9 Best historical fiction books like Birth Road by Michelle Wamboldt

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Birth Road

By: Michelle Wamboldt

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Told in startling vignettes and with bold, impeccable prose, Birth Road is a story of love, lost in…

"My mother always said, if we all threw our troubles in a pile and were given the choice to pick out whichever ones we wanted, we would always choose our own."

-Michelle Wamboldt, Birth Road

"My mother always said, if we all threw our troubles in a pile and were given the choice to pick out whichever ones we wanted, we would always choose our own."

-Michelle Wamboldt, Birth Road

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Birth Road by Michelle Wamboldt , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Shoot Me

By: Lesley Crewe

3.81

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

In the words of her psychology student daughter, Elsie Brooks is an enabler. She mothers everyonehe… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"There was a sharp rap on the door. Her aunt Faith shouted, "No wonder psychology is your major. You and your split personality get out of this bathroom. Some of us have old bladders, ya know." ....Go…"

-Lesley Crewe, Shoot Me

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2. Kin

By: Lesley Crewe

3.87

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Traditions, created and subverted. Love, nurtured and destroyed. Friendships, marriages, and the wi… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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3. Hit & Mrs.

By: Lesley Crewe

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Linda, Bette, Gemma, and Augusta are four lifelong friends who live in Montreal. This year they're … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

4. Mary, Mary

By: Lesley Crewe

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour In a Cape Breton family of black sheep, Mary is pure as… read more

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5. Her Mother's Daughter

By: Lesley Crewe

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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6. Amazing Grace

By: Lesley Crewe

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The new novel from bestselling author Lesley Crewe! Grace Willingdon has everything she needs. For … read more

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7. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Good Women of Safe Harbour

By: Bobbi French

4.39

Format: 304 pages, ebook

An unforgettable, life-affirming novel about a woman living on her own terms at last and reclaiming… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
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9. Closer by Sea

By: Perry Chafe

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER CBC Books “86 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in the First Half of 20… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

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11. Nosy Parker

By: Lesley Crewe

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nos… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
"Math is not my strong suit. Neither is French. I am absolutely hopeless at French. It's like a foreign language."

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

"I spent what seemed like hours listening to the mind-numbing details of life in Tudor England. The only fact that stays with me is King Henry VIII was definitely a serial killer. Several headless que…"

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

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12. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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13. The Woman in the Attic

By: Emily Hepditch

3.85

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald's mother has lived her life in near total iso… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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14. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

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15. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
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16. 15 Summers Later

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

15 summers ago, everything changed… Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emeral… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Beholden

By: Lesley Crewe

4.25

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The story begins with Nell, the “spinster on the hill” near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Scarred by he… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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18. Alone on the Trail

By: Emily Hepditch

3.94

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

From the #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Attic Four best friends. One wrong turn. One … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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19. Birth Road

By: Michelle Wamboldt

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Told in startling vignettes and with bold, impeccable prose, Birth Road is a story of love, lost in… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Wamboldt's Birth Road book and Michelle Wamboldt's Birth Road

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"My mother always said, if we all threw our troubles in a pile and were given the choice to pick out whichever ones we wanted, we would always choose our own."

-Michelle Wamboldt, Birth Road

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20. Mommy Don’t From Mother to Murderer: The True Story of Penny and Karissa Boudreau 

By: Sherri Aikenhead

4.23

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

On January 29, 2008, just days after a bitter winter storm, Nova Scotians watched with breaking hea… read more

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  • canada
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21. Death & Other Inconveniences

By: Lesley Crewe

4.11

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

National bestselling author Lesley Crewe's new novel explores widowhood, complicated family dynamic… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

17 best-selling fiction books like Birth Road by Michelle Wamboldt

Transform Your Habits

Shoot Me

Lesley Crewe

3.81

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Kin

Lesley Crewe

3.87

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Hit & Mrs.

Lesley Crewe

3.75

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The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

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Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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