more

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17. Seven Sisters

By: Katherine Kovacic

3.92

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Men get away with murder all the time. Now it's our turn ... A twisty, intriguing crime novel for f… read more

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18. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. The Paris Mystery (Charlotte 'Charlie' James, #1)

By: Kirsty Manning

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Intrepid reporter Charlotte "Charlie" James arrives in Paris in 1938 eager to make a fresh start, b… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. The Royal Windsor Secret

By: Christine Wells

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Could she be the secret daughter of the Prince of Wales? In this dazzling novel by the author of Si… read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. The French Agent

By: Belinda Alexandra

4.10

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

A world in chaos. Two very different women. And the mystery of the man who may connect them. The st… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. A Woman's Work

By: Victoria Purman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The astonishingly rich prize of the 1956 Australian Women's Weekly cookery competition offers two w… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. The Sea Captain's Wife

By: Jackie French

4.36

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on th… read more

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  • historical fiction
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24. The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard

By: Natasha Lester

4.12

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

Three generations. One chance to prove themselves. Can the women of the Bricard fashion dynasty fin… read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. The One and Only Dolly Jamieson

By: Lisa Ireland

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The One and Only Dolly Jamieson is a compelling feel-good novel featuring a proud and gutsy heroine… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast

By: Karina May

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Trade Paperback

What if the person getting you through the hardest time in your life is someone you've never met? … read more

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27. Becoming Mrs Mulberry

By: Jackie French

4.28

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we uneart… read more

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  • historical fiction
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28. The Artist's Secret

By: Alexandra Joel

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The sweeping new saga of strong heroines and family secrets from the bestselling author of The Pari… read more

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  • historical fiction
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29. A Woman of Courage

By: Tania Blanchard

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, moving story of love, tenacity and the right to be heard by bestseller Tania Blanchard,… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. The Radio Hour

By: Victoria Purman

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the gold… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Too many women kept too many secrets. For too long, women had buried their ambitions and their intelligence, succumbed to the law of the land made by men, and put up with behaviour and situations no …"

-Victoria Purman, The Radio Hour

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31. The Hidden Book

By: Kirsty Manning

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Jade Lily comes a compelling novel based on a true story of a WW… read more

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  • historical fiction

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Jessica Dettmann

3.72

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Rachael Johns

4.16

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Genevieve Novak

3.80

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