16 must-read historical fiction books like Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story by A.M. Watson

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Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story

By: A.M. Watson

4.46

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

“[A] captivating, emotional story that speaks to the powerful will to survive.” Forward Clarion, 5 …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story by A.M. Watson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

By: Erik Larson

4.05

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more

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  • audiobook
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"

-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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2. What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1)

By: C.S. Harris

3.91

Format: 410 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The German Girl

By: Armando Lucas Correa

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunningly ambitious and beautiful debut novel, perfect for fans of Sarah's Key and All the Light… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)

By: C.J. Sansom

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)

By: C.S. Harris

4.27

Format: 260 pages,

Brighton, England, 1811. The beautiful wife of an aging Marquis is found dead in the arms of the Pr… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Silas Marner

By: George Eliot

3.68

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwa… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Love once, love always"

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings."

-George Eliot, Silas Marner

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7. Swan Song

By: Robert McCammon

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth'… read more

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  • fiction

8. Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors a… read more

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9. Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the … read more

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10. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more

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11. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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12. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more

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13. Fearless (Ben Koenig, #1)

By: M.W. Craven

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The first thrilling Ben Koenig book from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dead Ground and The… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Our Darkest Night

By: Jennifer Robson

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unfor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Facemaker

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

4.29

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. The Hanging Tree (Nicole Rayburn #1)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.35

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. An American Beauty

By: Shana Abe

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Silk Road

By: Colin Falconer

4.27

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Silk Road weaves a spellbinding tale of courage, danger and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white p…"

-Colin Falconer, Silk Road

"His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the co…"

-Colin Falconer, Silk Road

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20. Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.39

Format: 865 pages, Paperback

Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos…The king, Edw… read more

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  • audiobook
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness."

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

"I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealt…"

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

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21. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

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  • audiobook
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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22. Fever Coast

By: Colin Falconer

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping historical thriller of betrayal, retribution and the indomitable will to survive set aga… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. The First Day of Spring

By: Nancy Tucker

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"So that was all it took," I thought. "That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It seemed extravagantly cruel that there was no biological system for keeping Molly with me always, no way of carrying her around in a pouch above my pelvis like a joey."

-Nancy Tucker, The First Day of Spring

"When someone you knew died, you didn't die with them. You carried on, and you went through phases and chapters so different they felt like whole different lives, but in all of those lives the dead pe…"

-Nancy Tucker, The First Day of Spring

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24. Running With The Wind (The Mayflower Collection, #1)

By: Dionne Haynes

4.08

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Jedediah Trelawney has a secret. Revealing it could cost him his life.Jedediah Trelawney joins a sm… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide

By: Mae Bunseng Taing

4.49

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A courageous and poignant memoir of one young man’s daring escape from Cambodia’s genocidal regime … read more

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26. A Fire Sparkling

By: Julianne MacLean

4.44

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Back in my day, people met in the real world, not on their telephones."

-Julianne MacLean, A Fire Sparkling

"I wanted to believe that in the end, the universe would take care of us, and we would end up exactly where we were meant to be."

-Julianne MacLean, A Fire Sparkling

"We could all drive ourselves mad thinking about what could have been. But life happens the way it happens, and there's no point wishing the past was any different. It will always be what it was, and …"

-Julianne MacLean, A Fire Sparkling

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27. Relentless

By: Michael Maloof

4.49

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

On the eve of her five-year wedding anniversary, a devastating terrorist attack in Paris thrusts fo… read more

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28. At the King's Command (Mowbray Chronicles #1)

By: Mette Holm

3.90

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A young knight reluctant to obey. A murderer sworn to secrecy. A dangerous truth drenched in blood.… read more

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29. Lost Love's Return

By: Alfred Nicols

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Nicholas Sparks, Kristin Hannah, and Kate Quinn, comes a tale that asks one important q… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story

By: A.M. Watson

4.46

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

“[A] captivating, emotional story that speaks to the powerful will to survive.” Forward Clarion, 5 … read more

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  • historical fiction

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4.83

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2.70

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D.D. Black

4.41

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Eric P. Bishop

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