9 must-read historical fiction books like Arrested Song by Irena Karafilly

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Arrested Song

By: Irena Karafilly

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Calliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of M…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Arrested Song by Irena Karafilly , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of About Face (Commissario Brunetti, #18) by Donna Leon

1. About Face (Commissario Brunetti, #18)

By: Donna Leon

3.70

Format: None pages,

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2. Il sorriso di Angelica (Commissario Montalbano, #17)

By: Andrea Camilleri

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Una banda di ladri ripulisce gli appartamenti di alcuni facoltosi professionisti di Vigata. Le moda… read more

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3. A Question of Belief (Commissario Brunetti, #19)

By: Donna Leon

4.15

Format: None pages,

Donna Leon's best-selling series featuring the principled, warmhearted Venetian Commissario Guido B… read more

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4. The Book of Fire

By: Christy Lefteri

3.83

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches ch… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

By: Ana Johns

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Worry gives a small thing big shadows."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"What is truth but a story we tell ourselves?"

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

"Anger rips free from a tongue too often silenced."

-Ana Johns, The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

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6. A Parthenon on our Roof: Adventures of an Anglo-Greek marriage

By: Peter Barber

4.41

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In A Parthenon On Our Roof, we meet Alexandra, a product of Greek Fire. Born into the cradle of civ… read more

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7. The London Bookshop Affair

By: Louise Fein

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bo… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. A Beautiful Spy

By: Rachel Hore

3.66

Format: 400 pages, ebook

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraor… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Coordinates of Loss

By: Amanda Prowse

4.28

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Amanda Prowse comes a tale of a blissful life, a happy marriage, a beloved … read more

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  • fiction
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11. A Sicilian Affair

By: Susan Lewis

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Catie returns home from a stint in prison desperate for a fresh start. But her empty house, the sec… read more

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  • fiction
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12. The Botanist's Daughter

By: Kayte Nunn

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the 2020 Winston Graham Historical Fiction Prize Discovery. Desire. Deception. A wondr… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You just have to keep walking through the fire. And then you'll bloom."

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"The truth had been hiding in plain sight: a margeurite was a type of daisy."

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers. - Sonnet XVII, Pablo Neruda "

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

"Elizabeth had lent her an aquamarine dress, originally made for Georgiana, with elbow-length sleeves and intricate embroidery of butterflies and bees. It set Daisy's red hair ablaze. 'Fire on water,'…"

-Kayte Nunn, The Botanist's Daughter

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13. Winter People

By: Gráinne Murphy

4.10

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Sis Cotter has lived her whole life in a small house by her beloved beach. Here, she grew up, reare… read more

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  • fiction
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14. One Last Letter from Greece

By: Emma Cowell

4.23

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

Will walking in her mother’s footsteps help Sophie discover who she was meant to be all along…? … read more

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  • fiction
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15. The Promise of Rain

By: Vasundra Tailor

4.13

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

A treasured necklace that could unlock a family mystery. But why has it been hidden away for sixty … read more

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  • fiction
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16. The House in the Olive Grove

By: Emma Cowell

4.18

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

Will one week in Greece change their lives for ever? Chef Maria is running a successful cookery sch… read more

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  • fiction
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17. An Island Promise

By: Patricia M Wilson

4.41

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

I'll begin with the war, when everything changed for us. In 1943, our comfortable family life came … read more

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18. The Riviera House Swap

By: Gillian Harvey

3.97

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you swap houses with a stranger? Nina has always played it safe. But when her divorce papers … read more

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19. The Summer of Secrets

By: Patricia M Wilson

4.20

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

In this emotional novel based on Greece's real history we follow three generations of one family, b… read more

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20. The Collaborator’s Daughter

By: Eva Glyn

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1944 in war-torn Dubrovnik Branko Milisic holds his newborn daughter Safranka and wishes her a b… read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. Greek Island Friendships

By: Ian Wilfred

4.46

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

GREEK ISLAND FRIENDSHIPS is an uplifting feel-good story of family, friendships and new beginnings.… read more

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22. The Cuillin Dead (The Misty Isle, #4)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is full of choices. Death... is chosen for you...When the body of a missing tourist is discove… read more

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  • fiction
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23. A Piano Bar in Crete: The perfect summer feel-good read

By: Richard Clark

4.38

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant, heart- warming novel of loss, love and renewal. The fifth novel from the award-winni… read more

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24. The Crete Walking Society: A feel-good summer escape to Greece

By: Richard Clark

4.34

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A moving and poignant read for the times we live in.The fourth novel from the award-winning No.1 be… read more

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25. The Forgotten Song: A feel-good summer escape to Greece

By: Richard Clark

4.39

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

When Phoebe's world falls apart, can a visit to the island of her father's birth hold the key to he… read more

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26. Arrested Song

By: Irena Karafilly

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Calliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of M… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Death's Justice (DS Tomek Bowen #1) by Jack Probyn

27. Death's Justice (DS Tomek Bowen #1)

By: Jack Probyn

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Southend-on-Sea, Detective Sergeant Tomek Bowen — driven, dogged, and haunted by the death of his … read more

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  • fiction
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28. Return to Turtle Beach

By: Richard Clark

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Forced to leave Crete as a child, can a family tragedy help Popi rediscover happiness on the island… read more

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29. Last Night at Villa Lucia

By: Simon McCleave

4.24

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Amazon #1 bestselling author A murdered guest. A villa full of secrets. One night that … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Vineyard in Crete: A perfect holiday feel-good read of love, family and forgiveness by Richard Clark

30. The Vineyard in Crete: A perfect holiday feel-good read of love, family and forgiveness

By: Richard Clark

4.60

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth novel from the award-winning bestselling writer Richard Clark.A heartwarming story of lov… read more

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31. The Figurine

By: Victoria Hislop

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

18 must-read fiction books like Arrested Song by Irena Karafilly

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About Face (Commissario Brunetti, #18)

Donna Leon

3.70

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The Book of Fire

Christy Lefteri

3.83

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The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

Ana Johns

4.27

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The London Bookshop Affair

Louise Fein

3.78

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Death of a Temptress (DS Dave Slater, #1)

P.F. Ford

4.25

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Taken to the Hills (Luke Sackville Crime Thrillers Book 1)

S J Richards

4.27

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Anglesey Blue (DI Tudor Manx #1)

Dylan H. Jones

4.10

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Creepy Crawly (DI Jake Sawyer, #1)

Andrew Lowe

4.29

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