16 Best historical fiction books like The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1) by Lynn Johnson

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The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

By: Lynn Johnson

4.39

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Even in the darkest of times, she never gave up hopeStaffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones’s childhood i…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1) by Lynn Johnson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Summer at Conwenna Cove by Darcie Boleyn

1. Summer at Conwenna Cove

By: Darcie Boleyn

4.27

Format: 359 pages,

In a gorgeous Cornish village, two brokenhearted people fall head over heels. But can the magic of … read more

Similar categories in Darcie Boleyn's Summer at Conwenna Cove book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1) by Lizzie Page

2. The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1)

By: Lizzie Page

4.39

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1948. She was their only hope. Now they are hers. A gritty, hea… read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Page's The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Library Girls of the East End by Patricia McBride

3. The Library Girls of the East End

By: Patricia McBride

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first instalment in a BRAND NEW series from bestselling author Patricia McBride 1940, London … read more

Similar categories in Patricia McBride's The Library Girls of the East End book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Little Cottage on the Hill (The Little Cottage, #1) by Emma   Davies

4. The Little Cottage on the Hill (The Little Cottage, #1)

By: Emma Davies

4.14

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s blossom in the trees and daffodils as far as the eye can see. Maddie is looking forward to … read more

Similar categories in Emma Davies's The Little Cottage on the Hill (The Little Cottage, #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Dark Shadows over Coronation Close (Coronation Close, #3) by Lizzie Lane

5. Dark Shadows over Coronation Close (Coronation Close, #3)

By: Lizzie Lane

4.50

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

The Brand New Instalment in the Coronation Close Saga from Lizzie Lane. There’s talk of war and dar… read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Lane's Dark Shadows over Coronation Close (Coronation Close, #3) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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6. Someone Like You

By: Tracy Corbett

4.26

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

What if what happens on holiday doesn't stay on holiday? When mousy factory-worker Lilith Monroe m… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Corbett's Someone Like You book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of Cast the First Stone (Yorkshire Sagas #1) by Margaret  Thornton

7. Cast the First Stone (Yorkshire Sagas #1)

By: Margaret Thornton

4.28

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Fiona Norwood, the new rector’s wife, has caused quite a stir in the close-knit parish community of… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Thornton's Cast the First Stone (Yorkshire Sagas #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of That'll Be the Day (Mersey Square #1) by Pam Howes

8. That'll Be the Day (Mersey Square #1)

By: Pam Howes

4.06

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Mersey Square, Stockport, 1959. Jane Wilson’s parents met during the war in the north of England, b… read more

Similar categories in Pam Howes's That'll Be the Day (Mersey Square #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (Borrow a Bookshop, #1) by Kiley Dunbar

9. The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (Borrow a Bookshop, #1)

By: Kiley Dunbar

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Caf invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop ... for… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Dunbar's The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday (Borrow a Bookshop, #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • british literature
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10. Shadows of Tintagel: A Gripping Cornish Crime Thriller

By: Solomon Carter

3.97

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Has the darkness of the past returned to claim their lives?And from whose past has it come?Ex-detec… read more

Similar categories in Solomon Carter's Shadows of Tintagel: A Gripping Cornish Crime Thriller book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Falsely Accused Widow by Faye Godwin

11. Falsely Accused Widow

By: Faye Godwin

4.40

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wake of losing both her parents, young Joanna believed Bernard Woods was the solution to all… read more

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12. The Cotton Mill Orphan

By: Faye Godwin

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Juliette Purcell has never known anything beyond her small, miserable world: the tiny tenement wher… read more

Similar categories in Faye Godwin's The Cotton Mill Orphan book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

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13. The Abandoned Seamstress

By: Molly Britton

4.11

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Abandoned on the streets by a mother who doesn't want them, Maggie and her young brothers are force… read more

Similar categories in Molly Britton's The Abandoned Seamstress book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

Cover of Mystery on Hidden Lane (Eve Mallow Mystery #1) by Clare Chase

14. Mystery on Hidden Lane (Eve Mallow Mystery #1)

By: Clare Chase

4.05

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Eve an American far from home, a professional busybody… and an amateur detective? Seasoned o… read more

Similar categories in Clare Chase's Mystery on Hidden Lane (Eve Mallow Mystery #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Orphan's Island (Amherst Island #1) by Katharine Swartz

15. The Orphan's Island (Amherst Island #1)

By: Katharine Swartz

4.42

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

1904: Ellen Copley is still a child when she leaves behind the sooty rail yards of Glasgow, and cro… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Swartz's The Orphan's Island (Amherst Island #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Hard Times on Weaver Street

By: Chrissie Walsh

4.55

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I, life on W… read more

Similar categories in Chrissie Walsh's Hard Times on Weaver Street book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2) by AnneMarie Brear

