18 Best historical fiction books like The Throwback by David Canford

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The Throwback

By: David Canford

4.10

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

A baby’s birth in the 1840s to George Elwood’s wife on their South Carolina plantation threatens to…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Throwback by David Canford , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. The Woodcutter's Wife

By: David Johnson

3.99

Format: 272 pages,

Set against the backdrop of the Civil War comes a tale of love lost and found... Mary Thomson is no… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. Always & Forever: A Saga of Slavery and Deliverance (The Plantation Series Book 1)

By: Gretchen Craig

4.27

Format: 224 pages,

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3. Section 132

By: Helga Zeiner

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

Lillian grows up in an American fundamentalist Mormon sect which still practices polygamy. At thirt… read more

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4. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

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"One of my nipples is noticeably larger than the other two."

-Tom J. Bross, Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

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5. The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2)

By: Jean Hackensmith

4.46

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words … read more

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  • historical fiction
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6. Queenie of Norwich

By: L.K. Wilde

4.44

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

"You're Nellie Westrop and don't you forget it. We'll see each other again one day, but until we do… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

By: Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's a hard life for a woman, married to a man who's married to the bottle."

-Lonormi Manuel, The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

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8. Before the Swallows Come Back: A story that touches the soul

By: Fiona Curnow

4.31

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, and … read more

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  • fiction
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9. The Last Orphan (The Last Orphan Books Book 1)

By: Jeffrey Lowder

4.26

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

2020 Winner New York City Big Book award 2020 Distinguished Favorite-Western Fiction by Independent… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Winter Widow (Seasons of Change Book 1)

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.59

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Slum Angel When the hand of friendship is everything...York, Eng… read more

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11. In Picardy's Fields (Resistance Girl, #1)

By: Hannah Byron

4.35

Format: 310 pages, ebook

In Picardy’s Fields: the WW1 historical fiction romance that introduces the heroines destined to sh… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. My Grandmother’s Shadow

By: Devorah Shafrir Keret

4.23

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s search for answers unfurls into a riveting multi-layered family saga, perfect for reade… read more

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13. Lone Tree Claim (On the Dakota Frontier, #2)

By: CK Van Dam

4.32

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Like many Americans, Civil War widow Katie Rose Kelly was determined to make a new life for herself… read more

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14. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. The Road to Resilience: Velma’s Story (Velma's Story Book 2)

By: G.L. Gooding

4.42

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the life of author G. L. Gooding's mother, Velma Steele, The Road to Resilience continues … read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. The Family

By: S.E. Green

4.14

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing’s more important than family... Leah When Leah’s daughter, Nyla, unexpectedly appears at … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Of Needles and Haystacks (Hearts Unlocked #1) by Ann Elizabeth Fryer

17. Of Needles and Haystacks (Hearts Unlocked #1)

By: Ann Elizabeth Fryer

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman inherits a farm she isn't meant to have and uncovers a secret her neighbor planned to… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Third Son

By: S.E. Green

4.46

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

All he wants is a loving family to belong to, to manipulate, to control. . . . Architect Carter … read more

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  • fiction
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19. Proving Her Claim (On the Dakota Frontier, #1)

By: CK Van Dam

4.33

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

The Civil War created countless spinsters and widows. Anna Olson was one of them. With no prospe… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga by J.E. McCarthy

20. The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga

By: J.E. McCarthy

4.26

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

First Place Winner, Fall 2023 Historical FictionThere’s no greater duty than family…In the heart of… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Fields of Gold and Sorrow: The Red Cotton Fields Series book two (The Red Cotton Fields series book one 2)

By: Michael Strickland

4.46

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

Volume two of the Red Cotton Fields trilogy. The Red Cotton Fields series continues with Fields Of … read more

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Cover of The Throwback by David Canford

22. The Throwback

By: David Canford

4.10

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

A baby’s birth in the 1840s to George Elwood’s wife on their South Carolina plantation threatens to… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Union's Daughter (The Low Country #2)

By: Sabra Waldfogel

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman abhors her past. The other fights for freedom. Will their battle for emancipation leave t… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Orphan Escape (The Last Orphan Books Book 2) by Jeffrey Lowder

24. The Last Orphan Escape (The Last Orphan Books Book 2)

By: Jeffrey Lowder

4.42

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

September 7-11, 1861. The Mountain Meadows Massacre.On the orders of local Mormon church leaders, 1… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Forging Nails: A Family Saga of Revenge & Redemption by Randy Judd

25. Forging Nails: A Family Saga of Revenge & Redemption

By: Randy Judd

4.34

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

“Randy Judd has done it again! He has created a page-turner with an uplifting theme and you get to … read more

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Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

26. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

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27. The Butcher on Colfax

By: J.T. Tierney

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

On an autumn day in 1890, eighteen-year-old Alice Butler and her sister Nora step out the massive d… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story by Jean Grainger

28. Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story

By: Jean Grainger

4.59

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

1937. Two lives. Thousands of miles apart. One in Dingle, Ireland, the other in Georgia, USA. G… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. This Savage World

By: Anna Housego

4.43

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you're cast out from everything you love and know?From the moment London midwife … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Blood of My Mother: a powerful historical saga about family, race and overcoming adversity by Roccie Hill

30. The Blood of My Mother: a powerful historical saga about family, race and overcoming adversity

By: Roccie Hill

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman fights for her life as a refugee, slave, mother, and farmer, in this "saga with many layers… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Valley Between Us

By: Cristi Slate

4.52

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Valley Between Us takes the reader on an incredible journey through the world of bride kidnapp… read more

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  • historical fiction

13 Top fiction books like The Throwback by David Canford

The Woodcutter's Wife

David Johnson

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Queenie of Norwich

L.K. Wilde

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Before the Swallows Come Back: A story that touches the soul

Fiona Curnow

4.31

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11 Best fiction books like The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel by Lonormi Manuel

Transform Your Habits

I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Transform Your Habits

This Funny Life: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.25

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