8 best-selling historical books like The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones

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The Boy With Blue Trousers

By: Carol Jones

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

On the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls are trying to escape their pa…

If you liked the historical plot in The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) by Kate Mosse

1. Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)

By: Kate Mosse

3.62

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles i… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mosse's Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. The Midnight Rose

By: Lucinda Riley

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rosesweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharaj… read more

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3. Wimmera

By: Mark Brandi

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In the long, hot summer of 1989, Ben and Fab are best friends. Growing up in a small country town, … read more

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4. They Came On Viking Ships

By: Jackie French

3.50

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

In this story we follow Hekja as she sails the high seas, discovers love and family and finally fin… read more

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5. The Ludlow Ladies' Society

By: Ann O'Loughlin

4.18

Format: 411 pages,

From the bestselling author of The Ballroom Cafe and The Judge's Wifecomes a new story of friendshi… read more

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6. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • australia
  • fiction
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7. Songbirds

By: Christy Lefteri

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more

Similar categories in Christy Lefteri's Songbirds book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

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8. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • fiction
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9. A Single Thread

By: Tracy Chevalier

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's A Single Thread book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is perhaps difficult to understand if you have not had children yourself. The biological imperative of the parent is to protect the child, and when that is impossible it feels like a failure, what…"

-Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

Cover of The King's Jewel by Elizabeth Chadwick

10. The King's Jewel

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.39

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth is destroye… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Chadwick's The King's Jewel book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He needed to feel God in the great sweep of nature unfettered by the cathedral's solid walls, and he wanted to share it with his wife and make her understand his love for Wales."

-Elizabeth Chadwick, The King's Jewel

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11. Isaac and the Egg

By: Bobby Palmer

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this bestselling modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about… read more

Similar categories in Bobby Palmer's Isaac and the Egg book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • fiction
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12. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • fiction
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13. Cecily

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's Cecily book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Model Wife

By: Tricia Stringer

3.92

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Even a good woman can be pushed too far...From bestselling author Tricia Stringer, this beautifully… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Stringer's The Model Wife book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • fiction
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15. Secret Sparrow

By: Jackie French

4.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of women who fought during WW1, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Secret Sparrow book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Gulliver's Wife

By: Lauren Chater

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Birth. Death. Wonder … One woman’s journey to the edge of love and loyalty from the bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Chater's Gulliver's Wife book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar

18. Wolfe Island

By: Lucy Treloar

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

For years Kitty Hawke has lived alone on Wolfe Island, witness to the island’s erosion and clinging… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Treloar's Wolfe Island book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of Death and Other Happy Endings by Melanie Cantor

19. Death and Other Happy Endings

By: Melanie Cantor

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There's nothing like being told that in three months you'll be dead to make you think about what yo… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Cantor's Death and Other Happy Endings book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • fiction
"Why is it that when you're expecting something to happen it never does and when it's the last thing on your mind, that's when it happens?"

-Melanie Cantor, Death and Other Happy Endings

Cover of Sixteen Horses (Dr. Cooper Allen, #1) by Greg  Buchanan

20. Sixteen Horses (Dr. Cooper Allen, #1)

By: Greg Buchanan

3.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, Sixteen Horses is a story of enduring g… read more

Similar categories in Greg Buchanan's Sixteen Horses (Dr. Cooper Allen, #1) book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol    Jones

21. The Boy With Blue Trousers

By: Carol Jones

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

On the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls are trying to escape their pa… read more

Similar categories in Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers book and Carol Jones's The Boy With Blue Trousers

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • australia
  • china

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David Nicholls

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