20 must-read historical fiction books like The Mrs. Tabor by Kimberly Burns

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The Mrs. Tabor

By: Kimberly Burns

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The laws of survival always trump the rules of etiquette. Every age has its iconic blonde bombsh…

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Cover of The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18) by Michael    Connelly

1. The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18)

By: Michael Connelly

4.00

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special … read more

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Cover of Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1) by Rhys Bowen

2. Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1)

By: Rhys Bowen

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Murphy's Lawis the captivating first entry of Rhys Bowen's New York Times bestselling Molly Murphy … read more

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  • historical fiction
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3. A Week in Winter

By: Maeve Binchy

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. … read more

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4. The Other Einstein

By: Marie Benedict

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

A vivid and mesmerizing novel about the extraordinary woman who married and worked with one of the … read more

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5. The Long Way Home

By: Karen McQuestion

4.00

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Four women bound by chance take the trip of a lifetime in this heartwarming novel by bestselling au… read more

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"Death was painful, not because people couldn't see their loved ones anymore, but because they couldn't communicate with them anymore."

-Karen McQuestion, The Long Way Home

6. The Life She Was Given

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power o… read more

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7. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (The Rabbi Small Mysteries #1)

By: Harry Kemelman

4.01

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Rabbi David Small, the new leader of Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community, can't even enjoy his Sa… read more

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8. The Seamstress of New Orleans

By: Diane C. McPhail

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the a… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Now, do you want a poppy?"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Isn’t that momentous? Women! A krewe of women. Turning the tide on men! We are making history here. Yes, this moment! Making history."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"She picked up the wide sleeve and studied the beading: imitation pearls and small rhinestones interspersed with a few of glistening colors: watery blue and aqua, palest rose and coral."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Beauty had emerged from her mother’s fingertips, her nimble use of needle and bright-colored thread. Beauty had lain in what sort of stitch could marry two scraps on a quilt and what other stitch mir…"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

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9. Blank

By: Zibby Owens

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a… read more

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10. Secret Agency (Sophie Burgoyne #1)

By: G.J. Bellamy

4.38

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Before the 1920s roared, they growled menacingly.Britain is in shambles, as it recovers from the ca… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow

By: Olivia Hawker

4.19

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of surviv… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Beyond the borders of the land that was his lay the wilderness that was its own. The upthrust stone, the shoulders of the Bighorns, reddish gray where they stood near to the homestead and blue where …"

-Olivia Hawker, One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow

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13. Beyond the Moonlit Sea

By: Julianne MacLean

4.15

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of These Tangled Vines comes a gripping novel about one woman’s search … read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. The Last Dollar Princess

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they ki… read more

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  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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15. The Spinster's Fortune

By: Mary Kendall

4.23

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

Moonlit alleys, shadowy tunnels, and buried secrets… Summer of 1929. Of supposed unsound mind… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

By: Allison Pataki

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average ev… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. The Social Graces

By: Renée Rosen

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in his… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. Sanibel Sunsets (Shellseeker Beach, #6)

By: Hope Holloway

4.66

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

When Eliza’s son arrives in Shellseeker Beach, he’s struggling. Dane deeply disapproves of his moth… read more

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19. My Name Is Eva

By: Suzanne Goldring

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

You can pay a terrible price for keeping a promise… Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Fore… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Frontier Sisters (Courage on the Oregon Trail, #3) by A.T. Butler

20. Frontier Sisters (Courage on the Oregon Trail, #3)

By: A.T. Butler

4.39

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Oregon has to be better than what she has now. Annie Hudson already has one foot out the door. S… read more

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  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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21. A Feather on the Water

By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.35

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. Sold on a Monday

By: Kristina McMorris

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The scrawled sign, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures th… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. Fly Girl: A Memoir

By: Ann Hood

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of gla… read more

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Cover of Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1) by Teng Rong

24. Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1)

By: Teng Rong

4.14

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Told from a young wolf's perspective, Brilliant White Peaks is a story of family, love, and surviva… read more

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"Strangers are dangerous. We should stay away from these scent trails."

-Teng Rong, Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1)

"The forest is alive. You are alive. Do not be afraid. You are here, and nothing will hurt you,"

-Teng Rong, Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1)

"There was no point dwelling on what happened yesterday when all that ever mattered was what to eat tomorrow. Everything else was bygones—remnants of the past in wispy strands of memory, getting hazie…"

-Teng Rong, Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1)

"The daily thunderstorms had stopped, and without the storms, the elk stopped sheltering in the dense forest. They went up the slopes, and we followed them. We had to leave the lake behind, but it was…"

-Teng Rong, Brilliant White Peaks (The Wolf Chronicles, #1)

Cover of A Light in the Window (Margarete's Journey, #1) by Marion Kummerow

25. A Light in the Window (Margarete's Journey, #1)

By: Marion Kummerow

4.18

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1941: Margarete Rosenbaum is working as a housemaid for a senior Nazi officer when his hous… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. The Next Ship Home

By: Heather Webb

4.17

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: "Give me your tired, yo… read more

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  • historical fiction
"They laughed heartily and shouted over one another, the Sicilian dialect she hadn't heard in a while enveloping her. To the untrained eye, the group might have been arguing, but Francesca knew better…"

-Heather Webb, The Next Ship Home

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27. The Flower Boat Girl

By: Larry Feign

4.02

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Her father traded away her youth. Sea bandits stole her freedom. She has one way to get them back… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Redhead by Aleksandar  Miljković

28. The Redhead

By: Aleksandar Miljković

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Each year, precisely two naturally red-haired women disappear in Vancouver. Greta Morel was the … read more

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Cover of Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2) by Jenny Knipfer

29. Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2)

By: Jenny Knipfer

4.54

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND THE SECRET SHAPING THEIR ROCKY RELATIONSHIP … read more

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  • historical fiction
"I walk closer and carefully touch her shoulder. “Mom?"

-Jenny Knipfer, Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2)

"Is there anything worse than not to be known for who you are? Maybe not knowing who you are."

-Jenny Knipfer, Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2)

"One of the things Mom’s journey with dementia has taught me is this: Life is in the small things, like the word “Amen"

-Jenny Knipfer, Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2)

"Maybe our separation early on is why Enid and I hardly ever seem to understand one another. Rare moments sparkle like sunspots, and I can say, “She’s my daughter."

-Jenny Knipfer, Under the Weeping Willow (Sheltering Trees #2)

Cover of The Mrs. Tabor by Kimberly  Burns

30. The Mrs. Tabor

By: Kimberly Burns

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The laws of survival always trump the rules of etiquette. Every age has its iconic blonde bombsh… read more

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  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
Cover of Waltz in Swing Time by Jill Caugherty

31. Waltz in Swing Time

By: Jill Caugherty

4.50

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Growing up in a strict Utah farm family during the Great Depression, Irene Larsen copes with her fa… read more

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  • historical fiction

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