10 must-read historical fiction books like We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience by David Blixt

Cover of We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience by David Blixt

We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

By: David Blixt

4.14

Format: 200 pages, ebook

Plague has no favorites. In this anthology, USA Today, international bestselling, and award-winn…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience by David Blixt , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12) by Ellis Peters

1. The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

It is Christmas, A.D. 1141, Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the … read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12) book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
"There's an art in every labour."

-Ellis Peters, The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

"Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case."

-Ellis Peters, The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

Cover of The White Island by John Lister-Kaye

2. The White Island

By: John Lister-Kaye

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Unknown Binding

read more

Similar categories in John Lister-Kaye's The White Island book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of Caucasus: A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam by Nicholas Griffin

3. Caucasus: A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam

By: Nicholas Griffin

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A rugged land between the Black and Caspian seas, the Caucasus is a battle ground for a fascinating… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Griffin's Caucasus: A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13) by Ellis Peters

4. The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13) book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
"In happiness or unhappiness, living is a duty, and must be done thoroughly."

-Ellis Peters, The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

"Questions are as supple as willow wands, it's easy to brush by them and slip them aside, and no one the worse for it."

-Ellis Peters, The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)

Cover of The Lady of Haigh by Elizabeth Ashworth

5. The Lady of Haigh

By: Elizabeth Ashworth

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

The prequel to An Honourable Estate explores the early years of Lady Mabel de Haigh and her husband… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Ashworth's The Lady of Haigh book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of Music & Silence by Rose Tremain

6. Music & Silence

By: Rose Tremain

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in seventeenth-century Denmark, Rose Tremain's dazzling, prize-winning tale is a pungently atmo… read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Music & Silence book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction

7. The Marsh King's Daughter

By: Karen Dionne

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

I was born two years into my mother's captivity. She was three weeks shy of seventeen. If I had kno… read more

Similar categories in Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

8. The Tea Planter's Wife

By: Dinah Jefferies

3.71

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

#1 International bestselling novel set in 1920s Ceylon, about a young Englishwoman who marries a ch… read more

Similar categories in Dinah Jefferies's The Tea Planter's Wife book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

9. The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's The Tempest book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

10. An Honourable Estate

By: Elizabeth Ashworth

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

England 1315... The rain is torrential. Famine and unrest spread across the country and when Sir Wi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Ashworth's An Honourable Estate book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of The Woman on the Island (Vera Stanhope #9.5) by Ann Cleeves

11. The Woman on the Island (Vera Stanhope #9.5)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.68

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with a delicious short story featuring DCI Vera Stanh… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Woman on the Island (Vera Stanhope #9.5) book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • short stories
Cover of Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver

12. Should We Stay or Should We Go

By: Lionel Shriver

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can’t cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer’s had steadily eroded this… read more

Similar categories in Lionel Shriver's Should We Stay or Should We Go book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

13. The Weaver and the Witch Queen

By: Genevieve Gornichec

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

The lives of two women—one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Gornichec's The Weaver and the Witch Queen book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths

14. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli

15. The Night Portrait

By: Laura Morelli

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most f… read more

Similar categories in Laura Morelli's The Night Portrait book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
"I have come to accept that war is inevitable. Beauty is fleeting. Only love and art endure."

-Laura Morelli, The Night Portrait

Cover of The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

16. The House on Biscayne Bay

By: Chanel Cleeton

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and presen… read more

Similar categories in Chanel Cleeton's The House on Biscayne Bay book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
"I think it did. He was quite staggered by the place. Then again, Vizcaya tends to have that effect. Is the home that grand? It Is. Vizcaya has brought the Mediterranean to Florida."

-Chanel Cleeton, The House on Biscayne Bay

"I like to think of the houses I build as having their own personalities. Oh, there's the people who are their custodians to consider, of course, a symbiosis in the relationship between the house and …"

-Chanel Cleeton, The House on Biscayne Bay

Cover of The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

17. The Cuban Heiress

By: Chanel Cleeton

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip … read more

Similar categories in Chanel Cleeton's The Cuban Heiress book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
Cover of When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky by Margaret Verble

18. When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

By: Margaret Verble

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pul… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction
Cover of A Traveller's History of the Hundred Years War in France by Michael Starks

19. A Traveller's History of the Hundred Years War in France

By: Michael Starks

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

A journey to France can be a journey through our shared history. Tragic and stirring names from the… read more

Similar categories in Michael Starks's A Traveller's History of the Hundred Years War in France book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

Cover of We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience by David Blixt

20. We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

By: David Blixt

4.14

Format: 200 pages, ebook

Plague has no favorites. In this anthology, USA Today, international bestselling, and award-winn… read more

Similar categories in David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • historical fiction
Cover of Anticipation by Melodie Winawer

21. Anticipation

By: Melodie Winawer

3.78

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From the author of the “engrossing historical epic” ( Booklist ) The Scribe of Siena comes a thrill… read more

Similar categories in Melodie Winawer's Anticipation book and David Blixt's We All Fall Down - Stories of Plague and Resilience

  • historical fiction

20 Best historical books like The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Golden Doves

Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.