20 Best historical fiction books like The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey

Cover of The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey

The Hummingbird Dagger

By: Cindy Anstey

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1833. After young Lord James Ellerby witnesses a near-fatal carriage accident on the outskirts of h…

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Cover of The Dire King (Jackaby, #4) by William  Ritter

1. The Dire King (Jackaby, #4)

By: William Ritter

4.09

Format: None pages, ebook

The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. F. Jackaby and his intrep… read more

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  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Ghostly Echoes (Jackaby, #3) by William  Ritter, Уильям Риттер

2. Ghostly Echoes (Jackaby, #3)

By: William Ritter , Уильям Риттер

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative services of her… read more

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  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

3. Beastly Bones (Jackaby, #2)

By: William Ritter

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

I've found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I've known … read more

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4. Black Dove, White Raven

By: Elizabeth Wein

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A story of survival, subterfuge, espionage, and identity. Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery… read more

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5. Jackaby (Jackaby, #1)

By: William Ritter

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Hardcover

"Miss Rook, I am not an occultist," Jackaby said. "I have a gift that allows me to see truth where … read more

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6. Untitled (Lady Helen, #3)

By: Alison Goodman

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

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7. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By: Katie Lumsden

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Cover of Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8) by C.J. Archer

8. Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8)

By: C.J. Archer

4.07

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The staff in high society households are expected to be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dinin… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2) by Tirzah Price

9. Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)

By: Tirzah Price

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Three of Jane Austen’s classic novels receive a murder mystery makeover in this romantic and thrill… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Science is not just a subject to be studied, but a way of life to be lived. —Elinor Dashwood"

-Tirzah Price, Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)

"In every mystery, there is a truth waiting to be uncovered, and it is our duty to find it. —Marianne Dashwood"

-Tirzah Price, Sense & Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery, #2)

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10. The Lady and the Highwayman (The Dread Penny Society, #1)

By: Sarah M. Eden

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls school in 1865s Victorian London. She is also a well… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch

11. Every Duke Has His Day

By: Suzanne Enoch

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Michael Blumley, Duke of Loriton (age 28), is viewed as an eccentric by his peers in the ton. He do… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Enoch's Every Duke Has His Day book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Paper Girl of Paris

By: Jordyn Taylor

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Now: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"Things never get any easier during wartime. Either the war ends or life gets worse."

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"For years, we lingered on the bank of the river, scared to dip our toes in the water - but how do you cross to the other side that way? There's only one way to do it, and we've finally figured it out…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"Here is the thing that is true about fire: it creates power, but it also creates destruction. My fire has fueled many victories, but it has destroyed what I had with the person I love most in the wor…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

Cover of Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1) by Tricia Levenseller

13. Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

By: Tricia Levenseller

3.96

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe … read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1) book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"I am more than my fear and weaknesses, but so much of the time, they're all I can think about."

-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

"One day, you’re going to fall madly in love. You’ll find someone who will make you want to leave the forge. You won't even see him coming."

-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)

Cover of Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

14. Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2)

By: Tricia Levenseller

4.04

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

In Master of Iron, the conclusion to Tricia Levenseller's exciting Bladesmith YA fantasy duology, a… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2) book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Manners and Monsters (Manners and Monsters, #1) by Tilly Wallace

15. Manners and Monsters (Manners and Monsters, #1)

By: Tilly Wallace

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay... Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helpi… read more

Similar categories in Tilly Wallace's Manners and Monsters (Manners and Monsters, #1) book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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16. Stepsister

By: Jennifer Donnelly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"You’re the worst girl I’ve ever met Isabelle,"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

"Mortals aren't born strong, they become strong."

-Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

"She was fearsome. She was strong. She was beautiful."

-Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

"Can’t you make yourself likeable? Can’t you even try?"

-Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

Cover of The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein

17. The Enigma Game

By: Elizabeth Wein

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A German soldier risks his life to drop off the sought-after Enigma Machine to British Intelligence… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Wein's The Enigma Game book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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18. Waking Romeo

By: Kathryn Barker

3.87

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking t… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"If it wasn't some Epic Love Story, then it was just a tragedy."

-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo

"I wonder what exactly happened in that additional chapter between us."

-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo

"Once you've truly seen a person ... well, unlike with time, there really is no going back."

-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo

Cover of A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

19. A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more

Similar categories in Kiyoko Murata's A Woman of Pleasure book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2) by Kiersten White

20. The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

By: Kiersten White

3.88

Format: 370 pages, ebook

The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exp… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"I am never in the dark when I am protecting you."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"You are strong. You are brave. You are quite short."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"Ah. Yes, that is the price of being clever. We win, and we hurt other people, and we always, always hurt ourselves."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

"The flock of birds always living in her chest these days had been startled. They flund themselves against the confines of her ribs, beating and flapping in a frenzy inside of her."

-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)

Cover of Hessians and Hellhounds (Manners and Monsters, #6) by Tilly Wallace

21. Hessians and Hellhounds (Manners and Monsters, #6)

By: Tilly Wallace

4.22

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Fire erases all… even the undead.... One of London’s most recognisable Afflicted is erased from … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

22. The Woods Are Always Watching

By: Stephanie Perkins

3.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A companion to There's Someone Inside Your House. Bears aren't the only predators in these woods… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Perkins's The Woods Are Always Watching book and Cindy Anstey's The Hummingbird Dagger

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Trembling, Neena repeated it until she believed it."

-Stephanie Perkins, The Woods Are Always Watching

Cover of Dearest Josephine by Caroline   George

23. Dearest Josephine

By: Caroline George

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Caroline George sweeps readers up into two different time periods with an unexpected love story tha… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Books always leave a light on."

-Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

"She was the book he couldn’t put down."

-Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

"We take from books what we bring to them."

-Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

"For a moment with you, I wait an eternity."

-Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

Cover of The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain

24. The Ladies Rewrite the Rules

By: Suzanne Allain

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England abo… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • regency
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Gossip and Gorgons (Manners and Monsters, #3) by Tilly Wallace

25. Gossip and Gorgons (Manners and Monsters, #3)

By: Tilly Wallace

4.19

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

One look could turn you to stone... The newly married Lord and Lady Wycliff are cordially invit… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

26. The Tenth Girl

By: Sara Faring

2.84

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl is a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twi… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally

27. Four Days of You and Me

By: Miranda Kenneally

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A new swoon-worthy romance following a couple's love story on the same date over four years. Ev… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Us in Ruins by Rachel   Moore

28. Us in Ruins

By: Rachel Moore

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancient—and cursed—vase, with the help of a boy… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey

29. The Hummingbird Dagger

By: Cindy Anstey

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1833. After young Lord James Ellerby witnesses a near-fatal carriage accident on the outskirts of h… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • regency
  • young adult
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Worlds Beneath (The Blood Race, #2) by K.A. Emmons

30. Worlds Beneath (The Blood Race, #2)

By: K.A. Emmons

4.24

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

I used to think that seeing was believing, but now, as I struggle to stay alive below the ravine, I… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult

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William Ritter

4.09

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William Ritter , Уильям Риттер

4.10

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The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Katie Lumsden

3.67

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Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8)

C.J. Archer

4.07

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Alexandra Bracken

4.26

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Lexi Ryan

3.92

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Lydia Gregovic

3.98

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