20 Top historical books like Learning to See by Elise Hooper

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Learning to See

By: Elise Hooper

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the m…

"So, who was I now? I was old enough to wear wrinkles and scars, but young enough to feel stronger and smarter because of them"

-Elise Hooper, Learning to See

"So, who was I now? I was old enough to wear wrinkles and scars, but young enough to feel stronger and smarter because of them"

-Elise Hooper, Learning to See

If you liked the historical plot in Learning to See by Elise Hooper , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Somewhere In Time

By: Richard Matheson

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Paperback

Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is t… read more

Similar categories in Richard Matheson's Somewhere In Time book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. A Natural Woman: A Memoir

By: Carole King

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the… read more

Similar categories in Carole King's A Natural Woman: A Memoir book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • audiobook

3. The Woman in the Photo

By: Mary Hogan

3.71

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

In this compulsively readable historical novel, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sis… read more

Similar categories in Mary Hogan's The Woman in the Photo book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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4. The Painted Girls

By: Cathy Marie Buchanan

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Painted Girls book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • art
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

5. I Always Loved You

By: Robin Oliveira

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A novel of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas's great romance from the New York Times bestselling author … read more

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6. One Writer's Beginnings

By: Eudora Welty

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Now available as an audio CD, in Eudora Welty's own voice, or as a book. Eudora Welty was born i… read more

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"She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him."

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it."

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening childr…"

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Barefooted on the slick brick walk I rushed to where I could breathe in the cool breath from the interior of the springhouse. On a cold bubbling spring, covered dishes and crocks and pitchers of milk…"

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

7. The Trust

By: Ronald H. Balson

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The newest novel from the author of Once We Were Brothersfinds private investigator Liam Taggart re… read more

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8. Girl in Disguise

By: Greer Macallister

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

For the first female Pinkerton detective, respect is hard to come by. Danger, however, is not. In t… read more

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9. The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season

By: Molly Fader

4.16

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Three generations of women come together at the family orchard to face secrets from the past and le… read more

Similar categories in Molly Fader's The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"They were little things, but it was always the little things that rubbed a person raw. That hurt the most."

-Molly Fader, The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season

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10. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Shattuck's Last House book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Unsinkable

By: Jenni L. Walsh

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER The Titanic was only the beginning. What she survived has become… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's Unsinkable book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

Similar categories in Cristina Henríquez's The Great Divide book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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13. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Lost Book of Bonn book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Canary Girls book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

3.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with The Women’s March , an enthrall… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • audiobook
Cover of Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2) by Nev March

18. Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2)

By: Nev March

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Expositio… read more

Similar categories in Nev March's Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2) book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World by Glenn Stout

19. Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World

By: Glenn Stout

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspi… read more

Similar categories in Glenn Stout's Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • historical
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) by Ronald H. Balson

20. The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5)

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An old friend calls Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart to his famous Italian restaurant to enlist … read more

Similar categories in Ronald H. Balson's The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Wartime Book Club

By: Kate Thompson

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey … read more

Similar categories in Kate Thompson's The Wartime Book Club book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Delia Suits Up by Amanda Aksel

22. Delia Suits Up

By: Amanda Aksel

3.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

If you had one day to rewrite the rules you live by, would you? Delia Reese takes the financial wor… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Aksel's Delia Suits Up book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets by Molly Fader

23. The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets

By: Molly Fader

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What drove their family apart just might bring them back together...It's been seventeen years since… read more

Similar categories in Molly Fader's The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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25. The Words I Never Wrote

By: Jane Thynne

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

New York, present day: On a whim, photographer Juno Lambert buys the 1931 Underwood typewriter that… read more

Similar categories in Jane Thynne's The Words I Never Wrote book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Learning to See by Elise Hooper

26. Learning to See

By: Elise Hooper

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the m… read more

Similar categories in Elise Hooper's Learning to See book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • art
  • historical
  • photography
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
"So, who was I now? I was old enough to wear wrinkles and scars, but young enough to feel stronger and smarter because of them"

-Elise Hooper, Learning to See

Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

27. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald

28. The Murders in Great Diddling

By: Katarina Bivald

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The best stories are the ones we didn't know needed to be told The small, rundown village of Gre… read more

Similar categories in Katarina Bivald's The Murders in Great Diddling book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

29. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Elise Hooper's Learning to See

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Somewhere In Time

Richard Matheson

4.27

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Mary Hogan

3.71

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The Painted Girls

Cathy Marie Buchanan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season

Molly Fader

4.16

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Viola Shipman

3.85

Transform Your Habits

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Molly Fader

4.16

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Susan Mallery

3.84

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