23 Best historical fiction books like The Girl in the Ragged Shawl (The Children of the Workhouse #1) by Cathy Sharp

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The Girl in the Ragged Shawl (The Children of the Workhouse #1)

By: Cathy Sharp

4.40

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Heartbreaking and uplifting, the story of the workhouse orphan, Eliza, will touch your heart… Eliz…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Girl in the Ragged Shawl (The Children of the Workhouse #1) by Cathy Sharp , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of Lizzie's Secret (The Workshop Girls #1) by Rosie Clarke

1. Lizzie's Secret (The Workshop Girls #1)

By: Rosie Clarke

4.32

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

LONDON 1938. A gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama about two girls united in friendship and t… read more

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  • historical fiction
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2. Ragged Rose

By: Dilly Court

4.07

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

The heartwarming new novel from Dilly Court, the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beg… read more

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  • historical fiction
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3. Behind the Sun (Convict Girls #1)

By: Deborah Challinor

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

Irreverent and streetwise prostitute, Friday Woolfe, is in London's notorious Newgate gaol, awaitin… read more

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  • historical fiction
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4. The Sisters of St. Croix

By: Diney Costeloe

3.71

Format: None pages,

Original title Death's Dark ValeA gripping story of love, death and danger in Nazi-occupied France … read more

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  • historical fiction

5. The Four Streets

By: Nadine Dorries

1.80

Format: 76 pages,

A heartbreaking family saga set in 1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of t… read more

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6. Lizzie's Daughters (The Workshop Girls #3)

By: Rosie Clarke

4.89

Format: 78 pages,

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRETand LIZZIE'S WAR. LONDON 1958. Lizzie Larch battles … read more

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7. Lizzie's War (The Workshop Girls #2)

By: Rosie Clarke

4.24

Format: None pages,

LONDON 1940. Another gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama. A gripping sequel to LIZZIE'S SECRE… read more

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8. Workhouse Child

By: Maggie Hope

3.00

Format: 9 pages,

All she wants is a family of her own... Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she … read more

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9. The Library Girls of the East End

By: Patricia McBride

4.40

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first instalment in a BRAND NEW series from bestselling author Patricia McBride 1940, London … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of A Wartime Reunion at Goodwill House (Goodwill House, #5) by Fenella J. Miller

10. A Wartime Reunion at Goodwill House (Goodwill House, #5)

By: Fenella J. Miller

4.49

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series! September, 1940. With harvest appr… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of A Winter Baby for Gin Barrel Lane by Lindsey Hutchinson

11. A Winter Baby for Gin Barrel Lane

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.51

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Perkins and Jack Larkin have grown up in the notorious gin palaces of Birmingham. It’s a w… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Welcome to Weaver Street

By: Chrissie Walsh

4.53

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

If you love Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn, you'll love Chrissie Walsh's WWI story of love, loss an… read more

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  • historical fiction
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13. The Bad Penny

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.33

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice Connaught he saves her from the hands of her father, who is … read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. The Orphan Thief

By: Glynis Peters

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From the international bestselling author of The Secret Orphan When all seems lost… As Hitler… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. The Ragged Orphan

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.46

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

When 12 year-old Jared Johnson’s little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last … read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. The Hat Girl's Heartbreak

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.51

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Will it be tears or triumph for the Hat Girl from Silver Street? It’s been five years since Ella… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

17. The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

By: AnneMarie Brear

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Yorkshire Dales 1850 As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Runaway Children

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In two rundown houses, at the side of a barren Black Country heath, live six children with no famil… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. The Secret Orphan

By: Glynis Peters

3.93

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazis' relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne find… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. Sorrows and Smiles

By: Dee Williams

4.37

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

What terrible secret is Pam's grandmother concealing...? Dee Williams writes a compelling saga i… read more

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21. The Lady's Maid

By: Dilly Court

4.35

Format: 477 pages, Kindle Edition

In the quiet of a warm summer's evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies.As th… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Hat Girl From Silver Street

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.38

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is tough for Ella Bancroft. After her father, Thomas, is wheelchair-bound by an accident at th… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. False Step

By: Victoria Helen Stone

3.62

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Stay calm, keep smiling, and watch your step. In this marriage of secrets and lies, nothing is what… read more

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24. Minnie's Orphans

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Let bestselling author Lindsey Hutchinson transport you back in time to Marshall’s Children’s Home,… read more

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Cover of The Children from Gin Barrel Lane by Lindsey Hutchinson

25. The Children from Gin Barrel Lane

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.45

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten-year-old Jack Larkin has seen more than his fair share of shocking sights, growing up in the no… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. The Lost Sister

By: Kathleen McGurl

4.27

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Three sisters. Three ships. One heartbreaking story. 1911. As Emma packs her trunk to join the o… read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. The Fortune Tellers

By: Maggie Mason

4.38

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

BLACKPOOL, 1918. Martha is seventeen and alone in the world. Of Irish descent, her flashing green … read more

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28. A Family’s Heartbreak

By: Kitty Neale

4.45

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘OMG as always Kitty Neale’s book has not disappointed, story was amazing. Could hardly put t… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girl in the Ragged Shawl (The Children of the Workhouse #1) by Cathy Sharp

29. The Girl in the Ragged Shawl (The Children of the Workhouse #1)

By: Cathy Sharp

4.40

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Heartbreaking and uplifting, the story of the workhouse orphan, Eliza, will touch your heart… Eliz… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. The Orphan’s Heartbreak: The BRAND NEW utterly heartbreaking story of love and loyalty through hardship from Chrissie Walsh for 2024

By: Chrissie Walsh

4.68

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

With no parents to protect her, Darcy Earnshaw must make her own way in the world. After the death … read more

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  • historical fiction
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31. A Shop Girl At Sea

By: Rachel Brimble

4.46

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Bath, 1912. Amelia Wakefield loves working at Pennington's, Bath's finest department store. An esc… read more

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  • historical fiction

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The Waterfront Lass (The Waterfront Women #1)

AnneMarie Brear

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Hard Times on Weaver Street

Chrissie Walsh

4.55

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The Dock Girl's Shame (The Waterfront Women #2)

AnneMarie Brear

4.62

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Rosie Clarke

4.42

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