18 Top fiction books like The Portraitist by Susanne Dunlap

Cover of The Portraitist by Susanne Dunlap

The Portraitist

By: Susanne Dunlap

3.99

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïe Labille-Guiard's fight to take her rightful plac…

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Cover of Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) by Nathaniel Philbrick

1. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

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2. Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

By: Stephanie Storey

4.37

Format: None pages,

From 1501--1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. L… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Storey's Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

3. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more

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4. Haven

By: Emma Donoghue

3.42

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more

Similar categories in Emma Donoghue's Haven book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Fog makes an island of every man."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

Cover of Parting the Veil by Paulette Kennedy

5. Parting the Veil

By: Paulette Kennedy

3.98

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Some houses hold secrets that are meant to be kept forever… When Eliza Sullivan inherits an esta… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Kennedy's Parting the Veil book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Fossil Hunter

By: Tea Cooper

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman's determination to unravel a nineteenth-century my… read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Fossil Hunter book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

8. The Mitford Affair

By: Marie Benedict

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict—she'll have to choose: her country or her sis… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The Mitford Affair book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by Nathaniel Philbrick

9. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
Cover of Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight

10. Starring Adele Astaire

By: Eliza Knight

4.00

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns with a story full of glitz and glam as she delves… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Knight's Starring Adele Astaire book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards

11. The Thread Collectors

By: Shaunna J. Edwards

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more

Similar categories in Shaunna J. Edwards's The Thread Collectors book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."

-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors

Cover of In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore

12. In the Shadow of a Queen

By: Heather B. Moore

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Based on the true story of the free-spirited daughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Louise’s life is… read more

Similar categories in Heather B. Moore's In the Shadow of a Queen book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester

13. The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard

By: Natasha Lester

4.12

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

Three generations. One chance to prove themselves. Can the women of the Bricard fashion dynasty fin… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lester's The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki

14. The Queen's Fortune

By: Allison Pataki

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty, an… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's The Queen's Fortune book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"A crown is both a great gift and an onerous burden."

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Love is in no way essential to a successful marriage"

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Frivolity is destructive, and complacency is corrosive"

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

"Ambition is never content, even at the summit of greatness."

-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune

Cover of I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2) by Amanda Flower

15. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2)

By: Amanda Flower

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Flower's I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (An Emily Dickinson Mystery, #2) book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

16. Waiting for the Night Song

By: Julie Carrick Dalton

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A moving novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and ruptured by the high price of secret… read more

Similar categories in Julie Carrick Dalton's Waiting for the Night Song book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Mrs Van Gogh by Caroline Cauchi

17. Mrs Van Gogh

By: Caroline Cauchi

3.83

Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s been painted out of history…until now Who tells her story? In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh di… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Cauchi's Mrs Van Gogh book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Raphael, Painter in Rome by Stephanie Storey

18. Raphael, Painter in Rome

By: Stephanie Storey

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Another fabulous art history thriller by the bestselling author of Oil and Marble, featuring the ma… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Storey's Raphael, Painter in Rome book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Attribution by Linda  Moore

19. Attribution

By: Linda Moore

4.06

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Art historian Cate Adamson, still grieving the death of her brother and desperate to succeed, leave… read more

Similar categories in Linda Moore's Attribution book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Last of the Talons (Talons, #1) by Sophie Kim

20. Last of the Talons (Talons, #1)

By: Sophie Kim

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Epic Reads Pick for The 30 Must-Read YA Books for the Rest of 2022 BookRiot Pick for 12 Amazing … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kim's Last of the Talons (Talons, #1) book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • fiction
Cover of The Portraitist by Susanne Dunlap

21. The Portraitist

By: Susanne Dunlap

3.99

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Based on a true story, this is the tale of Adélaïe Labille-Guiard's fight to take her rightful plac… read more

Similar categories in Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist book and Susanne Dunlap's The Portraitist

  • historical
  • france
  • 18th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult

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Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

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Stephanie Storey

4.37

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Emma Donoghue

3.42

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Paulette Kennedy

3.98

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Sarah M. Eden

4.10

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A.L. Sowards

4.50

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Nancy Campbell Allen

4.04

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Samantha Hastings

4.06

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