12 Top historical books like Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann

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Rebel Daughter

By: Lori Banov Kaufmann

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Red Tent and The Dovekeepers! Winner of a 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalis…

"Let me tell you something: once before-- a long, long time ago--the people of Jerusalem were defeated. The first Temple, the one King Solomon built, was destroyed. The people were taken captive to Babylon. Do you know what the prophet Jeremiah told them?" [...] "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat the fruit. Marry and have sons and daughters." He paused, then continued, "in other words, live. Live... And remember."

-Lori Banov Kaufmann, Rebel Daughter

"Let me tell you something: once before-- a long, long time ago--the people of Jerusalem were defeated. The first Temple, the one King Solomon built, was destroyed. The people were taken captive to Babylon. Do you know what the prophet Jeremiah told them?" [...] "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat the fruit. Marry and have sons and daughters." He paused, then continued, "in other words, live. Live... And remember."

-Lori Banov Kaufmann, Rebel Daughter

If you liked the historical plot in Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. All Other Nights

By: Dara Horn

3.76

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

A gripping epic about the great moral struggles of the Civil War. How is tonight different from … read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's All Other Nights book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish

2. Sarah (Canaan, #1)

By: Marek Halter

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert… read more

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3. Zipporah, Wife of Moses (Canaan, #2)

By: Marek Halter

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From the internationally bestselling author of Sarahcomes the riveting story of the remarkable woma… read more

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4. Mata Hari's Last Dance

By: Michelle Moran

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel ab… read more

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5. The Boy with the Star Tattoo

By: Talia Carner

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage… read more

Similar categories in Talia Carner's The Boy with the Star Tattoo book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • israel
  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Last Exchange

By: Charles Martin

4.33

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

“Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.” When M… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
"...a life laid down is better than the one picked up. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"Scars are just the body's response to things that shouldn't be there. A reminder of the pain. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"...that's the thing about mountaintops. While we might prefer those "high" moments, most of life'--she [Joe] pointed at a town in the valley--'happens down there. Along the way.' She tilted her head …"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"After several minutes, she [Joe] turned toward him [Pockets]. 'What changes it?' 'Not -what-.' A pause. '-Who-.' 'Who then?' 'The one who walks with you down into your closet. Down where you hide the…"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

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7. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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8. Stars of Alabama

By: Sean Dietrich

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With a voice both humorous and heartfelt, Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—weaves toge… read more

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  • historical
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Eternal Life

By: Dara Horn

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles—widowhood, a failing business,… read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's Eternal Life book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • jewish
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"That's the problem. We don't grow. We're like an old book, full of stories and also full of errors, and no one can completely understand us, even though many people try. But the problem is that we do…"

-Dara Horn, Eternal Life

"She didn’t know exactly when she had first felt the sensation of regret. It was a physical sensation, a shudder that began deep in the stomach and traveled up through the throat; it was distinct from…"

-Dara Horn, Eternal Life

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10. The Thread Collectors

By: Shaunna J. Edwards

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."

-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors

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11. The Lost Shtetl

By: Max Gross

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable debut novel—written with the fearless imagination of Michael Chabon and the piercing h… read more

Similar categories in Max Gross's The Lost Shtetl book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
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12. Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

By: Gemma Hollman

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare.… read more

Similar categories in Gemma Hollman's Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
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13. The Song of the Jade Lily

By: Kirsty Manning

4.16

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Kirsty Manning makes her US debut with this gripping historical novel that tells the little-known s… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Manning's The Song of the Jade Lily book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • jewish
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14. The Golem of Brooklyn

By: Adam Mansbach

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more

Similar categories in Adam Mansbach's The Golem of Brooklyn book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • jewish
Cover of Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann

15. Rebel Daughter

By: Lori Banov Kaufmann

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Red Tent and The Dovekeepers! Winner of a 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalis… read more

Similar categories in Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • romance
  • cultural
  • christian fiction
  • israel
  • jewish
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Let me tell you something: once before-- a long, long time ago--the people of Jerusalem were defeated. The first Temple, the one King Solomon built, was destroyed. The people were taken captive to Ba…"

-Lori Banov Kaufmann, Rebel Daughter

Cover of Cold Open (DCI Lomond Crime Thrillers Book 4) by Andrew  Raymond

16. Cold Open (DCI Lomond Crime Thrillers Book 4)

By: Andrew Raymond

4.45

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Some cases should never be reopened…When a body is discovered during the building of the new Govan-… read more

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17. 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 Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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18. Born of Gilded Mountains

By: Amanda Dykes

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Dykes's Born of Gilded Mountains book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • historical
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Spatts is strong. - Rusty"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"I sometimes think, when our dreams seem impossible to us, perhaps we just haven't seen yet how God will chase after our hearts with those very dreams, in the unlikeliest ways."

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"Sunsets here were more an experience than a sight. They marked the soul. Pierced it, rearranged things with all that shifting color and light, and sealed it up again, a little more whole than it was …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"On a stage of earth, beneath a canopy of stars, with a score of scattered laughter, Mercy watched a story unfold more enchanting than any the Dream Factory of Hollywood could have produced. Even the …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

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19. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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20. The Usual Silence (Arles Shepherd #1)

By: Jenny Milchman

3.92

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A psychologist haunted by childhood trauma must unearth all that is buried in her past in this twis… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Milchman's The Usual Silence (Arles Shepherd #1) book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • fiction
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21. The Seventh Handmaiden

By: Judith Pransky

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Darya does not remember how she came to be a slave or who she was before she was bought by an army … read more

Similar categories in Judith Pransky's The Seventh Handmaiden book and Lori Banov Kaufmann's Rebel Daughter

  • young adult
  • historical fiction

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