30 Top fiction books like Defending Alice by Richard Stratton

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Defending Alice

By: Richard Stratton

2.75

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Set in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving …

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Cover of The Twelfth Child (Serendipity, #1) by Bette Lee Crosby

1. The Twelfth Child (Serendipity, #1)

By: Bette Lee Crosby

4.15

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Trust, love and friendship — Abigail Anne Lannigan searched for these things all her life; now, whe… read more

Similar categories in Bette Lee Crosby's The Twelfth Child (Serendipity, #1) book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Do you think there's ever any joy for people who carve their happiness out of someone else's hurt?"

-Bette Lee Crosby, The Twelfth Child (Serendipity, #1)

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2. Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)

By: Marisa de los Santos

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Everyone has secrets. Some we keep to protect ourselves, others we keep to protect those we love. … read more

Similar categories in Marisa de los Santos's Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2) book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
"Everything turned on the word "we", a synonym for love, the thing that saves us all."

-Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)

"People in love feel that way all the time, like they don't know what they've done to deserve each other."

-Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)

"I know how syrupy this sounds, how dull, provincial, and possibly whitewashed, but what can I do? Happy childhoods happen"

-Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)

"It's a well-known fact. All women are clinically insane, but especially ballet dancers. Psycho. extremely psycho. Trust me."

-Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me (Love Walked In, #2)

3. The Girl from the Savoy

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Presenting a dazzling new historical novel ... The Girl From The Savoyis as sparkling as champagne … read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Girl from the Savoy book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Favor

By: Nicci French

3.42

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In this twisty new stand-alone novel from internationally bestselling author Nicci French, a young … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos

5. Watch Us Shine

By: Marisa de los Santos

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Bring me the Northern Lights.” Cornelia Brown is reeling from a terrifying act of violence when… read more

Similar categories in Marisa de los Santos's Watch Us Shine book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Librarian of Burned Books

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.93

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Librarian of Burned Books book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

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7. Code Name Sapphire

By: Pam Jenoff

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more

Similar categories in Pam Jenoff's Code Name Sapphire book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan

8. Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1)

By: Ausma Zehanat Khan

3.75

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and … read more

Similar categories in Ausma Zehanat Khan's Blackwater Falls (Blackwater Falls, #1) book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
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9. The Lindbergh Nanny

By: Mariah Fredericks

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notoriou… read more

Similar categories in Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Mitford Affair

By: Marie Benedict

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The Mitford Affair book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Angels of the Resistance

By: Noelle Salazar

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

“ Angels of the Resistance brings to life a deadly-effective and deeply moving sisterhood.” —Kate Q… read more

Similar categories in Noelle Salazar's Angels of the Resistance book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. The Opera Sisters

By: Marianne Monson

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Ordinary women find their inner strength, engaging in determined, clandestine actions to give othe… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Monson's The Opera Sisters book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Wharton Plot

By: Mariah Fredericks

3.38

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in … read more

Similar categories in Mariah Fredericks's The Wharton Plot book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Day One

By: Abigail Dean

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can’t seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Dean's Day One book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
Cover of The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer

16. The Bookshop of Secrets

By: Mollie Rushmeyer

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future.Hope Sparrow has m… read more

Similar categories in Mollie Rushmeyer's The Bookshop of Secrets book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sometimes we have to stop moving around and quiet down to realize He’s been there all along."

-Mollie Rushmeyer, The Bookshop of Secrets

"She breathed in their ancient paper dust, their gentle decay. Between pages like these, she’d always found her refuge."

-Mollie Rushmeyer, The Bookshop of Secrets

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17. All the Summers in Between

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summ… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's All the Summers in Between book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Trial

By: Richard North Patterson

4.43

Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition

Trial confirms Richard North Patterson’s place as “our most important author of popular fiction.”In… read more

Similar categories in Richard North Patterson's Trial book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
Cover of The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty Zeldis

19. The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights

By: Kitty Zeldis

3.90

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mesmerizing historical novel about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold. … read more

Similar categories in Kitty Zeldis's The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Best Friend by Jessica Fellowes

20. The Best Friend

By: Jessica Fellowes

2.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Following the intense, toxic friendship of two kindred spirits across their lifetimes, The Best Fri… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Fellowes's The Best Friend book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • fiction
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21. The Lipstick Bureau

By: Michelle Gable

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Gable's The Lipstick Bureau book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Night Travelers

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban… read more

Similar categories in Armando Lucas Correa's The Night Travelers book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud

23. The Great Mrs. Elias

By: Barbara Chase-Riboud

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest b… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Chase-Riboud's The Great Mrs. Elias book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. 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 Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • 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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25. Cuyahoga

By: Pete Beatty

3.56

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel “Cuyahoga is tragic and comic, hilarious and… read more

Similar categories in Pete Beatty's Cuyahoga book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Honest work is medicine. You can it bottle or buy better remedy, whatever your ailment."

-Pete Beatty, Cuyahoga

Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

26. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Defending Alice by Richard Stratton

27. Defending Alice

By: Richard Stratton

2.75

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Set in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving … read more

Similar categories in Richard Stratton's Defending Alice book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Katharine, the Wright Sister by Tracey Enerson Wood

28. Katharine, the Wright Sister

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

She helped her brothers soar… but was the flight worth the fall?  It all started with two boys and… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Enerson Wood's Katharine, the Wright Sister book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

29. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Bergstein's The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

Cover of The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History by Glen Craney

30. The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History

By: Glen Craney

4.05

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Georgia burns. Sherman's Yankees are closing in. Will the women of LaGrange run or fight? Ba… read more

Similar categories in Glen Craney's The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Sky Beneath Us

By: Fiona Valpy

4.58

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Valpy's The Sky Beneath Us book and Richard Stratton's Defending Alice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Bette Lee Crosby

4.15

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Hazel Gaynor

4.11

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The Librarian of Burned Books

Brianna Labuskes

3.93

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Code Name Sapphire

Pam Jenoff

3.87

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Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

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Kristin Harmel

4.25

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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