22 Best historical books like The Eulogist by Terry Gamble

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The Eulogist

By: Terry Gamble

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family, an exquisitely crafted novel, set in Ohio in …

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Cover of Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America) by Mary Pope Osborne

1. Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America)

By: Mary Pope Osborne

4.01

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Catharine Carey Logan and her family have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life as the Quakers and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Pope Osborne's Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (Dear America) book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Vinegar Hill

By: A. Manette Ansay

3.39

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In a stark, troubling, yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self-determination, award-winning a… read more

Similar categories in A. Manette Ansay's Vinegar Hill book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
"It is a lonely thing, remembering for someone else."

-A. Manette Ansay, Vinegar Hill

"If we just had some time to ourselves, we could talk to each other the way we used to. Maybe about nothing in particular at first, but even that would be a start."

-A. Manette Ansay, Vinegar Hill

3. Women of the Silk

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanho… read more

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4. Orphan Number Eight

By: Kim van Alkemade

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

In this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinati… read more

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5. The Madonnas of Leningrad

By: Debra Dean

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. And while the elderly Rus… read more

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6. Devil at My Heels

By: Louis Zamperini , David Rensin

3.86

Format: None pages,

The inspirational and extraordinarymemoir of one of the most courageous of the greatest generation,… read more

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7. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Anne Phillips's Night Watch book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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8. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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9. The Widows (Kinship #1)

By: Jess Montgomery

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town’s widely respect… read more

Similar categories in Jess Montgomery's The Widows (Kinship #1) book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The stiff night smells like the promise of coming rain, though its scent is doused by the strong odor of corn mash fermenting with yeast. Afar off a coyote howls, then a bit later a screech owl, and …"

-Jess Montgomery, The Widows (Kinship #1)

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10. The Sweet Blue Distance

By: Sara Donati

4.31

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico… read more

Similar categories in Sara Donati's The Sweet Blue Distance book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

By: Ellen Baker

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigeneratio… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Baker's The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Butcher

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Butcher book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Kinfolk

By: Sean Dietrich

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alaba… read more

Similar categories in Sean Dietrich's Kinfolk book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But then, life was full of overlooked miracles. And miracles never happened the way you expect them to. They are softer than a baby's breath. They are, at times, as noticeable as a ladybug. A miracle…"

-Sean Dietrich, Kinfolk

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15. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Tower

By: Flora Carr

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more

Similar categories in Flora Carr's The Tower book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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17. Daughters of Shandong

By: Eve J. Chung

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An instant USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daught… read more

Similar categories in Eve J. Chung's Daughters of Shandong book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. In the Shadow of the Greenbrier

By: Emily Matchar

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A poignant multigenerational Jewish family saga inspired by remarkable, yet little-known, true even… read more

Similar categories in Emily Matchar's In the Shadow of the Greenbrier book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

19. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

Similar categories in Jen Psaki's Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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20. The Goddess of Warsaw

By: Lisa Barr

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphan… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Barr's The Goddess of Warsaw book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Code Name Butterfly

By: Embassie Susberry

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker in the French Resistance, this is a heart-… read more

Similar categories in Embassie Susberry's Code Name Butterfly book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Death in the Dark Woods (A Monster Hunter Mystery)

By: Annelise Ryan

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A potential Bigfoot sighting is linked to a vicious murder, but skeptical cryptozoologist Morgan Ca… read more

Similar categories in Annelise Ryan's Death in the Dark Woods (A Monster Hunter Mystery) book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sea Queen (The Half-Drowned King #2) by Linnea Hartsuyker

23. The Sea Queen (The Half-Drowned King #2)

By: Linnea Hartsuyker

4.11

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic Viking saga begun in The Half-Drowned King continues with this exhilarating tale filled wi… read more

Similar categories in Linnea Hartsuyker's The Sea Queen (The Half-Drowned King #2) book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Familiaris

By: David Wroblewski

4.21

Format: 979 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more

Similar categories in David Wroblewski's Familiaris book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

Cover of The Eulogist by Terry Gamble

25. The Eulogist

By: Terry Gamble

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family, an exquisitely crafted novel, set in Ohio in … read more

Similar categories in Terry Gamble's The Eulogist book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • ireland
  • audiobook
Cover of Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders

26. Women of the Post

By: Joshunda Sanders

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An emotional story, based on true events, about the all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps w… read more

Similar categories in Joshunda Sanders's Women of the Post book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Support units are the spine of the war effort. Because we do a job that is invisible and does not take place on the battlefield does not mean what we do isn't difficult or dangerous."

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"It is the fight of his life - of our lives - to defend our country and maybe it will show white people that we can also belong to and defend this place. We built it too, after all. It is as much our …"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"We all found ways to mirror her contributions to America, even when our country never gave us back all that we gave it. It's a shame that it takes going to other places to help us see how to transfor…"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"The most important thing is those letters... They keep soldiers connected to the most significant people in their lives. Their families, their children, their wives and mothers. That keeps them motiv…"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

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27. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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28. In the Hour of Crows

By: Dana Elmendorf

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns … read more

Similar categories in Dana Elmendorf's In the Hour of Crows book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum

29. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more

Similar categories in Howard Blum's When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. Teddy

By: Emily Dunlay

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lessons in Chemistry  meets  Mad Men  in this wildly entertaining debut novel, set in glamorous Rom… read more

Similar categories in Emily Dunlay's Teddy book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Terry Gamble's The Eulogist

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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3.39

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Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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Yiyun Li

3.75

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