21 Top fiction books like The Grand Illusion by Syd Moore

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The Grand Illusion

By: Syd Moore

3.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Historical fiction inspired by the War Office response to the Nazi obsession with the occult Step …

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Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

1. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
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2. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Enlightenment book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

Cover of Killing Time (The Time Police, #5) by Jodi Taylor

6. Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.56

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night... Two members of Team 236 are trapped on… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's Killing Time (The Time Police, #5) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more

Similar categories in Jo Callaghan's Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
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8. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

By: Lizzie Pook

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Pook's Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Library Thief

By: Kuchenga Shenjé

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England a… read more

Similar categories in Kuchenga Shenjé's The Library Thief book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Strákar sem meiða

By: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

4.09

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Maður finnst myrtur í sumarbústað í Skorradal. Á veggnum fyrir ofan hann hafa verið skilin eftir bl… read more

Similar categories in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's Strákar sem meiða book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
Cover of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre

11. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cracked Mirror book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
Cover of The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) by Bridget Walsh

12. The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

By: Bridget Walsh

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The first in a sharp, witty series of Victorian mystery novels, The Tumbling Girl sees an unlikely … read more

Similar categories in Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Innocents (Variety Palace Mysteries, #2) by Bridget Walsh

14. The Innocents (Variety Palace Mysteries, #2)

By: Bridget Walsh

4.27

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The hotly anticipated follow-up to  T he Tumbling Girl , The Innocents follows Minnie and Albert on… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Walsh's The Innocents (Variety Palace Mysteries, #2) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3) by Jackson Ford

15. Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3)

By: Jackson Ford

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Teagan Frost might be getting better at moving sh*t with her mind – but her job working as a teleki… read more

Similar categories in Jackson Ford's Eye of the Sh*t Storm (The Frost Files, #3) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
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16. The Man in Black: Stories

By: Elly Griffiths

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This bumper collection of short stories by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Man in Black: Stories book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

17. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Grand Illusion by Syd Moore

18. The Grand Illusion

By: Syd Moore

3.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Historical fiction inspired by the War Office response to the Nazi obsession with the occult Step … read more

Similar categories in Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • fiction
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20. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1) by Alan             Moore

21. The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)

By: Alan Moore

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in … read more

Similar categories in Alan Moore's The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1) book and Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Stacey Halls

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Robert Thorogood

3.92

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Harlan Coben

4.34

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