10 Best historical books like Come to the Window by Howard Norman

Cover of Come to the Window by Howard Norman

Come to the Window

By: Howard Norman

3.71

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A drama of murder, love, and redemption set in Nova Scotia in the final year of World War I. It’s …

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Cover of Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) by Colm Tóibín

1. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

2. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • fiction
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

Cover of Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

3. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

4. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • fiction
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Cover of Rednecks by Taylor  Brown

5. Rednecks

By: Taylor Brown

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Brown's Rednecks book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

6. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

By: Briony Cameron

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one o… read more

Similar categories in Briony Cameron's The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

7. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

8. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Playground by Richard Powers

9. Playground

By: Richard Powers

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more

Similar categories in Richard Powers's Playground book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • fiction
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

10. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

Cover of Come to the Window by Howard Norman

11. Come to the Window

By: Howard Norman

3.71

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A drama of murder, love, and redemption set in Nova Scotia in the final year of World War I. It’s … read more

Similar categories in Howard Norman's Come to the Window book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical mystery
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Mesmerist by Caroline  Woods

12. The Mesmerist

By: Caroline Woods

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial cr… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Woods's The Mesmerist book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) by Tom   Mead

13. Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3)

By: Tom Mead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This latest puzzle mystery from the author of Death and the Conjuror and The Murder Wheel takes sta… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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14. Wordhunter

By: Stella Sands

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ab… read more

Similar categories in Stella Sands's Wordhunter book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) by Jean Hanff Korelitz

15. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

16. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

Similar categories in Evan Friss's The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

17. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
Cover of The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames

18. The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

By: Juliet Grames

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

One unidentified skeleton. Three missing men. A village full of secrets. The bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Juliet Grames's The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Devil Raises His Own by Scott Phillips

19. The Devil Raises His Own

By: Scott Phillips

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bill Ogden, icon of the West, is back in this new crime saga set in the early days of the film indu… read more

Similar categories in Scott Phillips's The Devil Raises His Own book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania by Kathryn  Hughes

20. Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania

By: Kathryn Hughes

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pe… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Hughes's Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

Cover of The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

21. The Mighty Red

By: Louise Erdrich

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells … read more

Similar categories in Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red book and Howard Norman's Come to the Window

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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