14 must-read historical fiction books like The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe

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The Forty Elephants

By: Erin Bledsoe

3.97

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Peaky Blinders  meets  Ocean’s 8  in  The Forty Elephants , an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties L…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. The Hotel

By: Elizabeth Bowen

3.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

These were the balmy days of the 1920s. The Hotel was a comfortable hotel on the Italian Riviera, r… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bowen's The Hotel book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • fiction
  • british literature

2. I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting

By: Rebecca Harrington

4.15

Format: None pages,

A hilarious look at the eating habits of the fit and famous--from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail eg… read more

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3. The Flight Portfolio

By: Julie Orringer

3.78

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occ… read more

Similar categories in Julie Orringer's The Flight Portfolio book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But was it cowardice to call out a lie, to insist on truth?"

-Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio

"It all seemed grossly unfair. He wanted nothing at all to change"

-Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio

"Nothing at all to change: what a thing to want in the midst of war."

-Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio

"This is the Centre Americain de Secours. What is more American than wild hope?"

-Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio

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4. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

By: Noelle Salazar

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress … read more

Similar categories in Noelle Salazar's The Roaring Days of Zora Lily book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Life would always throw challenges, but it was up to me to consider each and every one and make a choice about how I would take it on. And I was up to the task."

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"No other person should ever get credit for being the best part of who you are. They may have helped shape you, lent you ides, shown you other possibilities, but you are you. Simple as that. Know your…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"Art, I understood now, was so much more than the sum of its brush strokes, curved clay appendages, or intricate stitching. There were stories woven, kneaded, and scratches into each piece. Blood, swe…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

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6. A Dress of Violet Taffeta

By: Tessa Arlen

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of Belle Epoque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Arlen's A Dress of Violet Taffeta book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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7. Queens of London

By: Heather Webb

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Looting, lying, and the letter of the  Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the cri… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webb's Queens of London book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • british literature
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Bessie

By: Linda Kass

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson—, the college-educated daughter of poor Rus… read more

Similar categories in Linda Kass's Bessie book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

By: Rebecca Rosenberg

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husb… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Rosenberg's Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The American Adventuress

By: C.W. Gortner

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big, juicy biopic novel by the author of Mademoiselle Chanel about the scandalous life of Jennie … read more

Similar categories in C.W. Gortner's The American Adventuress book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Manhattan Girls

By: Gill Paul

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

It's a 1920s version of Sex and the City, as Dorothy Parker--one of the wittiest women who ever wie… read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's The Manhattan Girls book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Otvorené nebo

By: Michala Ries

4.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Je nebo otvorené naozaj pre všetkých? Barborka vyrástla v pekle. Nikdy sa nebála strašidiel pod … read more

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13. A Pair of Wings

By: Carole Hopson

4.29

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woma… read more

Similar categories in Carole Hopson's A Pair of Wings book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Workhouse Daughter (The Victorian London Chronicles)

By: Rosie Darling

4.38

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Work hard and avoid the workhouse her Papa had always told her. But Papa was dead, and now six-year… read more

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15. A Rose by Any Other Name

By: Mary McMyne

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"A delightfully impish heroine... a tempestuous erotic connection... a captivating imagining of the… read more

Similar categories in Mary McMyne's A Rose by Any Other Name book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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16. The Forty Elephants

By: Erin Bledsoe

3.97

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Peaky Blinders  meets  Ocean’s 8  in  The Forty Elephants , an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties L… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace (Nonna Maria #2) by Lorenzo Carcaterra

17. Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace (Nonna Maria #2)

By: Lorenzo Carcaterra

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Nonna Maria, "one of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created" (Tess Gerritsen), sets out to … read more

Similar categories in Lorenzo Carcaterra's Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace (Nonna Maria #2) book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

Cover of Kamzík (Marek Wolf, #8) by František Kozmon

19. Kamzík (Marek Wolf, #8)

By: František Kozmon

4.59

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Smrť Alexandry Pekníkovej bola na prvý pohľad nešťastná náhoda. Saša pracovala v zlatníctve a bola … read more

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20. In a League of Her Own

By: Kaia Alderson

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black busin… read more

Similar categories in Kaia Alderson's In a League of Her Own book and Erin Bledsoe's The Forty Elephants

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Train Jumper

By: Gwen Banta

4.28

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1958, 19-year-old Kat Caswell loses her best friend in a brutal accident. In an attempt to flee … read more

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Elizabeth Bowen

3.47

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3.78

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Amanda Skenandore

3.88

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Noelle Salazar

4.18

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Renée Rosen

3.71

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Diane C. McPhail

3.79

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Allison Pataki

4.11

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Linda Bennett Pennell

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