6 Best historical books like The Island Child by Molly Aitken

Cover of The Island Child by Molly Aitken

The Island Child

By: Molly Aitken

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years ago, Oona left the island of Inis for the very first time. A wind-blasted rock of fish…

If you liked the historical plot in The Island Child by Molly Aitken , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Al giardino ancora non l'ho detto by Pia Pera

1. Al giardino ancora non l'ho detto

By: Pia Pera

3.91

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

Per molti versi, avrei preferito non dover pubblicare questo libro, che non esisterebbe se una dell… read more

Similar categories in Pia Pera's Al giardino ancora non l'ho detto book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of My Girl by Jack   Jordan

2. My Girl

By: Jack Jordan

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Paige Dawson: the mother of a murdered child and wife to a dead man. She has nothing left to live f… read more

Similar categories in Jack Jordan's My Girl book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • fiction
Cover of The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan

3. The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe

By: Andrew O'Hagan

4.08

Format: 31 pages,

Meet Maf: The hilariously opinionated, well-read, politically scrappy, and complex canine companion… read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. Slutet på sommaren

By: Anders de la Motte

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

En sensommarkvall 1983 forsvinner en femarig pojke fran en ensligt belagen gard pa den skanska slat… read more

Similar categories in Anders de la Motte's Slutet på sommaren book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

5. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version

By: Philip Pullman , Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm

2.35

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

Two hundred years ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Househo… read more

Similar categories in Philip Pullman's Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

6. The Night Guest

By: Fiona McFarlane

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing first novel about trust, dependence, and fear, from a major new writer Ruth is widowe… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McFarlane's The Night Guest book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter

7. Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

By: Clare Hunter

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to… read more

Similar categories in Clare Hunter's Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • historical
"Sewing is a way to mark our existence on cloth: patterning our place in the world, voicing our identity, sharing something of ourselves with others and leaving the indelible evidence of our presence …"

-Clare Hunter, Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Cover of A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty

8. A Bird in Winter

By: Louise Doughty

3.68

Format: None pages, ebook

Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more

Similar categories in Louise Doughty's A Bird in Winter book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Ogni prigione è un'isola by Daria Bignardi

9. Ogni prigione è un'isola

By: Daria Bignardi

3.67

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

"Il carcere è come la giungla amazzonica, come un paese in guerra, un'isola remota, un luogo estrem… read more

Similar categories in Daria Bignardi's Ogni prigione è un'isola book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of The Illusions by Liz Hyder

10. The Illusions

By: Liz Hyder

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their ow… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Illusions book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Piccola libreria con delitto by Elena Molini

11. Piccola libreria con delitto

By: Elena Molini

3.84

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

È passato qualche mese da quando la Piccola Farmacia Letteraria, il luogo in cui i libri si trasfor… read more

Similar categories in Elena Molini's Piccola libreria con delitto book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

12. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Beyond the Sea by Paul    Lynch

13. Beyond the Sea

By: Paul Lynch

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, but soon find themselves c… read more

Similar categories in Paul Lynch's Beyond the Sea book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • literary fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • fiction
Cover of Last Letter Home by Rachel Hore

14. Last Letter Home

By: Rachel Hore

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the p… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hore's Last Letter Home book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Våroffer (Årstidskvartetten, #4) by Anders de la Motte

15. Våroffer (Årstidskvartetten, #4)

By: Anders de la Motte

3.96

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Valborgsnatten 1985 mördas en sextonårig flicka under ritualliknande former i skogen intill ett slo… read more

Similar categories in Anders de la Motte's Våroffer (Årstidskvartetten, #4) book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • fiction
Cover of The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean

16. The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

By: Felicity McLean

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

'We lost all three girls that summer. Let them slip away like the words of some half-remembered son… read more

Similar categories in Felicity McLean's The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"So many words, but none of them were enough. None of them brought those girls home."

-Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

"So we kept our mouthes closed, like we squeezed our eyes shut. Our family of four blind mice."

-Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

"Cordy kept strange private things curled up in her carelessness that were too tight for the rest of us to unravel."

-Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

"We thought we'd seen the worst when those girls disappeared, but seeing, and not seeing, is a funny old thing. Even now, I don't know which is crueller in the end."

-Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

Cover of La regina dei colori by Valeria Corciolani

17. La regina dei colori

By: Valeria Corciolani

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Clotilde Podestà, acclamata star internazionale dell'interior design, ha dedicato i suoi sessant'an… read more

Similar categories in Valeria Corciolani's La regina dei colori book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of The Island Child by Molly Aitken

18. The Island Child

By: Molly Aitken

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years ago, Oona left the island of Inis for the very first time. A wind-blasted rock of fish… read more

Similar categories in Molly Aitken's The Island Child book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Spinascura by Federica Frezza

19. Spinascura

By: Federica Frezza

3.98

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

A Spinascura, come negli altri paesini sparpagliati per l'Emilia, non cambia mai niente. Quando han… read more

Similar categories in Federica Frezza's Spinascura book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of The Garden Party by B.P. Walter

20. The Garden Party

By: B.P. Walter

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Saltburn meets Agatha Christie for the party of the summer.‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, n… read more

Similar categories in B.P. Walter's The Garden Party book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

Cover of Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen

21. Briefly Very Beautiful

By: Roz Dineen

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding dystopian novel about the lengths one will go to for their children in a world teete… read more

Similar categories in Roz Dineen's Briefly Very Beautiful book and Molly Aitken's The Island Child

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction

11 Top fiction books like The Island Child by Molly Aitken

Transform Your Habits

My Girl

Jack Jordan

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe

Andrew O'Hagan

4.08

Transform Your Habits

A Bird in Winter

Louise Doughty

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Illusions

Liz Hyder

3.94

View all the books

12 must-read audiobook books like Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter

Transform Your Habits

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Virginia Postrel

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Cuddy

Benjamin Myers

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Clare Hunter

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

Catherine Hanley

4.20

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.