29 Best fiction books like The Dictator's Wife by Freya Berry

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The Dictator's Wife

By: Freya Berry

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...' …

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1. The Crow Eaters

By: Bapsi Sidhwa

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

At the dawn of the 20th century in Pakistan, Freddy Junglewalla moves his family -- pregnant wife, … read more

Similar categories in Bapsi Sidhwa's The Crow Eaters book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Secret River

By: Kate Grenville

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In 1806 William Thornhill, an illiterate English bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep compas… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. The Traitor's Niche

By: Ismail Kadare , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into an… read more

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4. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

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5. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

By: Janice Hallett

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. Death of a Bookseller

By: Alice Slater

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. R… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. Trespasses

By: Louise Kennedy

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between … read more

Similar categories in Louise Kennedy's Trespasses book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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  • fiction
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9. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • adult
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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11. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Family Politics

By: John O'Farrell

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back i… read more

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  • fiction
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13. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

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  • politics
  • adult
  • fiction
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14. The Exhibitionist

By: Charlotte Mendelson

3.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes . . . Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Murder Game

By: Tom Hindle

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One house. Nine guests. Endless motives for murder...In the seaside town of Hamlet Wick, guests ass… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. The Reunion

By: Polly Phillips

3.75

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

A chance to reconnect. A chance to get revenge . . . Emily Toller has tried to forget her time … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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17. Metronome

By: Tom Watson

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Mega… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. Falling Animals

By: Sheila Armstrong

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The disquieting story of an unidentified man as told by those who crossed paths with him on the las… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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19. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. The Space Between Us

By: Doug Johnstone

3.86

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

When several people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake complete… read more

Similar categories in Doug Johnstone's The Space Between Us book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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21. 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 Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. 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 Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. The Dictator's Wife

By: Freya Berry

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...' … read more

Similar categories in Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • politics
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
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24. Sometimes People Die

By: Simon Stephenson

3.96

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

‘In Stephenson, Vonnegut may have his first true protégé’ Washington Post ‘[A] thriller from [an… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2) by Katy  Watson

25. A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2)

By: Katy Watson

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects... Ex-child star Posy Star… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Consumed (Dr. Cooper Allen, #2) by Greg  Buchanan

26. Consumed (Dr. Cooper Allen, #2)

By: Greg Buchanan

3.31

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

A slick, smart, stylish - and shocking - thriller from one of the most exciting new voices in crime… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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27. The Red Bird Sings

By: Aoife Fitzpatrick

3.68

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

West Virginia, 1897. When young Zona Heaster Shue dies only a few months after her wedding, her mot… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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28. Two Storm Wood

By: Philip Gray

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investi… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gray's Two Storm Wood book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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29. The Good Liars

By: Anita Frank

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Six years ago, at the very start of World War One, a local boy went missing and was never found. So… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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30. Exactly What You Mean

By: Ben Hinshaw

3.33

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal… read more

Similar categories in Ben Hinshaw's Exactly What You Mean book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • fiction
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31. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power

By: Sasha Swire

3.47

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Swire's Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power book and Freya Berry's The Dictator's Wife

  • politics

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

Janice Hallett

3.95

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Alice Slater

3.48

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4.00

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3.60

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3.79

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