18 must-read historical books like The Day is a White Tablet by Jill Fletcher Pelaez

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The Day is a White Tablet

By: Jill Fletcher Pelaez

3.98

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

In this gripping Southern saga, America is in the final days of the Civil War, the bloodiest confli…

If you liked the historical plot in The Day is a White Tablet by Jill Fletcher Pelaez , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. When Crickets Cry

By: Charles Martin

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A man with a painful past. A child with a doubtful future. And a shared journey toward healing for … read more

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  • fiction
"From out of your heart, you speak." -Emma, When Crickets Cry"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"If anything in the universe reflects the fingerprint of God, it is the human heart"...It derives no benefit from the blood it pumps making it the most unselfish of organs...it is also the most courag…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"Back home, I went to my closet and pulled out the old engineer’s transit case stored there. When we were kids, Emma and I had found it in the attic, dusty and empty, and the leather strap used to car…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"But what I knew in my head stayed up there, swirling about the other ten zillion things I had retained. That knowledge informed my actions, what I did and how I did it. What Emma knew filtered from h…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

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2. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

3. 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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4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • historical
  • civil war
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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5. The Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Nadine Nettmann

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their l… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Nettmann's The Bootlegger's Daughter book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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7. Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.33

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Starfish Sisters

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.30

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

From the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes an emotional novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Barbara O'Neal's The Starfish Sisters book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • fiction
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9. The Girl Who Came Home

By: Hazel Gaynor

3.92

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A voyage across the ocean becomes the odyssey of a lifetime for a young Irish woman. . . . Irela… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Girl Who Came Home book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Now you look here. All your father ever dreamed of for you was to do something you loved in life. He didn't care about fancy qualifications or fancy clothes or cars, just that you were both happy and…"

-Hazel Gaynor, The Girl Who Came Home

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10. Sing, Wild Bird, Sing

By: Jacqueline O'Mahony

4.12

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful nove… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline O'Mahony's Sing, Wild Bird, Sing book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1)

By: Dianne Haley

4.09

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

I have to help them,’ Valérie says, her eyes filling with tears at the thought of the frightened ch… read more

Similar categories in Dianne Haley's The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1) book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. 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

Similar categories in A.T. Butler's Frontier Sisters (Courage on the Oregon Trail, #3) book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Village Healer’s Book of Cures

By: Jennifer Sherman Roberts

3.78

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

In seventeenth-century England, a female healer enflames the fury of a witchfinder in this propulsi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Silver Ladies Do Lunch

By: Judy Leigh

4.04

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lin, Josie and Minnie left Miss Hamilton’s class at Middleton Ferris County Primary School, si… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Fifty Words for Rain

By: Asha Lemmie

3.88

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's q… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Nori ebbe un attimo di esitazione. Aveva solo qualche secondo. Non le veniva in mente niente da dire a quella donna. Erano una puttana e la sua signora, una principessa decaduta e una pezzente arricc…"

-Asha Lemmie, Fifty Words for Rain

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17. The Siskiyou Son

By: G.M. Davis

4.47

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A young David Covington, imprisoned for murder, is forced to visit a prison psychologist. It is dur… read more

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18. Goodnight, Vienna

By: Marius Gabriel

4.56

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Katya never wanted to look after Gretchen. Now she’s the young girl’s only hope of survival. 193… read more

Similar categories in Marius Gabriel's Goodnight, Vienna book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Physician's Daughter

By: Martha Conway

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Underground River comes this compelling new novel of female perseverance. Se… read more

Similar categories in Martha Conway's The Physician's Daughter book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride (Westward Hearts, #1)

By: Blythe Carver

4.23

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The last thing a mail order bride needs is a highwayman’s intervention in the form of a stagecoach… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Carver's A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride (Westward Hearts, #1) book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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21. The Dust Bowl Orphans

By: Suzette D. Harrison

4.33

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

The dust cloud rolls in from nowhere, stinging our eyes and muddling our senses. I reach for my bab… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Life After War (A Sawyer McCade Book Book 1)

By: Monty Garner

4.41

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

The war is over. But can one soldier put the horrors of battle behind him?Sawyer McCade was trained… read more

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23. Hannah's Hanky (Clover Creek Caravan, #1)

By: Kirsten Osbourne

4.25

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

After the loss of her father two years before, Hannah Moseby has endured resentment from her step-f… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Osbourne's Hannah's Hanky (Clover Creek Caravan, #1) book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Day is a White Tablet by Jill Fletcher Pelaez

24. The Day is a White Tablet

By: Jill Fletcher Pelaez

3.98

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

In this gripping Southern saga, America is in the final days of the Civil War, the bloodiest confli… read more

Similar categories in Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet book and Jill Fletcher Pelaez's The Day is a White Tablet

  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. Not What She Seems

By: Yasmin Angoe

3.86

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

She left home as the local pariah at twenty-two, but when a family tragedy brings her back, she mus… read more

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  • fiction
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26. Mac's Way: The Complete Western Adventure Series

By: Reg Quist

4.64

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

Mac’s Way is a story about a family. A family with parents, children and grandparents. A family tha… read more

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Cover of My Life Was Mercy Creek (The Morrissey Family Novels Book 1) by Jason Queen

27. My Life Was Mercy Creek (The Morrissey Family Novels Book 1)

By: Jason Queen

4.39

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A coming of age story told from the point of view of a boy growing up in Virginia during the Great … read more

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28. The Lost Women of Mill Street

By: Kinley Bryan

4.26

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

July 1864: As Sherman’s army marches toward Atlanta, a cotton mill commandeered by the Confederacy … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Charles Martin

4.36

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4.13

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4.42

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Anna Quindlen

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