5 best-selling historical fiction books like Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field

Cover of Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field

Time Out of Mind

By: Rachel Field

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of t…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

1. Coming Home

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanni… read more

Similar categories in Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1) by Katherine Reay

2. The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

By: Katherine Reay

3.98

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Love, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshop One of Madeline Cullen’s… read more

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  • fiction
"Blood might be thicker than water, but both were thinner than money"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"That's what books do, Maddie used to say; they are a conversation, and introduce us to ourselves and others."

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"But it's not the same - I know. Family means more. You can miss your family so much you have to look down to see your chest rise and fall, to confirm that it hasn't been cut open and you're not bleed…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"I have no way to tell him of the cacophonous emotions jangling within me - to feel wired for others yet irrelevant; to need community but equally to be unable to find one; that cleaning, cooking, and…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

Cover of The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

3. The Nature of Fragile Things

By: Susan Meissner

4.26

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's The Nature of Fragile Things book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is the nature of the earth to shift. It is the nature of fragile things to break. It is the nature of fire to burn."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

"I don't think love is something you can start and stop by choosing. Our hearts tell us who we will love, and not the other way."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

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4. The Lions of Fifth Avenue

By: Fiona Davis

3.90

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roi… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Lions of Fifth Avenue book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Leave it to a librarian to point out the alliteration in my life’s tragedies."

-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue

"History is made by people in power making decisions, and their notes and writings reveal the decision-making process."

-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue

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5. Hell of a Book

By: Jason Mott

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

In Hell of a Book, an African-American author sets out on a cross-country book tour to promote his … read more

Similar categories in Jason Mott's Hell of a Book book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
"Because God needs the little people more than he needs anyone"

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"The modern author is only as important as their search results."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"From his perspective, Daddy Henry was a nice enough collection of wrinkles."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

"I know all the smells: humidity, pine trees, thinly veiled racism. It’s what home feels like for me."

-Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

Cover of Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French

6. Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

By: Erin French

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining … read more

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"I always knew food held this kind of power, this something so simple as a piece of flaky halibut served with a silky puree of parsnips, lightly dressed leaves of arugula, a squeeze of lemon and a spi…"

-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

"For me, food wasn't a competition about who could make the best dish. It's greatest power was to make taste and turn it into a long lasting memory. As a girl, I had learned from my father that good f…"

-Erin French, Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

Cover of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) by Kim Michele Richardson

7. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

By: Kim Michele Richardson

4.22

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition for ISBN 978-1492671527 can be found here. In 1936, tucked deep into … read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What I wanted most was to be okay as a Blue. I never understood why other people thought my color, any color, needed fixing."

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

"Well, them cloths are a lot like folks. Ain't much difference at all. Some of us is more spiffed up than others, some stiffer, and still, some softer. There's the colorful and dull, ugly and pretty, …"

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

"There's nothing wrong with your color, being you," he said firmly. "Nothing wrong with what the good Lord gives us in His world, Cussy Mary." He didn't know, couldn't know, the load I'd carried as a …"

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

Cover of Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field

8. Time Out of Mind

By: Rachel Field

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of t… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind book and Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Field House: A Writer's Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine by Robin Clifford Wood

9. The Field House: A Writer's Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine

By: Robin Clifford Wood

4.15

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Born of illustrious New England stock, Rachel Field was a National Book Award–winning novelist, a N… read more

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7 best-selling fiction books like Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field

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Coming Home

Rosamunde Pilcher

3.47

Transform Your Habits

The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

Katherine Reay

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Nature of Fragile Things

Susan Meissner

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Fiona Davis

3.90

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21 Best fiction books like The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1) by Katherine Reay

Transform Your Habits

Dear Henry, Love Edith

Becca Kinzer

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

Katherine Reay

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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