12 Best historical books like The Modern Fairies by Clare Pollard

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The Modern Fairies

By: Clare Pollard

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lauren Groff’s The Matrix meets Ophelia Field’s The Favourite in this the wry, sexy, and sharp hist…

"If there's such a thing as a kiss of true love, then we must declare that this is one of them: this moment in which their whole life trembles, like the world reflected in a drop of dew."

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"For a year or so the group stays intimate and exclusively feminine. But then, after Marie coins the term "contes de fées," or fairy tales, the fame of these "Modern Fairies" begins to spread too fast--- though it is flattering in a manner, of course."

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"Briou thinks of those words of Don Juan in Molière's play: "As for me, beauty embraces me wherever I find it, and I can easily yield to the sweet violence with which it sweeps me along." He imagined it as this: a sweet violence, and himself a new Don Juan."

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"Perrault likes this bit of the tale--- the pattern of it. The rhythm. He likes the shapes things make. And he likes beautiful, refined things: frescos, hyacinths, clockmakers, marzipans, butterfly wings, golden tableware, fountains, good shoes, the nightingale's song. He is an aesthetic man."

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

If you liked the historical plot in The Modern Fairies by Clare Pollard , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Barry's The Heart in Winter book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

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2. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

Similar categories in Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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3. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. 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 Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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5. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

Similar categories in Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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6. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • fairy tales
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Modern Fairies by Clare Pollard

7. The Modern Fairies

By: Clare Pollard

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lauren Groff’s The Matrix meets Ophelia Field’s The Favourite in this the wry, sexy, and sharp hist… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • fairy tales
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
"If there's such a thing as a kiss of true love, then we must declare that this is one of them: this moment in which their whole life trembles, like the world reflected in a drop of dew."

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"For a year or so the group stays intimate and exclusively feminine. But then, after Marie coins the term "contes de fées," or fairy tales, the fame of these "Modern Fairies" begins to spread too fast…"

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"Briou thinks of those words of Don Juan in Molière's play: "As for me, beauty embraces me wherever I find it, and I can easily yield to the sweet violence with which it sweeps me along." He imagined …"

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

"Perrault likes this bit of the tale--- the pattern of it. The rhythm. He likes the shapes things make. And he likes beautiful, refined things: frescos, hyacinths, clockmakers, marzipans, butterfly wi…"

-Clare Pollard, The Modern Fairies

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8. All This & More

By: Peng Shepherd

3.47

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an i… read more

Similar categories in Peng Shepherd's All This & More book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
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10. Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

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11. The Midnight Hour

By: Eve Chase

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new novel from Eve Chase, author of The Glass House and The Birdcage, available to pre-order no… read more

Similar categories in Eve Chase's The Midnight Hour book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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12. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's The Moonlight Market book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • fairy tales
  • adult fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

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13. Peggy

By: Rebecca Godfrey

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Godfrey's Peggy book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Misrecognition

By: Madison Newbound

3.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Rachel Cusk and Patricia Lockwood, an unflinchingly sharp and funny debut novel about t… read more

Similar categories in Madison Newbound's Misrecognition book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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15. Pi mal Daumen

By: Alina Bronsky

3.99

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Bestseller-Autorin Alina Bronsky legt eine Komödie über zwei Menschen vor, die aus unterschiedliche… read more

Similar categories in Alina Bronsky's Pi mal Daumen book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

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16. A Little Trickerie

By: Rosanna Pike

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more

Similar categories in Rosanna Pike's A Little Trickerie book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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17. Bright Objects

By: Ruby Todd

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young widow grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequenc… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Todd's Bright Objects book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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18. Mystery Lights

By: Lena Valencia

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Set against the stark background of the Southwestern desert, Lena Valencia’s Mystery Lights glows w… read more

Similar categories in Lena Valencia's Mystery Lights book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult
  • fiction
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19. The House of the Witch

By: Clare Marchant

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Now: When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t… read more

Similar categories in Clare Marchant's The House of the Witch book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Palace of Eros

By: Caro De Robertis

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her temp… read more

Similar categories in Caro De Robertis's The Palace of Eros book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Akademie Splitterstern 1: Akademie Splitterstern (German Edition) by Falk Holzapfel

21. Akademie Splitterstern 1: Akademie Splitterstern (German Edition)

By: Falk Holzapfel

4.33

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Akademie Splitterstern – die Heldenschmiede der Splitterlande. Egal, ob zaudernder Zauberer oder br… read more

Similar categories in Falk Holzapfel's Akademie Splitterstern 1: Akademie Splitterstern (German Edition) book and Clare Pollard's The Modern Fairies

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4.08

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4.02

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3.67

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3.52

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