9 Top historical books like Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers

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Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be …

If you liked the historical plot in Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

By: Joanna Glen

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS The story… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Glen's Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
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2. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

Similar categories in Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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4. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
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5. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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6. The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

Similar categories in Josie Ferguson's The Silence In Between book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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8. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Myers's Rare Singles book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's Heart, Be at Peace book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Ordinary Time

By: Cathy Rentzenbrink

4.18

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

'There are already three of us in this marriage. I'm not sure there is room for a fourth . . .'Ann … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Rentzenbrink's Ordinary Time book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
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13. The Secrets of Flowers

By: Sally Page

4.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more

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14. The Echoes

By: Evie Wyld

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future set between rural Australia and … read more

Similar categories in Evie Wyld's The Echoes book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Small Bomb at Dimperley

By: Lissa Evans

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It's 1945, and Corporal Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is on his way home. But ‘home’ is Dimperl… read more

Similar categories in Lissa Evans's Small Bomb at Dimperley book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Frankie

By: Graham Norton

4.53

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's Frankie book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) by Pat Barker

18. The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)

By: Pat Barker

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The follow-up to Pat Barker's Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY Continuing the story of th… read more

Similar categories in Pat Barker's The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3) book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's What a Way to Go book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's Gabriel's Moon book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Our London Lives

By: Christine Dwyer Hickey

4.36

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

'Huge of heart and soaring of soul' CLAIRE KILROY'A profound love story...Like Barbara Kingsolver, … read more

Similar categories in Christine Dwyer Hickey's Our London Lives book and Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

20 Best fiction books like Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers

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Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

Joanna Glen

4.14

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The Burial Plot

Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

4.58

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Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

Kate Atkinson

4.09

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The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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