8 must-read historical fiction books like The Space Between by Lauren Keenan

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The Space Between

By: Lauren Keenan

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set amidst the New Zealand Wars in 1860. How do you choose between t…

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1. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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2. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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3. Light at Lavelle

By: Paullina Simons

4.37

Format: 708 pages, Kindle Edition

'Paullina Simons pulls on every heartstring, she's a master of epic love stories' COLLEEN HOOVER … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. The Sweet Blue Distance

By: Sara Donati

4.31

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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6. My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

By: Marian Keyes

4.02

Format: 599 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes. A… read more

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7. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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8. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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9. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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10. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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11. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. The Girl from London

By: Olivia Spooner

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1940. Ruth, a young schoolteacher, volunteers as an escort helping to evacuate children fro… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. The Night She Fell

By: Eileen Merriman

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

‘When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring sight… read more

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14. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

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  • historical
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15. Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1)

By: Deborah Challinor

4.15

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the f… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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16. Moon Road

By: Sarah Leipciger

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s irksome to her, how well she knows this man, how much he has changed and how exactly the same … read more

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17. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story

By: Jools Topp

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more

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18. The Call

By: Gavin Strawhan

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deport… read more

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19. Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent

By: Alie Benge

4.46

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing — and they’re pushing back… read more

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20. Little Greek Taverna

By: Erin Palmisano

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The ultimate beach read, with a Chocolat- esque touch of magical realism, this debut novel will del… read more

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21. Nine Girls: A brand new mystery for 9-12 year olds

By: Stacy Gregg

4.41

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

They dug a hole right there on our farm on the bank of the Mangawara and they put the box filled wi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Space Between

By: Lauren Keenan

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set amidst the New Zealand Wars in 1860. How do you choose between t… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother by Ineke Meredith

23. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother

By: Ineke Meredith

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more

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24. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

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25. Ash

By: Louise Wallace

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more

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26. At The Grand Glacier Hotel

By: Laurence Fearnley

3.53

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Following a disastrous family holiday, Libby and Curtis make a If they ever visit the West Coast o… read more

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27. The Life of Dai

By: Dai Henwood

4.43

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity… read more

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28. The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone

By: Gareth Ward

4.11

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

“When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. People warned us… read more

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29. All That We Know

By: Shilo Kino

4.61

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more

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30. Home Truths

By: Charity Norman

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, L… read more

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31. Sewing Moonlight

By: Kyle Mewburn

4.29

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s winter of 1928, and young German man Wilhelm Erdinger is left stranded in the remote New Zeala… read more

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