19 Best historical books like The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher

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The Kennedy Debutante

By: Kerri Maher

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious…

"I want to tell you how happy you make me. On our last night together you told me I make you happy, but you fell asleep before I could explain just how perfect and wonderful you are, and how perfectly happy I am to be your wife."

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

"For it was Kick who stole the fame he’d so coveted that night. All eyes were on her. He watched, too, mesmerized. She was so relaxed, despite being completely out of place and hardly the prettiest of the girls there, but her smile was delight itself. She had a charming dimple in her left cheek, and she was a shameless flirt. But wildly successful in her flirting, to judge by the swarm of young men clamoring for her next dance."

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

If you liked the historical plot in The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

By: Susan Meissner

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Holl… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Stars Over Sunset Boulevard book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"...tired people don't give up. Tired people just take a rest. Rest a bit and try again."

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid."

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"We're going to be okay. Lainey isn't the glue that keeps us together. We are. We're the glue. Okay?"

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"We were both shattered. We were broken people who longed to be whole. We thought it was love that was driving us to do what we did. But it wasn't love. It was fear. We were both too afraid of ending …"

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

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2. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The First Ladies book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The President’s Wife

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the First Lady who clandestinely assumed the presidency, from the USA Today… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Enerson Wood's The President’s Wife book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Beautiful People

By: Michelle Gable

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistan… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Gable's The Beautiful People book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Meet Me in Monaco

By: Hazel Gaynor

3.89

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to … read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's Meet Me in Monaco book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

By: Gill Paul

4.15

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From the internationally bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a tale of love, sacrifice and … read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl

By: Renée Rosen

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined … read more

Similar categories in Renée Rosen's Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Mitford Affair

By: Marie Benedict

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The Mitford Affair book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. The Other Windsor Girl: A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel

By: Georgie Blalock

3.63

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

In a historical debut evoking the style of The Crown, the daughter of an impoverished noble is swep… read more

Similar categories in Georgie Blalock's The Other Windsor Girl: A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Debutantes

By: Georgie Blalock

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Fans of The Kennedy Debutante and Next Year in Havana will love Georgie Blalock’s new novel of a wo… read more

Similar categories in Georgie Blalock's The Last Debutantes book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. American Princess

By: Stephanie Marie Thornton

4.08

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton... Alice may be the president's d… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Marie Thornton's American Princess book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Woman Before Wallis

By: Bryn Turnbull

3.89

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American … read more

Similar categories in Bryn Turnbull's The Woman Before Wallis book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The High Season

By: Judy Blundell

3.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“A mesmerizing, head-spinning—and sometimes madcap-hilarious—take of have and have-nots.”— People  … read more

Similar categories in Judy Blundell's The High Season book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Ah, now she knew what divorce really was. Sharing decisions with a person you would run down on the street."

-Judy Blundell, The High Season

"All along you could have done one thing. One thing simpler than al the rest. You could have told the truth about how you felt. Publicly. You could have stood up and said This is happening and it's wr…"

-Judy Blundell, The High Season

"All along you could have done one thing. One thing simpler than all the rest. You could have told the truth about how you felt. Publicly. You could have stood up and said This is happening and it's w…"

-Judy Blundell, The High Season

"Maybe all relationships, friendship, partner, parent and child, were held together by the things you did not say as much as the things you did. The unsaid was the keystone in the arch. Once you kicke…"

-Judy Blundell, The High Season

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16. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher

17. The Kennedy Debutante

By: Kerri Maher

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I want to tell you how happy you make me. On our last night together you told me I make you happy, but you fell asleep before I could explain just how perfect and wonderful you are, and how perfectly…"

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

"For it was Kick who stole the fame he’d so coveted that night. All eyes were on her. He watched, too, mesmerized. She was so relaxed, despite being completely out of place and hardly the prettiest of…"

-Kerri Maher, The Kennedy Debutante

Cover of And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton

18. And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

By: Stephanie Marie Thornton

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O… Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fat… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Marie Thornton's And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"All I want is a man with a little imagination. Is that too much to ask?"

-Stephanie Marie Thornton, And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

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19. The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

By: Jean Kennedy Smith

3.84

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child … read more

Similar categories in Jean Kennedy Smith's The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • audiobook
"(Dad) could not abide us feeling sorry for ourselves. Life was far too good for us to whine about small things. It was selfish, and on top of that, it was boring."

-Jean Kennedy Smith, The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

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20. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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21. 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 Kerri Maher's The Kennedy Debutante

  • 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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Marie Benedict

3.70

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Georgie Blalock

3.63

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Georgie Blalock

3.67

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Bryn Turnbull

3.89

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Kristin Harmel

4.25

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