15 Top historical fiction books like Pauper Auction by Mary Kronenwetter

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Pauper Auction

By: Mary Kronenwetter

4.19

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A gorgeous and meticulously-researched historical fiction examining a young woman’s struggle to esc…

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1. Cape Cod

By: William Martin

3.94

Format: 713 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Engrossing...entertaining...the perfect book to take to the beach." - B… read more

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  • historical fiction
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2. Peyton Place

By: Ardis Cameron , Grace Metalious

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

First published in 1956, PEYTON PLACE uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath… read more

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  • historical fiction

3. Someone

By: Alice McDermott

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary life - its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confus… read more

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4. Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

By: John Allen Ford Sr.

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

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5. The Outside Boy

By: Jeanine Cummins

5.00

Format: 208 pages,

Ireland, 1959: Young Christy Hurley is a Pavee gypsy, traveling with his father and extended family… read more

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6. Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship

By: Tom Ryan

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan deci… read more

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7. An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

1715. A tale of two cities, and the man caught between them. The Kingdom is riddled with a rumou… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1) by Nev March

8. Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

By: Nev March

3.76

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona militar… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Secrets are like serpents, Jim. They grow in the dark. [Diana Framji, to Jim Agnihotri]"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Most things, I find, are temporary and pass into distant memory with the next great event. But this commentary drew blood to my face."

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Joy was made of moments like this, each insignificant in itself, piled together into a monolith, immutable and strong, something to lean against when one's world went awry. [Jim Agnihotri]"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Whatever I had expected, it was not this. Astonishment gave way to bitterness. I was a mixed breed, a bastard, not worthy of his daughter. Had I not seen that mix of pity and disapproval all my life?…"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

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9. Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

By: Gill Paul

4.15

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From the internationally bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a tale of love, sacrifice and … read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. The Narrowboat Summer

By: Anne Youngson

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, on… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Det där gillade jag inte", sa hon. "Tror du att dom sålde droger?" "Nej", sa Sally. "Jag tror att dom väntade på att växa upp och bli helt vanliga." "Jaså, verkligen?" sa Eve. "Dom såg inte ut som om…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"På skärmen tog matchen slut och åskådarna troppade av. Det blev tyst i puben och Sally fick den där sköna och avslappnade känslan - som ofta kom över henne på allmänna platser - av att vara levande o…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"Tror du att det är där vi befinner oss? På gränsen mellan ordning och kaos?" "Det tror jag. Vi har både avvisat delar av det som var vår världsordning och vi försöker få rätsida på utkanten av det ok…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"Sally sa: "Jag har inte varit tvungen att gå på så många möten, men när jag har gjort det har jag alltid väntat på att dom ska ta slut så att jag kan gå iväg och ta itu med nåt annat. Även om det int…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

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11. The Excitements

By: C.J. Wray

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A brilliant and witty drama about two elderly female World War II veterans with a secret past who e… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Earls Trip

By: Jenny Holiday

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The first in a sparkling Regency-era series with a delightfully modern feel, set against the irresi… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

13. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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14. Our Woman in Moscow

By: Beatriz Williams

4.06

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight returns with a gripping and profoundly hum… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Ruth, I spent most of my life just trying to be safe. Trying to hide from what scared me. Letting other people control what happened to me. Then I realized the idea of safety itself is just a delusio…"

-Beatriz Williams, Our Woman in Moscow

"...humans are corrupt. We are all of us selfish, ignorant beasts, loyal only to ourselves and our own kind, interested only in getting a leg up on others, whether it's money or status or moral virtue…"

-Beatriz Williams, Our Woman in Moscow

"A man had appeared out of nowhere—a thick-shouldered, square-jawed, cleft-chinned all- American of a type Iris hadn’t seen in years. He showed her some friendly white teeth and continued in a slow co…"

-Beatriz Williams, Our Woman in Moscow

"[In marriage you] go through stages, like acts in a play. Act One, you fall in love, and the birds twitter and the bees go buzz, and you'll never love somebody else as long as you both shall live, am…"

-Beatriz Williams, Our Woman in Moscow

Cover of By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret by Piper Huguley

15. By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret

By: Piper Huguley

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who… read more

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  • historical fiction
"It took one person. One lady with a good heart to see who I was and what I could do in this world."

-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret

"It has been many years since I let a man kiss me... When our lips met, parts of me that I had forgotten existed, thawed out from neglect and rose back to life like when Jesus was resurrected."

-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret

"The way she had seen me and treated me, was the way we should all see and treat one another. For to be able to see someone, to see them as a human being, to see them for what they can contribute in t…"

-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret

"For all of my life, ever since I was a little girl, I thought what I wanted was to be at one of these lovely dinner dances. Well. Now that I'm here, It's been marvelous, but I know that the main thin…"

-Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret

Cover of Twenty-One Days (Daniel Pitt, #1) by Anne Perry

16. Twenty-One Days (Daniel Pitt, #1)

By: Anne Perry

4.10

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

In this first book in a new series, Thomas Pitt's son Daniel races to save his client from executio… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. 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

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  • historical fiction
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18. The American Daughters

By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Pauper Auction by Mary Kronenwetter

19. Pauper Auction

By: Mary Kronenwetter

4.19

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A gorgeous and meticulously-researched historical fiction examining a young woman’s struggle to esc… read more

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Cover of Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1) by Douglas     Jackson

20. Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1)

By: Douglas Jackson

4.35

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Beyond the Truth (Detective Byron, #3) by Bruce Robert Coffin

21. Beyond the Truth (Detective Byron, #3)

By: Bruce Robert Coffin

4.36

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Maine Sunday Telegram #1 Bestseller * An Agatha Award Nominee for Best Contemporary Novel "A gri… read more

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