29 Top historical fiction books like The Gifts by Liz Hyder

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The Gifts

By: Liz Hyder

3.72

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . . October 1840. A…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Gifts by Liz Hyder , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. Widdershins

By: Helen Steadman

0.00

Format: None pages,

'Did all women have something of the witch about them?' Jane Chandler is an apprentice healer. From… read more

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2. 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

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

By: Lucy Barker

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Barker's The Other Side of Mrs. Wood book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."

-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

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4. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Hemlock Cure

By: Joanne Burn

3.73

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1665 and the women of Eyam keep many secrets. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a d… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Burn's The Hemlock Cure book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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9. The Key In The Lock

By: Beth Underdown

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire. Smoke unfurling out of an upper window and a hecti… read more

Similar categories in Beth Underdown's The Key In The Lock book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. Pandora

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

3.67

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late par… read more

Similar categories in Susan Stokes-Chapman's Pandora book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"but since when did gratitude mean the acceptance of rage?"

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

"It amazes him how much money rich people seem happy to waste on entertainment for one mere evening."

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

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11. Fair Rosaline

By: Natasha Solomons

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Was the greatest ever love story a lie? The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capule… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Solomons's Fair Rosaline book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Leviathan

By: Rosie Andrews

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Leviathan book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"

-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

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13. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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14. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

Similar categories in Kate Griffin's Fyneshade book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. The Witches of Vardø

By: Anya Bergman

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcra… read more

Similar categories in Anya Bergman's The Witches of Vardø book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Knowing

By: Emma Hinds

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs … read more

Similar categories in Emma Hinds's The Knowing book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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17. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Gifts by Liz Hyder

22. The Gifts

By: Liz Hyder

3.72

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . . October 1840. A… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Gifts book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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23. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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24. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Clockwork Girl book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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25. The Lodger

By: Helen Scarlett

3.83

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

This second novel from the author of The Deception of Harriet Fleet takes us back to the aftermath … read more

Similar categories in Helen Scarlett's The Lodger book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. The Shadow Key

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or… read more

Similar categories in Susan Stokes-Chapman's The Shadow Key book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph

27. The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

By: Paterson Joseph

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It’s finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in… read more

Similar categories in Paterson Joseph's The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. The Trial of Lotta Rae

By: Siobhan MacGowan

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Halloween night, 1906. Lotta Rae is assaulted by a wealthy gentleman and bravely takes him to trial… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan MacGowan's The Trial of Lotta Rae book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Company by J.M. Varese

29. The Company

By: J.M. Varese

3.46

Format: 320 pages, ebook

London, 1870. Lucy Braithwhite lives a privileged existence as the heir to the fortune of Braith… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Varese's The Company book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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30. The House of Whispers

By: Anna Mazzola

3.64

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the secrets of the past are more dangerous than the present... Rome, 1938. As the w… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The House of Whispers book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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31. The King’s Mother

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.49

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's The King’s Mother book and Liz Hyder's The Gifts

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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