9 Best historical fiction books like Firebird: The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov

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Firebird: The Story of Roman

By: Sergey Fetisov

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring memoir, Firebird: The Story of Roman chronicles one man’s unwavering resolve to follow…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Firebird: The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Maurice

By: E.M. Forster

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master novelist… read more

Similar categories in E.M. Forster's Maurice book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
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2. Fellow Travelers

By: Thomas Mallon

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
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3. A Single Man

By: Christopher Isherwood

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving p… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • lgbt
  • queer
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4. My Policeman

By: Bethan Roberts

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

An exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. From the moment Marion first lays eyes on Tom --… read more

Similar categories in Bethan Roberts's My Policeman book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
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5. In the Absence of Men

By: Philippe Besson , Frank Wynne

4.19

Format: 384 pages,

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Similar categories in Philippe Besson's In the Absence of Men book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer

6. Call Me by Your Name

By: André Aciman

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolesc… read more

Similar categories in André Aciman's Call Me by Your Name book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

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7. Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.04

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1) book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Libra smiled. It gave Will the impression he'd sent off a postal order for a booklet on Smiling for Beginners."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

"Britain was full of men like him, trying to find something to do in a country that had managed perfectly well without them."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

"He'd been apprenticed to a joiner before the war, but that felt like decades ago: all he was good at now was killing people, which was discouraged."

-K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

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8. The New Life

By: Tom Crewe

3.77

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more

Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Science requires a rational audience."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"True development does not respect comfort."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

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9. Best Men

By: Sidney Karger

3.34

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

When two best men in a wedding party fall for each other, they realize love isn't a piece of cake i… read more

Similar categories in Sidney Karger's Best Men book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
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10. Swimming in the Dark

By: Tomasz Jedrowski

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story o… read more

Similar categories in Tomasz Jedrowski's Swimming in the Dark book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Little sparks cause fires too."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"Selfish. Growing into yourself is nothing but that."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"See it as a game– everyone knows the rules. And if you can’t change them, there’s no point in worrying."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

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11. Radical Love

By: Neil Blackmore

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by… read more

Similar categories in Neil Blackmore's Radical Love book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer
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12. A Little Bit Country

By: Brian D. Kennedy

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar – a far reach when you’re seventee… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's A Little Bit Country book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
"If you’re comfortable and supported in the life you were meant to be living, why go back to pretending to be someone you’re not? Lying to everyone and always having to watch your back isn’t healthy."

-Brian D. Kennedy, A Little Bit Country

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13. All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson

By: Mark Griffin

3.74

Format: 512 pages, ebook

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misu… read more

Similar categories in Mark Griffin's All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • lgbt
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14. The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1)

By: Jax Calder

4.24

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when the Prince of Wales falls in love with the Prime Minister? My boring life work… read more

Similar categories in Jax Calder's The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1) book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
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15. 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

By: Alexis Hall

3.91

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, man… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1) book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
"I don't think he'll be able to tell. Memory is peculiar. Worst comes to absolute worst, I'll just arrange to get whacked on the head again and say that's brought everything back." "That's not a thing…"

-Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)

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16. The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our… read more

Similar categories in Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

"The gift of story is wisdom"

-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling

"If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species."

-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling

"Locked inside the black vault of our skulls, stuck forever in the solitude of our own hallucinated universe, story is a portal, a hallucination within the hallucination, the closest we'll ever really…"

-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling

"Stories work on multiple evolved systems in the brain and a skilled storyteller activates these networks like the conductor of an orchestra, a little trill of moral outrage here, a fanfare of status …"

-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling

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17. DragonKing (DragonKin #3)

By: S. Rodman

3.86

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Dragons. Destiny. Duty. The sum of my life. All that I am. Yet I wish to be more than that. I w… read more

Similar categories in S. Rodman's DragonKing (DragonKin #3) book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
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18. The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

By: J. Daniels

4.32

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. They say the best way to … read more

Similar categories in J. Daniels's The Tragedy of Felix and Jake book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
"How can something so wonderful hurt like this?"

-J. Daniels, The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

"You make me feel better than any drug I’ve ever taken."

-J. Daniels, The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

"I’d drive six hours one way just to spend an hour with you."

-J. Daniels, The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

"What do you get the person you love when you’ve already given them your heart?"

-J. Daniels, The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

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19. The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes… read more

Similar categories in Casey McQuiston's The Pairing book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • queer
"Some people dye their hair when they go through a breakup. I got a bus."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"This is what I get for assuming all women in safari hats can be trusted."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I’m keeping him."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

"A love that’s ended is the only kind I can have, because I can’t possibly lose it."

-Casey McQuiston, The Pairing

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20. Firebird: The Story of Roman

By: Sergey Fetisov

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

An inspiring memoir, Firebird: The Story of Roman chronicles one man’s unwavering resolve to follow… read more

Similar categories in Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman book and Sergey Fetisov's Firebird: The Story of Roman

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • queer

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Bethan Roberts

4.15

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K.J. Charles

4.04

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Tom Crewe

3.77

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Sidney Karger

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