12 Top historical books like The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes

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The Prisoner's Wife

By: Maggie Brookes

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into th…

If you liked the historical plot in The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Red Ribbon

By: Lucy Adlington

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might have all been friends together. But this was … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Adlington's The Red Ribbon book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"You don't have books?!' Rose almost sat up and banged her head on the roof rafters. That made the rats jump. 'How can you live without reading?' 'Pretty well so far.' I laughed. 'Stories are just mad…"

-Lucy Adlington, The Red Ribbon

"You've got to cram it into your thick heads: the sickos that sent us to this place are so stuffed with hate they've got to spew it out on someone, it almost doesn't matter who. If it's not one race, …"

-Lucy Adlington, The Red Ribbon

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2. The Runaway Family

By: Diney Costeloe

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RUNAWAY FAMILY was previously published as EVIL ON THE WIND. Germany 1937: Fear and betrayal st… read more

Similar categories in Diney Costeloe's The Runaway Family book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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3. A Mother's Story

By: Bryce Corbett , Rosie Batty

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

At the start of 2014, Rosie Batty was an ordinary single mum doing everything in her power to give … read more

Similar categories in Bryce Corbett's A Mother's Story book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • audiobook
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4. Ugly Child: My Own Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse and the Desperate Fight for Survival (Skylark Child Abuse True Stories Book 3)

By: Kate Skylark , Siobhan Lennon

4.11

Format: 64 pages,

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Similar categories in Kate Skylark's Ugly Child: My Own Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse and the Desperate Fight for Survival (Skylark Child Abuse True Stories Book 3) book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

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5. The Rhythm of Memory

By: Alyson Richman

3.70

Format: 336 pages,

Octavio Ribeiro loves truth, beauty, literature, and above all else, his wife Salome. As a student … read more

Similar categories in Alyson Richman's The Rhythm of Memory book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

6. By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8)

By: Laura Lippman

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller Award-winning andNew York Timesbestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Mon… read more

Similar categories in Laura Lippman's By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan #8) book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

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7. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Lost Book of Bonn book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The War Pianist

By: Mandy Robotham

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. … read more

Similar categories in Mandy Robotham's The War Pianist book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. To Die Beautiful

By: Buzzy Jackson

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and timely debut novel by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson, based on the true story of… read more

Similar categories in Buzzy Jackson's To Die Beautiful book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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10. The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier

By: Doug Gold

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A prisoner of war's daring escape from a speeding train . . . a Greek resistance heroine's fateful … read more

Similar categories in Doug Gold's The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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11. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's Sisters Under the Rising Sun book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Master Craftsman

By: Kelli Stuart

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In 1917, Alma Pihl, a master craftsman in The House of Fabergé, was charged to protect one of the g… read more

Similar categories in Kelli Stuart's The Master Craftsman book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. La biblioteca de fuego

By: María Zaragoza

3.76

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

En el efervescente Madrid de los años treinta, Tina sueña con convertirse en bibliotecaria. Junto c… read more

Similar categories in María Zaragoza's La biblioteca de fuego book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical fiction
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14. Si la vie te donne des citrons, fais-en une tarte meringuée

By: Charlotte Léman

3.90

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Une comédie pétillante & gourmande ! . À 43 ans, Clémence est une femme heureuse. Et pas seulemen… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Léman's Si la vie te donne des citrons, fais-en une tarte meringuée book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • fiction
Cover of The Children's Block: Based on a True Story by an Auschwitz Survivor by Otto B. Kraus

15. The Children's Block: Based on a True Story by an Auschwitz Survivor

By: Otto B. Kraus

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

'We lived on a bunk built for four but in times of overcrowding, it slept seven and at times even e… read more

Similar categories in Otto B. Kraus's The Children's Block: Based on a True Story by an Auschwitz Survivor book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes

16. The Prisoner's Wife

By: Maggie Brookes

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into th… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of La librera de Madrid by Mario Escobar

17. La librera de Madrid

By: Mario Escobar

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Madrid, 1934. Soplan vientos de cambio en la España de la Segunda República cuando Bárbara, una jov… read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's La librera de Madrid book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • fiction
Cover of The Survivors by Kate Furnivall

18. The Survivors

By: Kate Furnivall

4.01

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Kate Furnivall's The Survivors book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of Tracks to Freedom by Michael Reit

19. Tracks to Freedom

By: Michael Reit

4.61

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The only way you’ll leave Auschwitz is through the chimney. The words still rang in Agnes Markx’… read more

Similar categories in Michael Reit's Tracks to Freedom book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
Cover of El libro que tu cerebro no quiere leer: Cómo reeducar el cerebro para ser más feliz y vivir con plenitud (Crecimiento personal) (Spanish Edition) by David del Rosario

20. El libro que tu cerebro no quiere leer: Cómo reeducar el cerebro para ser más feliz y vivir con plenitud (Crecimiento personal) (Spanish Edition)

By: David del Rosario

3.63

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

•Una propuesta original, útil y amena a medio camino entre guía de inspiración, divulgación científ… read more

Similar categories in David del Rosario's El libro que tu cerebro no quiere leer: Cómo reeducar el cerebro para ser más feliz y vivir con plenitud (Crecimiento personal) (Spanish Edition) book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

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21. Black Water

By: David Alexander Robertson

4.17

Format: 288 pages, ebook

“An instant classic that demands to be read with your heart open and with a perspective widened to … read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's Black Water book and Maggie Brookes's The Prisoner's Wife

  • audiobook

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The Red Ribbon

Lucy Adlington

4.20

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The Runaway Family

Diney Costeloe

4.16

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The Rhythm of Memory

Alyson Richman

3.70

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The Lost Book of Bonn

Brianna Labuskes

3.95

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The Things We Do for Love

Kristin Hannah

4.14

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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Light at Lavelle

Paullina Simons

4.37

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The Sugar Palace

Fiona McIntosh

3.89

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