19 best-selling historical fiction books like Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7) by Jackie French

Cover of Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7) by Jackie French

Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

By: Jackie French

4.39

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass d…

"But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards."

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

"But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards."

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

"But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards."

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

"Wasn't me who said capitalism was wrong. I just didn't want another argument with Carol. Big projects need capital. It's when the people who have the capital get laws made in their favour that it all goes bad."

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7) by Jackie French , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Spirits of the Ghan by Judy Nunn

1. Spirits of the Ghan

By: Judy Nunn

3.93

Format: 352 pages,

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Similar categories in Judy Nunn's Spirits of the Ghan book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
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2. The Lieutenant

By: Kate Grenville

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Kate Grenvi… read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's The Lieutenant book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
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3. The Patterson Girls

By: Rachael Johns

3.93

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

How can four sisters build the futures they so desperately want, when the past is reaching out to c… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Patterson Girls book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
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4. The Little Wartime Library

By: Kate Thompson

4.25

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground … read more

Similar categories in Kate Thompson's The Little Wartime Library book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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6. The Sugar Palace

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s ambition Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Swe… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's The Sugar Palace book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Sweet Blue Distance

By: Sara Donati

4.31

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico… read more

Similar categories in Sara Donati's The Sweet Blue Distance book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud

8. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
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9. The Accident

By: Fiona Lowe

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Accident book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
Cover of The Chocolate Factory by Mary-Lou Stephens

10. The Chocolate Factory

By: Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Love, friendship and dangerous secrets in the early years of Cadbury's Tasmanian factory. It's 1… read more

Similar categories in Mary-Lou Stephens's The Chocolate Factory book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns

11. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's The Other Bridget book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper

12. The Butterfly Collector

By: Tea Cooper

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A botanical illustration of a butterfly, a missing baby, and a twisty mystery fifty years in the ma… read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Butterfly Collector book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
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13. The Nurses' War

By: Victoria Purman

4.29

Format: 608 pages, ebook

There is more than one way to fight a war...An extraordinary story of grit, love and loss, based on… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's The Nurses' War book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2) by Anna     James

14. Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

By: Anna James

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a … read more

Similar categories in Anna James's Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2) book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Do not wait too long for something special to present itself. Go out and find it."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Words can mean much more, or less, than they seem, and we can put them to such creative uses."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"But not really at your service, you understand, it’s a symbolic thing. I’m a prince – I’m not going to actually help you with anything."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Books aren't interested in who is reading them... A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you wa…"

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

Cover of The Talented Mrs Greenway by Tea Cooper

15. The Talented Mrs Greenway

By: Tea Cooper

3.93

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of … read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Talented Mrs Greenway book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Money Club by Fiona Lowe

16. The Money Club

By: Fiona Lowe

3.94

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A gripping exploration of modern greed as bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe unpicks the mora… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Money Club book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of That Bligh Girl by Sue      Williams

17. That Bligh Girl

By: Sue Williams

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A fascinating story of Governor Bligh's trouble-making daughter, Mary, a powerful and determined wo… read more

Similar categories in Sue Williams's That Bligh Girl book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman

18. A Woman's Work

By: Victoria Purman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The astonishingly rich prize of the 1956 Australian Women's Weekly cookery competition offers two w… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Purman's A Woman's Work book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Diamond Hunter by Fiona McIntosh

19. The Diamond Hunter

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.15

Format: 432 pages, ebook

‘It won’t matter how many diamonds you find if you lose the love of your child.’ When six-year-o… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's The Diamond Hunter book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Dying to Know by Rae Cairns

20. Dying to Know

By: Rae Cairns

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A desperate phone call. A decade of questions. A deadly race to the truth. A new heartstopping t… read more

Similar categories in Rae Cairns's Dying to Know book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of The Burnt Country by Joy Rhoades

21. The Burnt Country

By: Joy Rhoades

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A scandalous secret. A deadly bushfire. An agonizing choice. Australia 1948. As a young woman si… read more

Similar categories in Joy Rhoades's The Burnt Country book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • historical fiction
Cover of Lost Without You by Rachael Johns

22. Lost Without You

By: Rachael Johns

3.92

Format: 440 pages, ebook

Four women, one dress, and the secret that binds them all... On a special night that is suppose… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Johns's Lost Without You book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of Free by Meg  Keneally

23. Free

By: Meg Keneally

4.04

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is a harsh land - yes, for you especially - but people can also rise here ...' Born into pov… read more

Similar categories in Meg Keneally's Free book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • historical fiction
Cover of Home Fires by Fiona Lowe

24. Home Fires

By: Fiona Lowe

4.21

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling Australian author of Daughter of Mine and Birthright. When a lethal bushfire t… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's Home Fires book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire van Ryn

25. The Secrets of the Huon Wren

By: Claire van Ryn

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home r… read more

Similar categories in Claire van Ryn's The Secrets of the Huon Wren book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Garden of Hopes and Dreams by Barbara Hannay

26. The Garden of Hopes and Dreams

By: Barbara Hannay

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Can love and friendship blossom on a rooftop? The residents in Brisbane’s Riverview apartment b… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Hannay's The Garden of Hopes and Dreams book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7) by Jackie French

27. Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

By: Jackie French

4.39

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7) book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
"But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards."

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

"Wasn't me who said capitalism was wrong. I just didn't want another argument with Carol. Big projects need capital. It's when the people who have the capital get laws made in their favour that it all…"

-Jackie French, Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

Cover of The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies, #2) by French Jackie

28. The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies, #2)

By: French Jackie

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The war is over. But can there ever truly be peace? 'Thestory is equal parts Downton Abb… read more

Similar categories in French Jackie's The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies, #2) book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • australia
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Story Thief by Kyra Geddes

29. The Story Thief

By: Kyra Geddes

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Fact and fiction meld into one in this stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and piv… read more

Similar categories in Kyra Geddes's The Story Thief book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Creeper by Margaret Hickey

30. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's The Creeper book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

31. Into the Mouth of the Wolf

By: Erin Gough

3.95

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Part thriller, part queer romance, Into the Mouth of the Wolf is the stunning, long-awaited new YA … read more

Similar categories in Erin Gough's Into the Mouth of the Wolf book and Jackie French's Facing the Flame (Matilda Saga, #7)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult

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Judy Nunn

3.93

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The Lieutenant

Kate Grenville

3.64

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The Patterson Girls

Rachael Johns

3.93

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The Little Wartime Library

Kate Thompson

4.25

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Back on Track

Tricia Stringer

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Jane Tara

4.02

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The Accident

Fiona Lowe

3.86

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Mary-Lou Stephens

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