9 best-selling thriller books like The Assassin of Venice by Alyssa Palombo

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The Assassin of Venice

By: Alyssa Palombo

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Renaissance courtesan must choose between love and duty in this high stakes 16th-century mystery,…

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1. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Berlin Letters

By: Katherine Reay

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childho… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Reay's The Berlin Letters book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. The Honeymoon

By: Rona Halsall

3.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I’m your husband, Chloe. We’re a partnership now and we do what’s best for us as a couple. Staying… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3) by Katharine Schellman

4. The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3)

By: Katharine Schellman

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery se… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's The Last Note of Warning (Nightingale Mysteries #3) book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) by Natalie Jenner

5. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3)

By: Natalie Jenner

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls returns with a brilliant nov… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jenner's Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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6. The Arsenic Eater's Wife

By: Tonya Mitchell

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. The Stranger I Wed (The Doves of New York, #1)

By: Harper St. George

3.74

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Road Trip Rewind

By: Kate Tamberelli

3.61

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

Readers of Christina Lauren and Emily Henry will adore this standalone follow-up to The First Date … read more

Similar categories in Kate Tamberelli's The Road Trip Rewind book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Other Princess

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.99

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's The Other Princess book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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11. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)

By: Christina Dodd

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Knives Out meets Bridgerton in Fair Verona, as New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd kic… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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13. The Hidden Book

By: Kirsty Manning

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Jade Lily comes a compelling novel based on a true story of a WW… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Manning's The Hidden Book book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Volcano Daughters

By: Gina María Balibrera

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more

Similar categories in Gina María Balibrera's The Volcano Daughters book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. French Windows

By: Antoine Laurain

3.72

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Bringing his trademark style and charming whimsy, Antoine Laurain’s new novel of intrigue, murder a… read more

Similar categories in Antoine Laurain's French Windows book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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17. Medici Heist

By: Caitlin Schneiderhan

3.69

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue, opulence, secrets, and murder. The Medici family ru… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Schneiderhan's Medici Heist book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • italy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. After Oz

By: Gordon McAlpine

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Gripping and emotionally riveting, this whimsical tale is an empowering and timely retelling of The… read more

Similar categories in Gordon McAlpine's After Oz book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. The Wife at the Window

By: Cara Reinard

4.10

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

The little boy runs into the kitchen in his pajamas. He is swept up into a hug and gorgeous auburn … read more

Similar categories in Cara Reinard's The Wife at the Window book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. Secrets of Rose Briar Hall

By: Kelsey James

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In this Gilded Age gothic homage to “Gaslight” starring Ingrid Bergman, a wealthy young newlywed in… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey James's Secrets of Rose Briar Hall book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. The Assassin of Venice

By: Alyssa Palombo

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Renaissance courtesan must choose between love and duty in this high stakes 16th-century mystery,… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • italy
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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23. The Last Witch in Edinburgh

By: Marielle Thompson

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This lush, atmospheric novel blends witchcraft, queer love, a vibrant Edinburgh setting, and Scotti… read more

Similar categories in Marielle Thompson's The Last Witch in Edinburgh book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. Honeycomb

By: S.B. Caves

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Big Brother meets Black Mirror in this high-concept thriller in which six strangers take part in a … read more

Similar categories in S.B. Caves's Honeycomb book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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25. Nicked

By: M.T. Anderson

3.85

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's Nicked book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. The Truth According to Ember

By: Danica Nava

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more

Similar categories in Danica Nava's The Truth According to Ember book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. What Does It Feel Like?

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.66

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's What Does It Feel Like? book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • romance
  • fiction
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28. The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Evan Saatchi can’t keep his eyes off his new co-worker, Dalisay Ramos. Newly arrived from Manila to… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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29. Beyond Summerland

By: Jenny Lecoat

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lecoat has crafted a spellbinding story about secrets and l… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Lecoat's Beyond Summerland book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. The Thirteenth Husband

By: Greer Macallister

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Tearing through millions of dollars, four continents, and a hearty collection of husbands, real-lif… read more

Similar categories in Greer Macallister's The Thirteenth Husband book and Alyssa Palombo's The Assassin of Venice

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Winged Tiara

By: J'nell Ciesielski

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

After a hasty wartime marriage and an even quicker divorce, two jewel thieves risk it all to obtain… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

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