16 Best historical fiction books like The Peacock Feast by Lisa Gornick

Cover of The Peacock Feast by Lisa Gornick

The Peacock Feast

By: Lisa Gornick

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Peacock Feast opens on a June day in 1916 when Louis C. Tiffany, the eccentric glass genius, dy…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Peacock Feast by Lisa Gornick , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories by None, P.D. James

1. The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

By: None , P.D. James

3.75

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Four previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunni… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dalgliesh told himself that he should have remembered what, as a small boy, he had discovered about Uncle Hubert's conscience--that it operated as a warning bell and that, unlike most people, Uncle H…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

"Although most of my own work has been as a novelist, I have greatly enjoyed the challenge of the short story. Much has to be achieved with limited means. There is not spacefor long and detailed descr…"

-None, The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

Cover of Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

2. Illuminations

By: Mary Sharratt

3.98

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

One of the most extraordinary women of the Middle Ages, Hildegard von Bingen—Benedictine abbess, he… read more

Similar categories in Mary Sharratt's Illuminations book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Wench

By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez

3.86

Format: 445 pages,

An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular amo… read more

Similar categories in Dolen Perkins-Valdez's Wench book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith  Sullivan

4. Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse

By: Faith Sullivan

4.50

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Throughout her life, Nell Stillman has struggled to find meaning in an increasingly chaotic world. … read more

Similar categories in Faith Sullivan's Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. Enemy Women

By: Paulette Jiles

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens dev… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Jiles's Enemy Women book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol

6. The Lightkeeper's Daughters

By: Jean E. Pendziwol

4.00

Format: 45 pages, ebook

Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her bel… read more

Similar categories in Jean E. Pendziwol's The Lightkeeper's Daughters book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

7. China Dolls

By: Lisa See

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new novel set in the "Chop Suey Circuit" of San Francisco right before World War II, fr… read more

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8. The House Girl

By: Tara Conklin

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut novel of love, family, and justice that intertwines the stories of an escaped hous… read more

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9. Together Tea

By: Marjan Kamali

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali's delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the … read more

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10. Bellman & Black

By: Diane Setterfield

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bellman & Blackis a heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story, beautifully and irresistibly written, its… read more

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11. The Lost English Girl

By: Julia Kelly

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. A Single Rose

By: Muriel Barbery

3.45

Format: 160 pages, ebook

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman's journey … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Rain filtered in scattered drops from the leaves; everywhere, an extraordinary moss ruled supreme over its private kingdom; thick and moving, poised on root and stone, it seemed to glitter."

-Muriel Barbery, A Single Rose

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14. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

16. The Sun Walks Down

By: Fiona McFarlane

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-ye… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McFarlane's The Sun Walks Down book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife , returns with a moving novel abou… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Swift River

By: Essie J. Chambers

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more

Similar categories in Essie J. Chambers's Swift River book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."

-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

Cover of The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara  Collins

19. The Confessions of Frannie Langton

By: Sara Collins

3.57

Format: 384 pages, ebook

A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing hi… read more

Similar categories in Sara Collins's The Confessions of Frannie Langton book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What did Shakespeare know? Love must alter, or it can't survive."

-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton

"there were two things I loved: all those books I read, and all the people who wrote them."

-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton

"A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to try to join it."

-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton

"Only two types of white people in this world, chile, the ones doing shit to you and the ones wanting you to tell them ’bout the shit them other ones did."

-Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

20. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Cover of All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg

21. All This Could Be Yours

By: Jami Attenberg

3.36

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

“If I know why he is the way he is then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am,” says Alex Tuchman… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's All This Could Be Yours book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. The Royal Librarian

By: Daisy Wood

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: Sec… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The room smelt exactly as a library should: of old paper, leather and sweet, sticky glue, overlaid with furniture polish and the smoke from a thousand dead fires."

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"She loved the calm regularity of librarianship; each book a treasure trove of information or experience that would be categorised, labelled and stored in its rightful place. And she could think of no…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

"Most walls of the family's apartment were lined with bookshelves, and more volumes were stacked in boxes under every bed and table. Her mother often threatened to throw them out with the rubbish, and…"

-Daisy Wood, The Royal Librarian

Cover of The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul

23. The Manhattan Girls

By: Gill Paul

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

It's a 1920s version of Sex and the City, as Dorothy Parker--one of the wittiest women who ever wie… read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's The Manhattan Girls book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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24. Metropolis

By: B.A. Shapiro

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author B. A. Shapiro, a gripping novel that follows six mysterious characters whos… read more

Similar categories in B.A. Shapiro's Metropolis book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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25. The Night Train to Berlin

By: Melanie Hudson

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A train journey into the past A love that echoes through time Paddington Station, present day… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

26. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • audiobook
Cover of Passage West by Rishi Reddi

27. Passage West

By: Rishi Reddi

4.12

Format: 429 pages, Hardcover

A Recommended Book from BookRiot, Bustle, The Millions and Teen Vogue A Los Angeles Times BEST … read more

Similar categories in Rishi Reddi's Passage West book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"He would forever be suspended between two lands, never whole."

-Rishi Reddi, Passage West

Cover of Margreete's Harbor by Eleanor  Morse

28. Margreete's Harbor

By: Eleanor Morse

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A literary novel set on the coast of Maine during the 1960s, tracing the life of a family and its m… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Morse's Margreete's Harbor book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Peacock Feast by Lisa Gornick

29. The Peacock Feast

By: Lisa Gornick

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Peacock Feast opens on a June day in 1916 when Louis C. Tiffany, the eccentric glass genius, dy… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 20th century
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pessimists by Bethany Ball

30. The Pessimists

By: Bethany Ball

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize finalist Bethany Ball comes a biting and darkly funny new… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hill of Secrets by Galina  Vromen

31. Hill of Secrets

By: Galina Vromen

4.16

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

In a desert outpost, nuclear scientists and their families face the toll of the secrets they keep f… read more

Similar categories in Galina Vromen's Hill of Secrets book and Lisa Gornick's The Peacock Feast

  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories

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