17. The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2)

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.62

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A broken heart, a shameful secret… Wakefield, Yorkshire 1871 Loretta Chambers has spent her l… read more

Similar categories in AnneMarie Brear's The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction
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18. The Bad Penny

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.33

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice Connaught he saves her from the hands of her father, who is … read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Hutchinson's The Bad Penny book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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19. The Winter Waif

By: Lynette Rees

4.30

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

'A touching and at times heart-rending story' Rosie Clarke All she wants is a place to call home...… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Rees's The Winter Waif book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Cottage of New Beginning (Welcome to Thorndale #1) by Suzanne  Snow

20. The Cottage of New Beginning (Welcome to Thorndale #1)

By: Suzanne Snow

3.88

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

One crumbling cottage. One broken heart. A chance to start over? When Annie returns to Thorndale… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Snow's The Cottage of New Beginning (Welcome to Thorndale #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of In Dark Water (Detective Shona Oliver #1) by Lynne McEwan

21. In Dark Water (Detective Shona Oliver #1)

By: Lynne McEwan

4.27

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Beneath the surface lie deadly secrets... DI Shona Oliver agreed to move to Dumfries with her ex… read more

Similar categories in Lynne McEwan's In Dark Water (Detective Shona Oliver #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Ragged Orphan by Lindsey Hutchinson

22. The Ragged Orphan

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.46

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

When 12 year-old Jared Johnson’s little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last … read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Hutchinson's The Ragged Orphan book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Fool Me Once (DI Hogarth: Fool Me Once #1) by Solomon Carter

23. Fool Me Once (DI Hogarth: Fool Me Once #1)

By: Solomon Carter

4.26

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Joe Hogarth's world is collapsing. Branded a rogue detective, his once-loyal colleague DC… read more

Similar categories in Solomon Carter's Fool Me Once (DI Hogarth: Fool Me Once #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

Cover of War Comes to the Dales by Betty Firth

24. War Comes to the Dales

By: Betty Firth

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Can she help the village survive the war? April 1941 . When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to… read more

Similar categories in Betty Firth's War Comes to the Dales book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of A New Home in the Dales (Made in Yorkshire, #1) by Betty Firth

25. A New Home in the Dales (Made in Yorkshire, #1)

By: Betty Firth

4.42

Format: 371 pages, ebook

To follow her dream, she’s gone from city to village – but can she ever fit in? October 1940. Bo… read more

Similar categories in Betty Firth's A New Home in the Dales (Made in Yorkshire, #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction
Cover of Summer at Blue Sands Cove (Glorious Summer Book 1) by C.P. Ward

26. Summer at Blue Sands Cove (Glorious Summer Book 1)

By: C.P. Ward

3.75

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in the sparkling Glorious Summer series from CP Ward, author of Christmas at the Mar… read more

Similar categories in C.P. Ward's Summer at Blue Sands Cove (Glorious Summer Book 1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1) by Lynn   Johnson

27. The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

By: Lynn Johnson

4.39

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Even in the darkest of times, she never gave up hopeStaffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones’s childhood i… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Life She Wants by J.M.  Hewitt

28. The Life She Wants

By: J.M. Hewitt

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

You want to save your marriage. She wants to destroy it. Paula worries that her marriage to Tommy i… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Hewitt's The Life She Wants book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Down Stepney Way (The East End Sagas Book 1) by Sally Worboyes

29. Down Stepney Way (The East End Sagas Book 1)

By: Sally Worboyes

4.37

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

What will happen when the truth finally comes out?Blackshirts march through the East End in 1930s L… read more

Similar categories in Sally Worboyes's Down Stepney Way (The East End Sagas Book 1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Clarks Factory Girls at War by May Ellis

30. The Clarks Factory Girls at War

By: May Ellis

4.36

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Can love blossom in times of trouble? Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following i… read more

Similar categories in May Ellis's The Clarks Factory Girls at War book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Housekeeper's Daughter (Woodicombe House #1) by Rosie Meddon

31. The Housekeeper's Daughter (Woodicombe House #1)

By: Rosie Meddon

3.89

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of family, secrets and love set in the beautiful Devonshire countryside at Woodicombe House… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Meddon's The Housekeeper's Daughter (Woodicombe House #1) book and Lynn Johnson's The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1)

  • historical fiction

16 Top fiction books like The Girl From the Workhouse (Potteries Girls, #1) by Lynn Johnson

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Summer at Conwenna Cove

Darcie Boleyn

4.27

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The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1)

Lizzie Page

4.39

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The Library Girls of the East End

Patricia McBride

4.40

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Emma Davies

4.14

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Leeanna Morgan

4.38

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The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1)

Lizzie Page

4.39

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The Little Cottage on the Hill (The Little Cottage, #1)

Emma Davies

4.14

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Always, With You (Endless Harbor #1)

Fiona Grace

3.57

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