17 best-selling historical fiction books like The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black

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The Brickworks

By: Lucy E.M. Black

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When the Tay Bridge collapsed in 1879 it killed everyone on the train that was crossing, leaving th…

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1. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

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  • historical fiction
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2. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

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3. Fourteen Days

By: Margaret Atwood

3.23

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is a s… read more

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4. Learned by Heart

By: Emma Donoghue

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. What We Buried

By: Robert Rotenberg

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Toronto homicide detective is attacked at his doorstep when his investigation into possible links… read more

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  • historical fiction
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6. Rabbit Hole

By: Kate Brody

3.10

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Conspiracy theories from Reddit seduce a disaster-prone woman into an obsession with solving her ol… read more

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7. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

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"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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8. Anna O

By: Matthew Blake

3.43

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

ANNA O WILL WAKE UP THE WORLD What if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all? We sp… read more

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"So many disorders of the mind can be traced back to the primordial forest. It is why it is such a unique symbol in fairy tales and myths. Leaving home and entering the Forest is a metaphor for sheddi…"

-Matthew Blake, Anna O

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9. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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10. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

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11. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

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  • historical fiction
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12. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

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  • historical fiction
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13. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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15. All the Colour in the World

By: C.S. Richardson

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth… read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. The Masterpiece

By: Fiona Davis

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the g… read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

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18. The African Samurai

By: Craig Shreve

4.07

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful hist… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

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  • historical fiction
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20. The Jazz Club Spy

By: Roberta Rich

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of the “riveting” ( Chicago Tribune ) The Midwife of Venice , a fresh and sweeping … read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

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22. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

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23. The Celestial Wife

By: Leslie Howard

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist communit… read more

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  • historical fiction
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24. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

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  • historical fiction
"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

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25. The Paris Deception

By: Bryn Turnbull

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art theft an… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

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  • historical fiction
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27. Little Crosses

By: Sabrina Reeves

4.48

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A daughter examines her complicated relationship with a charismatic, narcissistic mother who now li… read more

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28. Broughtupsy

By: Christina Cooke

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican wo… read more

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29. The Brickworks

By: Lucy E.M. Black

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When the Tay Bridge collapsed in 1879 it killed everyone on the train that was crossing, leaving th… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. Widow Fantasies

By: Hollay Ghadery

4.68

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Fantasies are places we briefly visit; we can’t live there. The stories in Widow Fantasies deftly e… read more

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31. The Cellist of Dachau

By: Martin Goodman

3.67

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

The Cellist of Dachau is an acclaimed and “masterful” novel of the Holocaust— the legacy that haunt… read more

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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