17 must-read fiction books like The Saint's Mistress by Kathryn Bashaar

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The Saint's Mistress

By: Kathryn Bashaar

4.04

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Told against the fourth-century backdrop of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christiani…

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1. Tenth of December

By: George Saunders

3.98

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an u… read more

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  • fiction
"Ted, I swear to God, quothe he."

-George Saunders, Tenth of December

"Every step was a victory. He had to remember that."

-George Saunders, Tenth of December

"Why was she dancing? No reason. Just alive, I guess."

-George Saunders, Tenth of December

"The thing about girls? Suzanne said. Is we are more content-driven."

-George Saunders, Tenth of December

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2. The Spinning Heart

By: Donal Ryan

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As v… read more

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  • fiction

3. London

By: Edward Rutherfurd

2.69

Format: 88 pages,

Here is Edward Rutherfurd's classic novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years… read more

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4. The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)

By: Mary Stewart

4.02

Format: 982 pages, Paperback

Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time … read more

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5. The Miniaturist

By: Jessie Burton

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam--a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion--a … read more

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6. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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7. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

By: Helene Tursten

3.76

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781641290111 Content: - An elderly lady has accommodation prob… read more

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  • fiction
"Maud placed two small cartons of rollmops in the basket of her wheeled walker, followed by a larger pack of herring salad. They were soon joined by a Stilton cheese in a blue porcelain pot, a mature …"

-Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady #1)

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9. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. French Braid

By: Anne Tyler

3.64

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey dee… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Sparrow

By: James Hynes

4.00

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Told from the perspective of an enslaved boy being raised in a Roman brothel, a stunning literary h… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.07

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many famili… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Good Night, Irene

By: Luis Alberto Urrea

4.14

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chron… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The women posed for snapshots. Dozens of snapshots. . . . They imagined that, long after the soldiers had become old, perhaps even after they'd died, someone would come to wonder about these women ho…"

-Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene

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14. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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15. Pandora

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

3.67

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late par… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"but since when did gratitude mean the acceptance of rage?"

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

"It amazes him how much money rich people seem happy to waste on entertainment for one mere evening."

-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora

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16. The Lighthouse Witches

By: C.J. Cooke

3.94

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found—but she's stil… read more

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  • fiction
"She still doesn’t believe in magic. It’s a technology, she’s decided. Just one that she doesn’t understand yet."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"... the sky like polished silver, the ocean sinewy and muscular, crackling as it reached the stones at the edge of the causeway."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"Most people's pasts can be viewed like cleaved water left in the wake of a boat. Hers? It's a tangled weave of spider webs and nightmares, never to make sense."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"I went outside, taking in the sight of the grey ocean swaying beyond the cliffs, a mackerel sky troubled by seabirds swooping and screaming beneath the clap of the waves."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

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17. The Poppy Wife

By: Caroline Scott

3.64

Format: 423 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories

By: Maggie Shipstead

3.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times best-selling author Maggie Shipstead, an irresistible collection of short stori… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Gigi, Listening

By: Chantel Guertin

3.58

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren will adore this touching and witty novel about a woman… read more

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  • fiction
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20. The Ghosts of Thorwald Place

By: Helen Power

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Trust No One. Especially Your Neighbors. Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her … read more

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  • fiction
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21. The Saint's Mistress

By: Kathryn Bashaar

4.04

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Told against the fourth-century backdrop of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christiani… read more

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  • ancient
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

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Anne Tyler

3.64

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James Hynes

4.00

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Godmersham Park

Gill Hornby

3.69

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Heather Fawcett

4.02

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Elodie Harper

4.39

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