11 must-read historical fiction books like The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch

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The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

By: Oliver Pötzsch

4.26

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man’s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. King Rat

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Somethin… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia

By: Linda Lafferty

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

Within the glittering Hapsburg court in Prague lurks a darkness of which no one dares speak... In 1… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. Elefant

By: Martin Suter

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Ein Wesen, das die Menschen verzaubert: ein kleiner rosaroter Elefant, der in der Dunkelheit leucht… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. SPQR II: The Catiline Conspiracy (SPQR, #2)

By: John Maddox Roberts

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic. Her invincible legions had broug… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Tattoo Murder Case

By: Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

6. Eine unbeliebte Frau (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff, #1)

By: Nele Neuhaus

3.66

Format: None pages, Taschenbuch

Der erste Fall fur Pia Kirchhoff und Oliver von Bodenstein Eine Ladung Schrot aus dem eigenen Jagdg… read more

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7. Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King

By: Bradford Matsen

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Jacques Cousteau opened up the undersea world as no one has done before or since. But not generally… read more

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8. Inamorata

By: Megan Chance

3.94

Format: 450 pages,

American artist Joseph Hannigan and his alluring sister, Sophie, have arrived in enchanting ninetee… read more

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9. Coyote Blue

By: Christopher Moore

4.03

Format: None pages,

From Christopher Moore, author of Fluke, comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysic… read more

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10. The Night Boat

By: Robert McCammon

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the living hell of her watery grave she rises again... THE NIGHT BOAT Deep under the calm wate… read more

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11. Hiobs Brüder

By: Rebecca Gablé

3.96

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

England 1147: Eingesperrt in einer verfallenen Inselfestung, fristen sie ein menschenunwurdiges Das… read more

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12. Grail Knight (The Outlaw Chronicles #5)

By: Angus Donald

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1200 A.D., much in England has changed. Richard the Lionhearted has died and his duplicitous bro… read more

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13. The Richest Man in Town (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #14)

By: Jason Vail

4.44

Format: 0 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry Carver, the legless artisan, and his wife Joan find the corpse of the richest man in Ludlow i… read more

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14. Bag of Bones (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #13)

By: Jason Vail

4.53

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ludlow beggar One-eye Dick finds the scattered bones of two dead men on a hillside north of the… read more

Similar categories in Jason Vail's Bag of Bones (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #13) book and Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

  • mystery
  • medieval
  • historical fiction
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15. A Curious Death (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #12)

By: Jason Vail

4.47

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

The deputy constable of Oxford Castle, Miles de Dinesley, is found dead in a tub at a local bathhou… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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16. There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15)

By: Jason Vail

4.52

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The corpse of one of medieval Ludlow’s tavern keepers, popular Red John Griffin, is found by the be… read more

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  • medieval
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17. Missing (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #11)

By: Jason Vail

4.37

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The war between the rebellious barons under Simon de Montfort and those loyal to King Henry III see… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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18. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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19. The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7)

By: Karen Charlton

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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20. The Healers (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #16)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.49

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

York, 1274: As Sheriff de Bury works to combat an upsurge in thefts in the city and Berta tries to … read more

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21. U severní zdi

By: Petra Klabouchová

4.72

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Přišel čas platit účty za padesátá léta. Tajemný Muž s dírou v srdci si nese životem nezhojené … read more

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22. The Case of the Haunted Haunted House

By: Drew Hayes

4.13

Format: 9 pages, Audible Audio

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins Sherman Holmes has officially settled into his new city, and the World… read more

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  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dishonour and Obey (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #3) by Graham Brack

23. Dishonour and Obey (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #3)

By: Graham Brack

4.25

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Mercurius is back — and this time in England! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor, C J Sansom, S J Pa… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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24. Prameny Vltavy

By: Petra Klabouchová

3.99

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Surowa zima w lasach Szumawy. Niecodzienne znalezisko wstrząsa mieszkańcami pobliskich wsi. Ciało u… read more

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  • audiobook
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25. Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1)

By: Graham Brack

4.15

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others? 1671, Delft. Three young girls have… read more

Similar categories in Graham Brack's Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1) book and Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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26. Untrue till Death (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #2)

By: Graham Brack

4.28

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

This time murder has hit close to home… 1674, Leiden, The Netherlands After successfully … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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27. Drachenbanner

By: Rebecca Gablé

4.18

Format: 928 pages, Hardcover

England 1238: Die junge Adela of Waringham und Bedric, Sohn einer leibeigenen Bauernfamilie, sind z… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Gablé's Drachenbanner book and Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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28. The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

By: Oliver Pötzsch

4.26

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man’s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) book and Oliver Pötzsch's The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)

  • gothic
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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29. Das Blut der Herzlosen (Die Legende vom Tränenvogel, #1)

By: Yeong-Do Lee

4.21

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

In einem einsamen Gasthaus am Rand der Punten-Wüste treffen drei Gestalten aufeinander, die untersc… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Ma bada bene che c’è molta differenza tra essere un uomo libero e una preda in libertà"

-Yeong-Do Lee, Das Blut der Herzlosen (Die Legende vom Tränenvogel, #1)

"Sono in molti a non capirlo ma, per quanto un desiderio possa realizzarsi, non darà mai soddisfazione. Simile è il fuoco: per quanto carburante gli si dia, questo non sarà mai abbastanza per saziarlo…"

-Yeong-Do Lee, Das Blut der Herzlosen (Die Legende vom Tränenvogel, #1)

"Il sogno è ciò che maggiormente si lega alla notte, ma allo stesso tempo ha un temperamento completamente opposto alle ore notturne. Quest’ultime, con la loro oscurità, ricoprono ogni cosa, nasconden…"

-Yeong-Do Lee, Das Blut der Herzlosen (Die Legende vom Tränenvogel, #1)

"Produzioni artistiche come la pittura o il canto erano sconosciute ai naga. Ma al contrario del loro disinteresse per la musica, causato da scarse capacità uditive, la mancanza d’arte pittorica nella…"

-Yeong-Do Lee, Das Blut der Herzlosen (Die Legende vom Tränenvogel, #1)

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30. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of The Investigator's Wedding (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage #25) by Howard of Warwick

31. The Investigator's Wedding (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage #25)

By: Howard of Warwick

4.52

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Unfortunately, some weddings can also be murder. Wat and Cwen, both weavers of tapestry for the … read more

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13 must-read fiction books like The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch

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King Rat

China Miéville

3.80

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The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia

Linda Lafferty

3.54

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Elefant

Martin Suter

4.05

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SPQR II: The Catiline Conspiracy (SPQR, #2)

John Maddox Roberts

4.19

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The Devil's Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich

Robert K. Wittman , David Kinney

3.81

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Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

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Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

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Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

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