7 Top historical fiction books like The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

Cover of The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

The Abstainer

By: Ian McGuire

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody …

"Midnight."

-Ian McGuire, The Abstainer

"Midnight."

-Ian McGuire, The Abstainer

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Abstainer by Ian McGuire , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Black Tide (Jack Irish, #2) by Peter Temple

1. Black Tide (Jack Irish, #2)

By: Peter Temple

3.94

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Jack Irish is recovering from his last foray into the criminal underworld when he agrees to look fo… read more

Similar categories in Peter Temple's Black Tide (Jack Irish, #2) book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I slumped in the chair. I'd known it was coming. Absolutely no doubt. You know. I'd been feeling sick about it for weeks. So, why did I now feel even sicker? Love. Not a word for casual use. The life…"

-Peter Temple, Black Tide (Jack Irish, #2)

2. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

By: Michael Grunwald

4.21

Format: 288 pages,

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3. The Outfit (Parker, #3)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more

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4. Der Hund / Der Tunnel / Die Panne

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Drei Erzahlungen, darunter die beruhmte >Panne<: Weil sein Auto eine Panne hat, gerat Alfredo Traps… read more

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5. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • audiobook
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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6. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

Similar categories in Paul Lynch's Prophet Song book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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7. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • audiobook
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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8. ラブネスト(上) [Love Nest 1]

By: Yuu Minaduki

4.11

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

愛とか、恋とか、もういらない。 消えない傷が、俺のなかにずっとある――。 引っ越し先を探す間、行きつけのゲイバーのオーナーの 別宅に住むことになった穂積匡人(ほづみまさと)。 だがそ… read more

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9. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

10. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • historical
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
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11. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Moon & Sun, Vol. 1 by Akane Abe

12. Moon & Sun, Vol. 1

By: Akane Abe

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A laid-back yakuza heir and a striking cross-dressing beauty start an unlikely love affair.A yakuza… read more

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Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

13. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • audiobook
Cover of The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson

14. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

By: Steven Johnson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more

Similar categories in Steven Johnson's The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • historical
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Denise Mina

15. The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel

By: Denise Mina

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress in L.A. —and up against a rival PI—in this smar… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's The Second Murderer: A Philip Marlowe Novel book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Only Killers and Thieves (Billy McBride #1) by Paul Howarth

16. Only Killers and Thieves (Billy McBride #1)

By: Paul Howarth

4.04

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Two adolescent brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of po… read more

Similar categories in Paul Howarth's Only Killers and Thieves (Billy McBride #1) book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

17. The Abstainer

By: Ian McGuire

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody … read more

Similar categories in Ian McGuire's The Abstainer book and Ian McGuire's The Abstainer

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Midnight."

-Ian McGuire, The Abstainer

Cover of The Darkest Season by R.J. Ellory

18. The Darkest Season

By: R.J. Ellory

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Jasperville, Quebec. A small town a thousand miles from anywhere. For Jack Devereaux, it's a thous… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Cold Reckoning (DS Adam Tyler #3) by Russ Thomas

19. Cold Reckoning (DS Adam Tyler #3)

By: Russ Thomas

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The new must-read novel from the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of FIREWATCHING and NIGHTH… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Die Summe des Ganzen: Roman (German Edition) by Steven Uhly

20. Die Summe des Ganzen: Roman (German Edition)

By: Steven Uhly

3.92

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

Madrid, in der Zwei Menschen begegnen einander im Beichtstuhl einer kleinen Pfarrkirche am nordöst… read more

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21. Sonny and Me

By: Ross Sayers

4.38

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

FOURTH YEAR. TWO PALS. ONE MURDER. WELCOME TO BATTLEFIELD HIGH… ‘Whoever said yer school days ar… read more

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  • fiction

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Peter Temple

3.94

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Cormac McCarthy

3.58

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Paul Lynch

4.10

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Robert Harris

4.07

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Hampton Sides

4.51

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Erik Larson

4.24

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Steve Coll

4.44

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3.64

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