12 best-selling historical books like Marley by Jon Clinch

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Marley

By: Jon Clinch

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“By some uncanny act of artistic appropriation, [Clinch] has, without imitating Dickens, entered in…

"The situation is unendurable, and yet he endures."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

"The situation is unendurable, and yet he endures."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

"The orchestra concludes to a merry burst of applause and the orchestra slides into a waltz—a much-needed chance for the dancers to catch their breath, perhaps even an opportunity for the whispering of urgent secrets and tender promises..."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

"The orchestra concludes to a merry burst of applause and the orchestra slides into a waltz—a much-needed chance for the dancers to catch their breath, perhaps even an opportunity for the whispering of urgent secrets and tender promises..."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

If you liked the historical plot in Marley by Jon Clinch , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro

1. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

By: James Shapiro

4.08

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous pl… read more

Similar categories in James Shapiro's A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • british literature
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2. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

By: Stephen Greenblatt

3.87

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

Named One of Esquire 's 50 Best Biographies of All Time The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • british literature
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3. This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

By: Ivan Doig

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens o… read more

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4. The Piano Tuner

By: Daniel Mason

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the Br… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's The Piano Tuner book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South

By: Rick Bragg

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, com… read more

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6. Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders: An Urban Historical

By: Franz Lidz

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose Unstrung Heroesis a classic of hoarder lore. … read more

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7. Miracle on 34th Street

By: Tomie dePaola , Valentine Davies

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Generations of believers in hope and goodwill have made Valentine Davies' Miracle on 34th Streeta t… read more

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8. All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings

By: None

4.00

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

read more

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9. Jacob T. Marley

By: R. William Bennett

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Marley was dead to begin with . . . These chillingly familiar words begin the classic Christmas tal… read more

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10. All the King's Men

By: Robert Penn Warren

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

More than just a classic political novel, Warren's tale of power and corruption in the Depression-e… read more

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11. Elsewhere

By: Richard Russo

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilario… read more

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Cover of James by Percival Everett

12. 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 Jon Clinch's Marley

  • retellings
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of North Woods by Daniel       Mason

13. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's North Woods book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Chenneville by Paulette Jiles

14. Chenneville

By: Paulette Jiles

4.13

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Jiles's Chenneville book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

15. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sisters of the Vast Black (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1) by Lina Rather

16. Sisters of the Vast Black (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1)

By: Lina Rather

4.01

Format: 176 pages, ebook

The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space in Lina … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye

17. Miss Marley

By: Vanessa Lafaye

3.91

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

‘Exquisite’ Veronica Henry Before A Christmas Carol there was… Miss Marley A seasonal tale of k… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • retellings
  • british literature
  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"but with great attachment comes the pain of great loss"

-Vanessa Lafaye, Miss Marley

Cover of A Christmas Carol Murder (A Dickens of a Crime #3) by Heather Redmond

18. A Christmas Carol Murder (A Dickens of a Crime #3)

By: Heather Redmond

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The latest novel from Heather Redmond’s acclaimed mystery series finds young Charles Dickens suspec… read more

Similar categories in Heather Redmond's A Christmas Carol Murder (A Dickens of a Crime #3) book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Once We Were Here

By: Christopher Cosmos

4.19

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

As World War II intrudes upon their home, three young friends risk everything for freedom, love, an… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Cosmos's Once We Were Here book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Marley by Jon Clinch

20. Marley

By: Jon Clinch

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“By some uncanny act of artistic appropriation, [Clinch] has, without imitating Dickens, entered in… read more

Similar categories in Jon Clinch's Marley book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • retellings
  • classics
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"The situation is unendurable, and yet he endures."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

"The orchestra concludes to a merry burst of applause and the orchestra slides into a waltz—a much-needed chance for the dancers to catch their breath, perhaps even an opportunity for the whispering o…"

-Jon Clinch, Marley

Cover of A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes: 1942 (Sherlock's War) by Robert J. Harris

21. A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes: 1942 (Sherlock's War)

By: Robert J. Harris

3.75

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

LONDON, 1942. A killer going by the name of 'Crimson Jack' is stalking the wartime streets of Lond… read more

Similar categories in Robert J. Harris's A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes: 1942 (Sherlock's War) book and Jon Clinch's Marley

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

11 best-selling fiction books like Marley by Jon Clinch

Transform Your Habits

The Piano Tuner

Daniel Mason

3.77

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Chenneville

Paulette Jiles

4.13

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12 must-read fiction books like The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

Transform Your Habits

Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Heist (Isaac Bell #14)

Clive Cussler

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Camino Ghosts (Camino Island #3)

John Grisham

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

4.33

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