8 must-read contemporary books like The Italian Island by Daniela Sacerdoti

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The Italian Island

By: Daniela Sacerdoti

4.07

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

My darling girl, don’t make the same mistakes as I did. Now that my life is coming to an end, take …

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Cover of The Cuban Daughter (The Lost Daughters #2) by Soraya M. Lane

1. The Cuban Daughter (The Lost Daughters #2)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.12

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Cuba, 1950: As Esmeralda moved past Christopher, her breath stilled as he caught her finger in his.… read more

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  • contemporary
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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2. The Sardinian Story

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.16

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Apennine Mountains, Italy, 1965 Leonora Bacchetti was once a happy child. But at the age of sevente… read more

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3. An Italian Secret (Daughters of Italy #1)

By: Ella Carey

4.37

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Tuscany, 1944. Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. The Italian Daughter (The Lost Daughters #1)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.10

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

“Estee, I bought this ring the day after I saw you on stage, all those years ago. You’re the only w… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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5. The Sapphire Daughter (The Lost Daughters #4)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.38

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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6. The Lost Boy of Bologna

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Bologna, Italy, 1929. A newborn baby boy is abandoned by his desperate unmarried mother, who believ… read more

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  • italy
  • historical fiction
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7. The Venice Secret

By: Anita Chapman

4.18

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

One hidden painting. Two women born centuries apart. A secret uncovered. In 2019, Rachel is stuc… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Lost Gift to the Italian Island (Sisters of War #2) by Barbara Josselsohn

8. The Lost Gift to the Italian Island (Sisters of War #2)

By: Barbara Josselsohn

4.42

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1943. With tears in her eyes, Giulia listens out for the sound of bombers flying overhead an… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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9. The Girl with a Secret (The Emerald Sisters #2)

By: Kate Hewitt

4.27

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Rosa’s blood runs cold. He hasn’t seen her yet, but she would recognize those blue eyes anywhere. W… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. The Girl from Bologna (Girls from the Italian Resistance #3)

By: Siobhan Daiko

4.44

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Bologna, Italy, 1943, and the streets are filled with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Lina Ventu… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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11. The Girl Who Escaped

By: Angela Petch

4.41

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1940. The girl sobs and rages as her father tells her the terrible news. “Italy is entering … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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12. The Lost Diary

By: Rose Alexander

4.51

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

A wartime secret. A heartbreaking choice. A promise that cost her everything… German-occupied te… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. The Tuscan Secret

By: Angela Petch

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty hom… read more

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  • italy
  • historical fiction
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14. The Royal Daughter (The Lost Daughters #3)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

“My darling B, my heart, my soul. I only wish we’d had longer. Longer to search for the daughter th… read more

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  • contemporary
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Memories of the Cottage by the Sea (Cottage by the Sea #2) by Rebecca Alexander

15. Memories of the Cottage by the Sea (Cottage by the Sea #2)

By: Rebecca Alexander

4.44

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

As she inhales the salty sea air, Charlotte glimpses the island on the horizon. Seeing it after all… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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16. Paradiso (Paradiso #1)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.17

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Secrets of the Italian Island (Sisters of War #1) by Barbara Josselsohn

17. Secrets of the Italian Island (Sisters of War #1)

By: Barbara Josselsohn

4.37

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1943. A castle once full of love and laughter is left in ruins by the Nazis, as three sister… read more

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  • italy
  • historical fiction
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18. Garden of Secrets

By: Suzanne Kelman

4.43

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

1940, England: ‘I promise we will find each other again. I will leave you a message,’ she said, ‘he… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Even the weeping willow grows upward."

-Suzanne Kelman, Garden of Secrets

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19. The Olive Grove

By: Eva Glyn

4.16

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman searching for a different future A man desperate to escape his past Can these two fin… read more

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  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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20. The Italian Island

By: Daniela Sacerdoti

4.07

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

My darling girl, don’t make the same mistakes as I did. Now that my life is coming to an end, take … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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21. A Postcard from Capri

By: Alex Brown

4.19

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

The International No.1 Bestseller ‘Evocative and engaging … a story to fall in love with.’ Cathy … read more

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  • italy
  • contemporary
Cover of The Tuscan House by Angela Petch

22. The Tuscan House

By: Angela Petch

4.30

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Corbello, Italy, 1947. A woman and a little boy stagger into the ruins of an old house deep in the … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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23. The Postcard from Italy

By: Angela Petch

4.29

Format: 375 pages, ebook

Italy, 1945. ‘Where am I?’ The young man wakes, bewildered. He sees olive trees against a bright bl… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
Cover of Return to Paradiso (Paradiso #2) by Francesca Scanacapra

24. Return to Paradiso (Paradiso #2)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.40

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1950. The dawn of a new decade brings with it the promise of lasting peace and prosperity as… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Daughter of Paradiso (Paradiso, #3) by Francesca Scanacapra

25. The Daughter of Paradiso (Paradiso, #3)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.41

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

A TERRIFIED CHILD. A DESPERATE MOTHER. THE PROMISE OF A NEW LIFE... Italy, 1963. Graziella Bianchi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. An Island of Secrets

By: Eva Glyn

4.35

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Dinah Jefferies, Victoria Hislop, Lucinda Riley and Rosanna Ley, this is a stunning and… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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27. The Sicilian Secret: Completely gripping and heartbreaking WW2 fiction

By: Angela Petch

4.37

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Unforgettable… I was swept away… Achingly beautiful, brimming with emotion… Simply stunning!’ Good… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Collaborator’s Daughter by Eva Glyn

28. The Collaborator’s Daughter

By: Eva Glyn

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1944 in war-torn Dubrovnik Branko Milisic holds his newborn daughter Safranka and wishes her a b… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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29. A Tuscan Memory

By: Angela Petch

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In a tiny hamlet nestled in the Tuscan mountains, farmers gather after a hard day in the meadows, a… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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30. The Tuscan Girl

By: Angela Petch

4.27

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

She ran away through the pine trees when the soldiers came. Staggering into the hiding place, she f… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
Cover of Escape to the Rome Apartment (The Italian Escape, #3) by Kerry Fisher

31. Escape to the Rome Apartment (The Italian Escape, #3)

By: Kerry Fisher

4.25

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Sara’s eyes fill with tears as she reads the letter, her last words from her dearest ‘I’m buying y… read more

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