25 Top historical fiction books like On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind by Nikki Marmery

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On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

By: Nikki Marmery

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

April 1579: When two ships meet off the Pacific coast of New Spain, an enslaved woman seizes the ch…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind by Nikki Marmery , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Thieving Forest

By: Martha Conway

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a humid morning in 1806, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches helplessly from behind a tree… read more

Similar categories in Martha Conway's Thieving Forest book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

By: Lucy Barker

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Barker's The Other Side of Mrs. Wood book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."

-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

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3. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • drama
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of No. 23 Burlington Square by Jenni Keer

4. No. 23 Burlington Square

By: Jenni Keer

4.21

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique ti… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Keer's No. 23 Burlington Square book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • drama
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5. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Myers's Cuddy book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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6. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
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7. Charlotte

By: J.S. Anthony

4.39

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

When the least likely person in your life becomes the one who means the most. Charlotte’s father… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Anthony's Charlotte book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Sarah Mayfield

By: J.S. Anthony

4.39

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

An unexpected journey of the heart. The war is over and Sarah Mayfield has put the sorrows of he… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Anthony's Sarah Mayfield book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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9. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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10. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Lily

By: Rose Tremain

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's … read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Lily book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Beauty of Your Face

By: Sahar Mustafah

4.19

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face wit… read more

Similar categories in Sahar Mustafah's The Beauty of Your Face book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You do not laugh at someone who is trying; only at fools who do not give themselves a chance."

-Sahar Mustafah, The Beauty of Your Face

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13. The Henchmen of Zenda

By: K.J. Charles

3.88

Format: 232 pages, ebook

Swordfights, lust, betrayal, murder: just another day for a henchman. Jasper Detchard is a disgr… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Henchmen of Zenda book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He was watching me under those drooping lids, with need and satisfaction too, much as if he imagined he had the whip hand of me now. That was his youth showing, the peculiar conviction that a hard pr…"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

"I have no quarrel with democrats in principle, except that they are as much frauds and liars as the rest. It is often said that mankind will not be free till the last king is strangled with the guts …"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

"Goodnight, sweet schoolmaster. It's been a pleasure." On which he walked out, arse-naked, carrying his clothes under his arm and his boots by the heels so as not to mar their leather with thumbprints…"

-K.J. Charles, The Henchmen of Zenda

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14. The Birdcage

By: Eve Chase

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Kat, Flora and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous artist father - and a terrible secret. … read more

Similar categories in Eve Chase's The Birdcage book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Leviathan

By: Rosie Andrews

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Leviathan book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"

-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

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16. The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.38

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

London 1671 The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brut… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Answer Creek

By: Ashley E. Sweeney

4.22

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Starvation. Desperation. Madness. Shadowing the Donner Party as they trek west on the Oregon–Califo… read more

Similar categories in Ashley E. Sweeney's Answer Creek book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • book club
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Saracen's Mark (Nicholas Shelby, #3) by S.W. Perry

19. The Saracen's Mark (Nicholas Shelby, #3)

By: S.W. Perry

4.47

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Betrayal has many guises...London, 1593: Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its fi… read more

Similar categories in S.W. Perry's The Saracen's Mark (Nicholas Shelby, #3) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Asylum

By: Karen Coles

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

1906: Being a woman is dangerous, being different is deadly. Maud Lovell has been at Angelton Lu… read more

Similar categories in Karen Coles's The Asylum book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6) by S.W. Perry

21. The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6)

By: S.W. Perry

4.54

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen… read more

Similar categories in S.W. Perry's The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Skeleton Key

By: Erin Kelly

3.78

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

THIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART... Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insist… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kelly's The Skeleton Key book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
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23. A Spartan's Sorrow

By: Hannah M. Lynn

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From an award winning author comes a story of feminist revenge perfect for readers of Madeleine Mil… read more

Similar categories in Hannah M. Lynn's A Spartan's Sorrow book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir by Iliana Regan

24. Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir

By: Iliana Regan

3.54

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, … read more

Similar categories in Iliana Regan's Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

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25. The Botanist's Daughter

By: Kayte Nunn

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the 2020 Winston Graham Historical Fiction Prize Discovery. Desire. Deception. A wondr… read more

Similar categories in Kayte Nunn's The Botanist's Daughter book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You just have to keep walking through the fire. And then you'll bloom."

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"The truth had been hiding in plain sight: a margeurite was a type of daisy."

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers. - Sonnet XVII, Pablo Neruda "

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"Elizabeth had lent her an aquamarine dress, originally made for Georgiana, with elbow-length sleeves and intricate embroidery of butterflies and bees. It set Daisy's red hair ablaze. 'Fire on water,'…"

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

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26. The Strange Adventures of H

By: Sarah Burton

4.16

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Orphaned young, H is sent to live with her doting aunt in London. H's life is a happy one until her… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Burton's The Strange Adventures of H book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I recalled how cruel the plague had made people to each other, and was obliged to concede that there is no disaster which can befall humanity, that we will not fail to make worse by our own hands, fo…"

-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H

"It was as if everyone in the whole world had departed, leaving me alone in it, and I thought this must be what Hell is like. Not hot and full of pain and confusion, but cool and grey and empty, where…"

-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H

"I would check myself and wonder if I had already contracted the plague, as in such strange countries my thoughts rambled. But then I decided it was merely the times that made us strange , and we must…"

-Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H

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27. A Market of Dreams and Destiny

By: Trip Galey

3.90

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Nominated for the 2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature! Enter the bazaar of the bi… read more

Similar categories in Trip Galey's A Market of Dreams and Destiny book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Deri was well and truly caught, a fly in the web of words and wonder spun by the actors on the stage."

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

"Woven of wise women’s insight and young men’s dreams, of societal expectations and half-moon’s beams, Maurlocke’s robe habitually changed its form to match the expectations of the merchant’s customer…"

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

"But it was humbling. Awe-inspiring, even. There was a gravity about the stone, a surreal sense of vastness. And the resonant sense of lost love, the sheer depth of it reverberated through the stone, …"

-Trip Galey, A Market of Dreams and Destiny

Cover of On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind by Nikki Marmery

28. On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

By: Nikki Marmery

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

April 1579: When two ships meet off the Pacific coast of New Spain, an enslaved woman seizes the ch… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • drama
Cover of Thorn In My Side (Sweetpea, #4) by C.J. Skuse

29. Thorn In My Side (Sweetpea, #4)

By: C.J. Skuse

4.32

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, you can be your own worst enemy… Rhiannon Lewis thought she finally had it all: thank… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Skuse's Thorn In My Side (Sweetpea, #4) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
Cover of Dead Head (Sweetpea, #3) by C.J. Skuse

30. Dead Head (Sweetpea, #3)

By: C.J. Skuse

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Can a serial killer ever lose their taste for murder? Since confessing to her bloody murder spre… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Skuse's Dead Head (Sweetpea, #3) book and Nikki Marmery's On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

  • fiction
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31. The Removal Man

By: R.J. Parker

3.38

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

The Removal Man is an utterly unputdownable suspense thriller from the author of The Dinner Party a… read more

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