9 Best historical fiction books like Una vita diversa by Catherine Dunne

Cover of Una vita diversa by Catherine Dunne

Una vita diversa

By: Catherine Dunne

3.61

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Il romanzo è ambientato nell'Irlanda di fine Ottocento, durante le violente esplosioni che annuncia…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Una vita diversa by Catherine Dunne , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Mi sa che fuori è primavera by Concita De Gregorio

1. Mi sa che fuori è primavera

By: Concita De Gregorio

3.87

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

Ferite d’oro. Quando un oggetto di valore si rompe, in Giappone, lo si ripara con oro liquido. È un… read more

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Cover of Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

2. Troubling Love

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.26

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Set in Naples, Italy, this debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante (My Bril… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

3. The Shoemaker's Wife

By: Adriana Trigiani

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Venuto al mondo by Margaret Mazzantini

4. Venuto al mondo

By: Margaret Mazzantini

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Una mattina Gemma lascia a terra la sua vita ordinaria e sale su un aereo, trascinandosi dietro un … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido

5. Brother of the More Famous Jack

By: Barbara Trapido

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the heart of Professor Jacob Gol… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Ladies Coupé by Anita Nair

6. Ladies Coupé

By: Anita Nair

4.62

Format: None pages,

Published in over seventeen countries around the world, Ladies Coup is 'one of the most important f… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Cose che nessuno sa by Alessandro D'Avenia

7. Cose che nessuno sa

By: Alessandro D'Avenia

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Margherita ha quattordici anni e sta per varcare una soglia magica e spaventosa: l'inizio del liceo… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) by Elizabeth Strout

8. Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.85

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – … read more

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  • fiction
"The appetites of the body were private battles."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"She had spells of manic loquaciousness, followed by days of silence."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men"

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

"Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)

Cover of Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende, Anne McLean

9. Maya's Notebook

By: Isabel Allende , Anne McLean

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

Isabel Allende's latest novel, set in the present day (a new departure for the author), tells the s… read more

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  • fiction

10. En moderne familie

By: Helga Flatland

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Foreldrene til Liv, Ellen og Hakon har holdt sammen gjennom to mannsaldre. Nar far Sverre fyller sy… read more

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11. Le otto montagne

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more

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12. Lessico famigliare

By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more

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13. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

By: Peter Cameron

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surf… read more

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14. The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By: Muriel Barbery , Alison Anderson

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. We… read more

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15. Silk

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour le… read more

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Cover of Triste tigre by Neige Sinno

16. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

Cover of La portalettere by Francesca Giannone

17. La portalettere

By: Francesca Giannone

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Salento, giugno 1934. A Lizzanello, un paesino di poche migliaia di anime, una corriera si ferma ne… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Si diresse in cucina, aspettandosi che Anna la seguisse per aiutarla. Invece vide che scostava la sedia e si accomodava. Roba da matti, pensò allora, scuotendo il capo. Se c'era un'altra donna tra i …"

-Francesca Giannone, La portalettere

Cover of Spatriati by Mario Desiati

18. Spatriati

By: Mario Desiati

3.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Claudia è solitaria ma sicura di sé, stravagante, si veste da uomo. Francesco è acceso e frenato da… read more

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  • fiction
"Ad aspettare che qualcosa accada può venire il peggio."

-Mario Desiati, Spatriati

"In quella dilatazione del tempo della giovinezza, quando ogni istante è un tergiversare del futuro, sognavo di andare a passo agile verso l'estate, di montare i motorini nelle strade grigie tra i pin…"

-Mario Desiati, Spatriati

"Il mio periodo berlinese mi ha bollato per sempre ai loro occhi come «il tedesco», parola che pronunciano con aria sarcastica. So bene che per gran parte di loro sono uno che non ce l'ha fatta, che è…"

-Mario Desiati, Spatriati

"Non sopportavo gran parte dei miei coetanei all’estero, una volta espatriati scoprivano di aver vissuto per venti o trent’anni in mezzo ai barbari. Non importa in che città fossero: Parigi, Barcellon…"

-Mario Desiati, Spatriati

Cover of Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2) by Elizabeth Strout

19. Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.11

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is … read more

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  • fiction
"I think our job--maybe even our 'duty'--is to--To bear the burden of the mystery with as much grace as we can."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)

