27 best-selling fiction books like Testament by Kim Sherwood

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Testament

By: Kim Sherwood

3.90

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Of everyone in her complicated family, Eva was always closest to her grandfather. She is making a f…

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1. The Hand That First Held Mine

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, an… read more

Similar categories in Maggie O'Farrell's The Hand That First Held Mine book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
"There on the landing sits the typewriter. It is clogged with dust, the ribbon dried and flimsy. Looking at it gives Felix a feeling close to vertigo. He realises he can replicate in his head the exac…"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine

"The women we become after children, she typed, then stopped to adjust the angle of the paper....We change shape, she continued, we buy low-heeled shoes, we cut off our long hair, We begin to carry in…"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine

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2. The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.05

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale ep… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction
"Curiosity is also my worst vice, and once stirred one not to be denied."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

"I did wonder if I'd have cause to rue my action. Now I believe it can safely be filed under Necessary Regrets."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

"I've survived revolution, war, and over a decade on this continent," the Burgrave reflected. "But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in."

-Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire (The Draconis Memoria, #1)

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3. Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

By: Anthony Ryan

3.71

Format: 643 pages, Kindle Edition

In the thrilling conclusion to the “deftly and originally executed” (Booklist) New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction
"We found a jewel in the desert,’"

-Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

"Only in war does the madman become sane."

-Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

"The price of stability is unpreparedness."

-Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

"It's a rare man who can guard against beauty."

-Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)

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4. Amy and Isabelle

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In her stunning first novel Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager's alienation from … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Amy and Isabelle book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Gift of Rain

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.20

Format: None pages,

Set in Penang, 1939, this book presents a story of betrayal, barbaric cruelty, steadfast courage an… read more

Similar categories in Tan Twan Eng's The Gift of Rain book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm." Va… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction

7. Hotel du Lac

By: Anita Brookner

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

"Impeccably written and suffused with pleasing wit."--Newsweek In the novel that won her the Booker… read more

Similar categories in Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.17

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

“The blood-song rose with an unexpected tune, a warm hum mingling recognition with an impression of… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction
"You hide it well, but I can see it, Lord Verniers. You hate us. We have beaten you to obedience but it's still there, like dry tinder waiting for a spark."

-Anthony Ryan, Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)

"Divinity retains the appearance of insight, when in reality it celebrates ignorance. Its tenets are so much clay, and when the clay sets, it becomes dogma."

-Anthony Ryan, Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)

"Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play the noble, and as you'll discover in time, daughter, it's mostly dolts who d…"

-Anthony Ryan, Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)

"Your realm is an insane place. In Volaria, no-one goes hungry, slaves are no use when they starve. Those freeborn too lazy or lacking in intelligence to turn sufficient profit to feed themselves are …"

-Anthony Ryan, Tower Lord (Raven's Shadow, #2)

9. Home Fire

By: Kamila Shamsie

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's de… read more

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10. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • historical
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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11. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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12. Old God's Time

By: Sebastian Barry

3.85

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Barry's Old God's Time book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

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13. The Romantic

By: William Boyd

4.15

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's The Romantic book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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15. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's And Away... book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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16. A Spell of Good Things

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more

Similar categories in Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s A Spell of Good Things book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

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17. The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.45

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

Alwyn must make a difficult decide between his heart and his morals as he prepares for his final ba… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Traitor (Covenant of Steel, #3) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • war
  • fiction
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18. The Wife and the Widow

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of THE NOWHERE CHILD Set against th… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Wife and the Widow book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Mayflies

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong … read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
"Go gently with people's pain. It's the same as yours."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"He drank like that, too: as if oblivion was a perfect place to be by yourself."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

"It wasn’t a matter to fight over: some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it."

-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies

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20. How to Build a Boat

By: Elaine Feeney

3.78

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness a… read more

Similar categories in Elaine Feeney's How to Build a Boat book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"To some, the world is filled with threats. To others, opportunities."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"That's dedication and if life's taught me anything, we go to what we love, eventually - we mightn't find it straight away, but we get there."

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"...[W]hile language came readily to Tess when dealing with herself alone, having one-way conversations over all of her choices on her long walks in the woods, or on her way to school, now she no long…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

"How can I miss someone I have never met? Jamie said. Grief was profoundly different for both humans. One felt an intense anger he had never recovered from, the other knew something was missing, a vac…"

-Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat

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21. Snow Country

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.71

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

1914: Young Anton Heideck has arrived in Vienna, eager to make his name as a journalist. While work… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Faulks's Snow Country book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I think perhaps the reincarnation is not of other men through me, but of myself at other times. I've been forced by circumstance into many separate lives."

-Sebastian Faulks, Snow Country

Cover of Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin

22. Pretend I'm Dead

By: Jen Beagin

3.69

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner an… read more

Similar categories in Jen Beagin's Pretend I'm Dead book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You respect me?" Sheila asked, surprised. "As a person?" "No, as a pigeon."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

"She smiled. It was rare for her to find someone attractive physically and also to like what came out of their mouth."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

"He was one of the fortunate ones. He'd emerged from childhood a whole person and his past wasn't some vast immovable mass with its own weather system."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

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23. This Family

By: Kate Sawyer

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This house. This family. Mary has raised a family in this house. Watched her children play and l… read more

Similar categories in Kate Sawyer's This Family book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Night Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3) by Dinah Jefferies

24. Night Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3)

By: Dinah Jefferies

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in the sweeping new historical series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.… read more

Similar categories in Dinah Jefferies's Night Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The Ghost Woods

By: C.J. Cooke

3.98

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Ghost Woods book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. The Jaguar

By: Sarah Holland-Batt

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

With electrifying boldness, Sarah Holland-Batt confronts what it means to be mortal in an astonishi… read more

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27. The Garnett Girls

By: Georgina Moore

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this brilliant debut novel full of heart and warmth, three very different sisters--and their fre… read more

Similar categories in Georgina Moore's The Garnett Girls book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It wasn't until the small daily gestures of affection disappeared in a marriage that you noticed them or knew how much you relied on them to break up the grind of work and childcare. They were the be…"

-Georgina Moore, The Garnett Girls

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28. Actress

By: Anne Enright

3.44

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Katherine O’Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mother’s celebrated… read more

Similar categories in Anne Enright's Actress book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Black Song (Raven's Blade, #2) by Anthony Ryan

29. The Black Song (Raven's Blade, #2)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.21

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

The Black Song is the action-packed conclusion to the Raven's Blade series by Anthony Ryan, which b… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Black Song (Raven's Blade, #2) book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • war
  • fiction
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30. Child of the Ruins

By: Kate Furnivall

4.24

Format: 477 pages, Kindle Edition

People are disappearing. I spoke to my neighbour yesterday, we laughed at some nonsense, and today … read more

Similar categories in Kate Furnivall's Child of the Ruins book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Testament by Kim Sherwood

31. Testament

By: Kim Sherwood

3.90

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Of everyone in her complicated family, Eva was always closest to her grandfather. She is making a f… read more

Similar categories in Kim Sherwood's Testament book and Kim Sherwood's Testament

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • 20th century
  • holocaust

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Transform Your Habits

The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O'Farrell

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Amy and Isabelle

Elizabeth Strout

4.33

Hotel du Lac

Anita Brookner

3.93

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Halle Butler

4.12

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Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

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Rouge

Mona Awad

3.56

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Maud Ventura

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