15 Best fiction books like I, Julian by Claire Gilbert

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I, Julian

By: Claire Gilbert

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. N…

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Cover of Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History by Janina Ramírez

1. Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History

By: Janina Ramírez

3.84

Format: None pages,

Over six hundred years ago a woman known as Julian of Norwich wrote what is now regarded as one of … read more

Similar categories in Janina Ramírez's Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • medieval
  • religion
Cover of Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich, A.C. Spearing, Elizabeth Spearing

2. Revelations of Divine Love

By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more

Similar categories in Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • medieval
  • christian
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3. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Pym's Quartet in Autumn book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

4. Conspiracy (Giordano Bruno, #5)

By: S.J. Parris

4.24

Format: 185 pages,

PARIS, 1585 A KING WITHOUT AN HEIR Heretic-turned-spy Giordano Bruno arrives in Paris from London t… read more

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5. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical fiction
  • religion
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. 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 Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • 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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7. The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

By: Paula Byrne

4.05

Format: 686 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, intimate biography of English writer Barbara Pym. She was Pym to friends. Miss Pym … read more

Similar categories in Paula Byrne's The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • british literature
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8. 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 Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter by Tom     Wright

9. Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter

By: Tom Wright

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth study of Romans from today's foremost interpreter of Paul. Romans is often and for good… read more

Similar categories in Tom Wright's Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
Cover of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie

10. For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

By: Victoria Mackenzie

3.85

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Mackenzie's For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
"Sometimes I reworked, with much crossing out and burning of papers; I had to sift through my thoughts for words that gleamed with truth. But other times the words came fast, and then I was an arrow, …"

-Victoria Mackenzie, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

Cover of Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross

11. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church

By: Peter Ross

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more

Similar categories in Peter Ross's Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • medieval
  • religion
  • british literature
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12. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Parris's Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens by Kate Bowler

13. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

By: Kate Bowler

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more

Similar categories in Kate Bowler's Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christian
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14. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

By: Sarah Bessey

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bessey's Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"

-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

Cover of That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart

15. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

By: David Bentley Hart

4.26

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more

Similar categories in David Bentley Hart's That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

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16. Bright Fear

By: Mary Jean Chan

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Following their award-winning debut, Flèche (2019), comes Mary Jean Chan's gleaming second collecti… read more

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Cover of Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine Coldstream

17. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

By: Catherine Coldstream

3.71

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Coldstream's Cloistered: My Years as a Nun book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • religion
  • british literature
Cover of Have A Little Faith: Life Lessons on Love, Death and How Lasagne Always Helps by Kate Bottley

18. Have A Little Faith: Life Lessons on Love, Death and How Lasagne Always Helps

By: Kate Bottley

4.24

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

'Thank God for Kate and this book' Dawn French 'Kate's natural warmth, wit and wisdom shines thro… read more

Similar categories in Kate Bottley's Have A Little Faith: Life Lessons on Love, Death and How Lasagne Always Helps book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • religion
Cover of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin

19. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes

By: Kate Strasdin

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more

Similar categories in Kate Strasdin's The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
Cover of Critical Incidents (Robin Lyons, #1) by Lucie Whitehouse

20. Critical Incidents (Robin Lyons, #1)

By: Lucie Whitehouse

3.81

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

A missing girl.A murdered friend.No one left to trust.A Birmingham house fire. A young mother dead.… read more

Similar categories in Lucie Whitehouse's Critical Incidents (Robin Lyons, #1) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • fiction
Cover of Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories by Chris Atkins

21. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

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Cover of I, Julian by Claire Gilbert

22. I, Julian

By: Claire Gilbert

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. N… read more

Similar categories in Claire Gilbert's I, Julian book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • christian
  • 14th century
  • british literature
  • christianity
  • historical
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
Cover of All That Is Secret (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #1) by Patricia Raybon

23. All That Is Secret (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #1)

By: Patricia Raybon

3.59

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Patricia Raybon comes a compelling new historical mystery series, a rivet… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Raybon's All That Is Secret (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #1) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • christian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore

24. The Dangerous Kingdom of Love

By: Neil Blackmore

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The kingdom of love is a frightening place. A dangerous place. What kind of fool wants to live ther… read more

Similar categories in Neil Blackmore's The Dangerous Kingdom of Love book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Misadventures of Margaret Finch by Claire McGlasson

25. The Misadventures of Margaret Finch

By: Claire McGlasson

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch - a rather demure young woman - has just begun work in a posit… read more

Similar categories in Claire McGlasson's The Misadventures of Margaret Finch book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

26. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • fiction
  • british literature
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27. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's Heart, Be at Peace book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of War in Heaven by Charles  Williams

29. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

Similar categories in Charles Williams's War in Heaven book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
  • fiction
"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

30. The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

By: Pat Barker

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow-up to Pat Barker's Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY Continuing the story of th… read more

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids by Mariko Clark

31. The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids

By: Mariko Clark

4.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated Bible storybook for kind and mindful kids, highlighting the rich diversit… read more

Similar categories in Mariko Clark's The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids book and Claire Gilbert's I, Julian

  • religion

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Cuddy

Benjamin Myers

4.33

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The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

Paula Byrne

4.05

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73 Dove Street

Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

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For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

Victoria Mackenzie

3.85

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Tom Hindle

3.55

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