5 must-read historical fiction books like Becky by Sarah May

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Becky

By: Sarah May

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Becky Sharp is determined. Determined to get away from the dead-end town where she grew up, determi…

"The truth changes everything. There's such an awful intimacy to it, a banality even. Perhaps this is why the one time I actually, publically, tell the truth, and not just to this room of forty or so people, but to the hundreds and thousands beyond it, I am accused by the media of delivering a carefully scripted performance. The performance of a lifetime."

-Sarah May, Becky

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Becky by Sarah May , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of 73 Dove Street by Julie Owen Moylan

1. 73 Dove Street

By: Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The page-turning and evocative new novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Gir… read more

Similar categories in Julie Owen Moylan's 73 Dove Street book and Sarah May's Becky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Other Women

By: Emma Flint

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A husband. A wife. A lover. Each has a secret they’d kill to protect . . . From the author of Li… read more

Similar categories in Emma Flint's Other Women book and Sarah May's Becky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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3. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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4. Service

By: Sarah Gilmartin

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gilmartin's Service book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Sugar, Baby

By: Celine Saintclare

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Luster and Queenie , an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of th… read more

Similar categories in Celine Saintclare's Sugar, Baby book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It's so deeply entrenched in me, the Fear of God, so much more strongly than the belief."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"The thought of having a relationship with my kids like the one I have with my mum, a scam on both sides, makes me want to vomit."

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as des…"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

"You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and …"

-Celine Saintclare, Sugar, Baby

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6. The Things We Do to Our Friends

By: Heather Darwent

3.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history—the… read more

Similar categories in Heather Darwent's The Things We Do to Our Friends book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Oh, Sister

By: Jodie Chapman

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Meet Isobel, Jen and Zelda.Three women whose bodies and minds are not their own.They belong to the … read more

Similar categories in Jodie Chapman's Oh, Sister book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • book club
  • audiobook
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8. Clickbait

By: L.C. North

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

'We're not famous anymore. We're notorious.'For over a decade, the Lancasters were celebrity royalt… read more

Similar categories in L.C. North's Clickbait book and Sarah May's Becky

  • contemporary
Cover of Her Last Summer by Emily Freud

9. Her Last Summer

By: Emily Freud

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

No body. No crime? Twenty years ago, Mari vanished while backpacking through Thailand with her boy… read more

Similar categories in Emily Freud's Her Last Summer book and Sarah May's Becky

  • fiction
Cover of The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

10. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Sarah May's Becky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Becky

By: Sarah May

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Becky Sharp is determined. Determined to get away from the dead-end town where she grew up, determi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah May's Becky book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • journalism
  • book club
  • audiobook
"The truth changes everything. There's such an awful intimacy to it, a banality even. Perhaps this is why the one time I actually, publically, tell the truth, and not just to this room of forty or so …"

-Sarah May, Becky

Cover of Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews by Sam McAlister

12. Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews

By: Sam McAlister

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking re… read more

Similar categories in Sam McAlister's Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews book and Sarah May's Becky

  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of What July Knew by Emily Koch

13. What July Knew

By: Emily Koch

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1995. July Hooper knows eighteen things about her mother. Like number thirteen: she … read more

Similar categories in Emily Koch's What July Knew book and Sarah May's Becky

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Young Women

By: Jessica Moor

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Everyone's got that history, I guess. Everyone's got a story. When Emily meets the enigmatic and da… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Moor's Young Women book and Sarah May's Becky

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Ugly Truth by L.C. North

15. The Ugly Truth

By: L.C. North

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Melanie Lange has disappeared. Her father, Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and … read more

Similar categories in L.C. North's The Ugly Truth book and Sarah May's Becky

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Our Holiday by Louise Candlish

16. Our Holiday

By: Louise Candlish

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our HouseTHERE’S TROUBLE IN PARADISE… read more

Similar categories in Louise Candlish's Our Holiday book and Sarah May's Becky

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Bodies

By: Christine Anne Foley

3.81

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough… read more

Similar categories in Christine Anne Foley's Bodies book and Sarah May's Becky

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill

18. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dockrill's I Love You, I Love You, I Love You book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Gold Rush by Olivia Petter

19. Gold Rush

By: Olivia Petter

3.61

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

We give celebrities a power they don’t deserve. Power they haven’t earned. What happens when they e… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Petter's Gold Rush book and Sarah May's Becky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Life of Zanna

By: Emily Jane Hodgkin

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Paige White and Hannah 'Zanna' Zagalo used to be inseparable. After a fated meeting at universit… read more

Similar categories in Emily Jane Hodgkin's Life of Zanna book and Sarah May's Becky

  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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3.95

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4.16

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Service

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