13 must-read historical books like The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell

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The Arsenic Eater's Wife

By: Tonya Mitchell

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica…

If you liked the historical plot in The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel by Lonormi Manuel

1. The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

By: Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her … read more

Similar categories in Lonormi Manuel's The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's a hard life for a woman, married to a man who's married to the bottle."

-Lonormi Manuel, The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

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2. The Jacobite's Wife

By: Morag Edwards

3.94

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions, especially in a titled young man with little to occupy … read more

Similar categories in Morag Edwards's The Jacobite's Wife book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. A Coin for the Hangman

By: Ralph Spurrier

4.01

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Booksellers never know what they might find in an estate sale. When our man finds the tools of one … read more

Similar categories in Ralph Spurrier's A Coin for the Hangman book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical fiction
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4. The Herbalist's Secret

By: Annabelle Marx

4.13

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Two small lifeless bodies lay on the sand, arms carefully placed by their sides. On the other side … read more

Similar categories in Annabelle Marx's The Herbalist's Secret book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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5. The Consequence of Anna

By: Kate Birkin

4.16

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

The Instant #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatt… read more

Similar categories in Kate Birkin's The Consequence of Anna book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The whole world is a hungry stomach with teeth."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"A face with no freckles is like a flower with no bloom."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"What is a moment in a day but a grain of sand . . . until that moment means everything in the world?"

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

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6. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

Similar categories in Kate Braithwaite's The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Devil and Mrs. Davenport

By: Paulette Kennedy

4.24

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors o… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Kennedy's The Devil and Mrs. Davenport book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya   Mitchell

8. The Arsenic Eater's Wife

By: Tonya Mitchell

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • suspense
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Fascination

By: Essie Fox

3.85

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenage… read more

Similar categories in Essie Fox's The Fascination book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Book of Secrets

By: Anna Mazzola

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it t… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Book of Secrets book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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11. At the Stroke of Midnight

By: Jenni Keer

4.26

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Keer's At the Stroke of Midnight book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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12. The Beauty Doctor

By: Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard

3.98

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

"Beauty is power," Dr. Rome told her. "And with enough power, one can achieve anything." Straigh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard's The Beauty Doctor book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Broken Shadows

By: Sorrel Pitts

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A man reunites with his estranged, ailing father to learn the truth about his own tragic childhood.… read more

Similar categories in Sorrel Pitts's Broken Shadows book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • crime
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14. The Last Secret of Lily Adams

By: Sara Blaydes

4.36

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

The death of a legendary actress reveals a wealth of Hollywood secrets in a breathtaking novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Sara Blaydes's The Last Secret of Lily Adams book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. The Good Girl

By: Michelle Dunne

4.19

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A new thriller by the author of the Lindsey Ryan novels: Would you know a serial killer if you met … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Dunne's The Good Girl book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Girl Puzzle: A Story of Nellie Bly

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.03

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Her published story is well known. But did she tell the whole truth about her ten days in the madho… read more

Similar categories in Kate Braithwaite's The Girl Puzzle: A Story of Nellie Bly book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Photographer

By: E.S. Blake

4.08

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

When tragedy strikes, photographer Charles Franklin turns his back on family portraiture and descen… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Blake's The Photographer book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical fiction
Cover of Before She Fell by Natalie Sammons

18. Before She Fell

By: Natalie Sammons

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

An ostentatious party descends into violence—and a disgraced cop sets out to redeem herself by solv… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Sammons's Before She Fell book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Woman on Ward 13

By: Delphine Woods

4.15

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The first thing they question is your memory. You must hold on to it, at any cost.’ 1900 Asy… read more

Similar categories in Delphine Woods's Woman on Ward 13 book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. We Three

By: L.M. West

4.42

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

The warning was there. But they did not heed it. Dunwich, Suffolk, 1615. T he Kings Players are per… read more

Similar categories in L.M. West's We Three book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

  • historical fiction
Cover of A Pair of Sharp Eyes: A captivating historical murder mystery by Kat Armstrong

21. A Pair of Sharp Eyes: A captivating historical murder mystery

By: Kat Armstrong

4.23

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

“Murder and mischief in eighteenth-century Bristol. . . . A treat for fans of Ambrose Parry.” —Mick… read more

Similar categories in Kat Armstrong's A Pair of Sharp Eyes: A captivating historical murder mystery book and Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife

15 must-read fiction books like The Arsenic Eater's Wife by Tonya Mitchell

Transform Your Habits

The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Jacobite's Wife

Morag Edwards

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Herbalist's Secret

Annabelle Marx

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Consequence of Anna

Kate Birkin

4.16

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11 Best fiction books like The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel by Lonormi Manuel

Transform Your Habits

I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Transform Your Habits

This Funny Life: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.25

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