9 Top historical fiction books like When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins

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When Franny Stands Up

By: Eden Robins

3.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Nothing is more dangerous than a woman with a showstopping joke. Franny Steinberg knows there's …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By: Shauna Robinson

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Ban… read more

Similar categories in Shauna Robinson's The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • humor
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Mr. & Mrs. American Pie

By: Juliet McDaniel

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The year is 1969. Dick Nixon was just sworn in as the thirty-seventh President of the United States… read more

Similar categories in Juliet McDaniel's Mr. & Mrs. American Pie book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • historical
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Come and Get It

By: Kiley Reid

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more

Similar categories in Kiley Reid's Come and Get It book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

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4. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • humor
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Kissing Kosher

By: Jean Meltzer

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don’t fall in love… Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Kissing Kosher book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Matchmaker's Gift

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

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7. Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

By: Phoebe Robinson

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Robinson's latest essay collection is a call to arms. She tackles a wide range of topics, such as g… read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Robinson's Everything's Trash, But It's Okay book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For some women, the mere thought of a dong makes their vajeens let out the driest of coughs."

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"It was so hot that I get why the devil leaves hell to take an Airbnb vacation to the polar ice caps and melts them because he's mad at living in such a hot-ass home."

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"Not to get all Game of Thrones on ya, but you can call me Phoebe of the House Robinson, First of Her Name, the Blerd, Drinker of Rose and Also Chardonnay when Rose Is Not An Option, Khaleesi of Ignor…"

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

"...women are conditioned to waste hours, days, weeks, months (although, truth be told, it's most likely years) doubting, undermining, and ultimately hating parts, if not all, of themselves based sole…"

-Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

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8. All You Have to Do Is Call

By: Kerri Maher

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women w… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Maher's All You Have to Do Is Call book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I wish you could understand what it's like to have to stop doing something you love, something important , just because your body is made to carry children. No one else can do this for me...."

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

"No matter what you want to call it," Veronica said, steering clear of words like cells and fetus that might further inflame Patty, "it resides inside a fully grown woman with a life to lead. Jane hel…"

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

"[She] hadn't given a lot of thought to the many reasons why women needed abortions, but there was such a wide range: maternal health, money, rape and incest, shocking cluelessness about how pregnancy…"

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

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9. Pelican Girls

By: Julia Malye

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Malye's Pelican Girls book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Museum of Human History

By: Rebekah Bergman

3.50

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Complex, philosophically searching, and gorgeously rendered, Rebekah Bergman’s The Museum of Human … read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Bergman's The Museum of Human History book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Possible World

By: Liese O'Halloran Schwarz

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing, deeply moving novel about the converging lives of a young boy who witnesses a bruta… read more

Similar categories in Liese O'Halloran Schwarz's The Possible World book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Principles of (E)motion

By: Sara Read

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A brilliant mind needs a strong heart. Mathematical genius Dr. Meg Brightwood has just completed… read more

Similar categories in Sara Read's Principles of (E)motion book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Daughters of the New Year

By: E.M. Tran

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A captivating debut novel that moves backwards in time to trace five generations of Vietnamese moth… read more

Similar categories in E.M. Tran's Daughters of the New Year book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

By: Sara Glass

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more

Similar categories in Sara Glass's Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
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15. Doxology

By: Nell Zink

3.45

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape toge… read more

Similar categories in Nell Zink's Doxology book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The War of the Givens (The Silvers, #3)

By: Daniel Price

4.49

Format: 784 pages, Paperback

X-Men meets Blake Crouch in the addictive, explosive conclusion to Daniel Price's genre-bending Sil… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Price's The War of the Givens (The Silvers, #3) book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of When Franny Stands Up by Eden  Robins

17. When Franny Stands Up

By: Eden Robins

3.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Nothing is more dangerous than a woman with a showstopping joke. Franny Steinberg knows there's … read more

Similar categories in Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Double-Decker Dreams

By: Lindsay MacMillan

2.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Josie Silver and Sophie Cousens, bestselling author Lindsay MacMillan gives us … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay MacMillan's Double-Decker Dreams book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Last Light Over Oslo

By: Alix Rickloff

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, based on true events, which follows o… read more

Similar categories in Alix Rickloff's The Last Light Over Oslo book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. There's Nothing Wrong with Her

By: Kate Weinberg

3.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A crackling, tender, and perfectly off-kilter novel about love, madness, illness, and recovery.Vita… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weinberg's There's Nothing Wrong with Her book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Magical Meet Cute

By: Jean Meltzer

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also us… read more

Similar categories in Jean Meltzer's Magical Meet Cute book and Eden Robins's When Franny Stands Up

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

19 Top fiction books like When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins

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Shauna Robinson

3.75

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Juliet McDaniel

3.89

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Kiley Reid

3.38

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Help Wanted

Adelle Waldman

3.62

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15 Top fiction books like Pelican Girls by Julia Malye

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Michael McDowell

3.92

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

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Marion Fayolle

3.83

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Édouard Louis

4.20

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