14 Best fantasy books like The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright

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The House of Sorrowing Stars

By: Beth Cartwright

3.82

Format: 395 pages, ebook

How do you heal a broken house? First you unlock its secrets. Alone on an island, surrounded by …

"All stories deserve to be finished. And once you begin, you must continue until you reach the end."

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"All stories deserve to be finished. And once you begin, you must continue until you reach the end."

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"A book is an invitation into another person's world - real or imagined- so how can you be a trespasser when you have been invited in?"

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"A book is an invitation into another person's world - real or imagined- so how can you be a trespasser when you have been invited in?"

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

If you liked the fantasy plot in The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley

1. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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2. The Winter Garden

By: Alexandra Bell

3.96

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Winter Gardens of Half Moon House. Please do not mishandle the exhibits. (The owners… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Bell's The Winter Garden book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"...a man could not possibly compare with the fascination of a mushroom."

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"Some things - some mistakes ... Well, we just have to live with them, that's all. And there's no shortcut or magical solution that will undo them."

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"How much more straightforward it was to bear a physical illness or malady. You need not do anything but rest, and the body simply healed itself. Miseries of the mind, however, were quite another matt…"

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"After one whole year, the only thing she knew for sure was that motherhood was exhausting, terrifying and nerve-racking, and every day seemed to force her to learn anew what she must do. Yet it was a…"

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

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3. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By: Katie Lumsden

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more

Similar categories in Katie Lumsden's The Secrets of Hartwood Hall book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Cover of The Household by Stacey Halls

4. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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5. Now She is Witch

By: Kirsty Logan

3.54

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... From the snowy winter… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Logan's Now She is Witch book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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6. The Hemlock Cure

By: Joanne Burn

3.73

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1665 and the women of Eyam keep many secrets. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a d… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Burn's The Hemlock Cure book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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7. Once a Monster

By: Robert Dinsdale

3.78

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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8. The Key In The Lock

By: Beth Underdown

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire. Smoke unfurling out of an upper window and a hecti… read more

Similar categories in Beth Underdown's The Key In The Lock book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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9. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

Similar categories in Kate Griffin's Fyneshade book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. The Illusions

By: Liz Hyder

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their ow… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Illusions book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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12. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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13. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

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14. The Family Retreat

By: Bev Thomas

3.67

Format: None pages, ebook

When Rob decides the family needs to get away for the summer Jess is not convinced - won't all the … read more

Similar categories in Bev Thomas's The Family Retreat book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • fiction
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15. The Fascination

By: Essie Fox

3.85

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenage… read more

Similar categories in Essie Fox's The Fascination book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Clockwork Girl book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright

17. The House of Sorrowing Stars

By: Beth Cartwright

3.82

Format: 395 pages, ebook

How do you heal a broken house? First you unlock its secrets. Alone on an island, surrounded by … read more

Similar categories in Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"All stories deserve to be finished. And once you begin, you must continue until you reach the end."

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"A book is an invitation into another person's world - real or imagined- so how can you be a trespasser when you have been invited in?"

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"You do not have to agree, but you cannot blame someone for not wanting to feel their pain. Grief is being lost in familiar places. It is not seasonal. It doesn't bloom brightly in the sunshine, and w…"

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

"Of course I will - my name is not a secret. I am Eloura; I am a book-weaver, a story-spinner, a protector, a collector and a brewer of fine tea. I navigate vast stretches of water to find my way onto…"

-Beth Cartwright, The House of Sorrowing Stars

Cover of The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola

18. The House of Whispers

By: Anna Mazzola

3.64

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the secrets of the past are more dangerous than the present... Rome, 1938. As the w… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The House of Whispers book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase

19. 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 Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • mystery
  • historical
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Secrets of Flowers by Sally Page

20. The Secrets of Flowers

By: Sally Page

4.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Secrets of Flowers book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

Cover of The Garden Of Lost Memories by Ruby Hummingbird

21. The Garden Of Lost Memories

By: Ruby Hummingbird

4.17

Format: 312 pages, ebook

Just because you feel ordinary doesn’t mean you aren’t extraordinary to someone else. Sixty-two-… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Hummingbird's The Garden Of Lost Memories book and Beth Cartwright's The House of Sorrowing Stars

  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Rebecca Netley

4.00

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The Winter Garden

Alexandra Bell

3.96

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3.67

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T.M. Logan

3.97

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Heidi Perks

3.92

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