Cover of Trois by Valérie Perrin

20. Trois

By: Valérie Perrin

4.29

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

« Je m'appelle Virginie. Aujourd'hui, de Nina, Adrien et Etienne, seul Adrien me parle encore. Nin… read more

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  • fiction
"W życiu są ci, którzy zostają, i ci, którzy odjeżdżają, myśli Nina. I ci, którzy porzucają."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Nina a appris qu'on ne construit rien avec quelqu'un, ni pour quelqu'un. Qu'une existence se fonde seul et que si par miracle on rencontre une âme un peu sœur, c'est cadeau."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Imagine you’ve been unable to move for years because your fist is clenched inside a container, and to manage to pull your hand out, to free yourself, you just need to let go of what you’re clutching …"

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

Cover of Einsame Nacht by Charlotte Link

21. Einsame Nacht

By: Charlotte Link

4.24

Format: 593 pages, Kindle Edition

Nicht einmal der Schnee verdeckt alle Spuren …Mitten in den einsamen North York Moors fährt eine ju… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

22. Dust Child

By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga ab… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"With the fire of war burning, it needed more men as firewood."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"Everyone came from dust and would one day return to dust. Life is transitory, after all."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"For him, poetry was the language of the soul. Writers could hide their feelings behind fiction, but had to bare their soul to poetry."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

Cover of Without a Country by Ayşe Kulin

23. Without a Country

By: Ayşe Kulin

3.88

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

From the international bestselling author of Last Train to Istanbul comes a novel based on true eve… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Tanrı misafiri sözcüğü sadece Türklere aitti."

-Ayşe Kulin, Without a Country

"Türkiye'ydi burası; harika şeylerin ömrünün uzun sürmediği ülke!"

-Ayşe Kulin, Without a Country

"Dine siyaset mikrobunun bulaşması, dini bir sevgi aracı olmaktan çıkardı, ne yazık ki!"

-Ayşe Kulin, Without a Country

Cover of Divorare il cielo by Paolo Giordano

24. Divorare il cielo

By: Paolo Giordano

3.85

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

A dieci anni da La solitudine dei numeri primi, Paolo Giordano torna a raccontare la giovinezza, po… read more

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  • fiction
"Αν έξω ήμασταν ανίκανοι, τουλάχιστον μπορούσαμε να διορθώσουμε τον κόσμο γύρω μας."

-Paolo Giordano, Divorare il cielo

Cover of L'invenzione di noi due by Matteo Bussola

25. L'invenzione di noi due

By: Matteo Bussola

3.68

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

«Cominciai a scrivere a mia moglie dopo che aveva del tutto smesso di amarmi». Così si apre questo … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken

26. The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

By: Erin Litteken

4.46

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. In the 1930s, Stalin… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Le nebbie di Avalon. Parte prima by Marion Zimmer Bradley

27. Le nebbie di Avalon. Parte prima

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley

3.96

Format: 601 pages, Paperback

Potente maga dotata della Vista, Morgaine ha sempre avuto la capacità di scrutare nella mente delle… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Verso l'abisso fischiettando by Marco Presta

28. Verso l'abisso fischiettando

By: Marco Presta

3.88

Format: 200 pages, ebook

«Se la vita continua a piacerci nonostante i guai che ci procura, dev'essere bella davvero». Alla o… read more

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Cover of Una vita diversa by Catherine Dunne

29. Una vita diversa

By: Catherine Dunne

3.61

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Il romanzo è ambientato nell'Irlanda di fine Ottocento, durante le violente esplosioni che annuncia… read more

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  • ireland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Molotov e bigodini by Amedea Pennacchi

30. Molotov e bigodini

By: Amedea Pennacchi

3.15

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Finalmente la mitica rivoluzione del ’68 raccontata in chiave ironica e... da una donna! Abbiamo l… read more

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Cover of Heimat ist ein Sehnsuchtsort by Hanni Münzer

31. Heimat ist ein Sehnsuchtsort

By: Hanni Münzer

3.94

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Vor dem heraufziehenden Sturm des Zweiten Weltkriegs entfaltet sich das dramatische Schicksal der s… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Troubling Love

Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.26

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Adriana Trigiani

3.84

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Margaret Mazzantini

3.79

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Barbara Trapido

4.16

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Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

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Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

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Diane C. McPhail

3.79

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Fiona Valpy

4.40

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