6 must-read historical fiction books like The Lessons by John Purcell

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The Lessons

By: John Purcell

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your first love was your one and only chance of happiness? In our lives, some promises are …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Lessons by John Purcell , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
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3. 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 John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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4. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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5. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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6. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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7. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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8. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's No Hard Feelings book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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9. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

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10. The Alternatives

By: Caoilinn Hughes

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for ou… read more

Similar categories in Caoilinn Hughes's The Alternatives book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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11. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
Cover of Something Bad is Going to Happen by Jessie Stephens

12. Something Bad is Going to Happen

By: Jessie Stephens

3.86

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric un… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Something Bad is Going to Happen book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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13. 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 John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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14. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

Similar categories in Alli Parker's At the Foot of the Cherry Tree book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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15. The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

3.48

Format: None pages, ebook

'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhe… read more

Similar categories in Nina Wan's The Albatross book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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16. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Marshmallow book and John Purcell's The Lessons

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17. The Beauties

By: Lauren Chater

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

An incomparable beauty. A promise to a king. A portrait that can never be completed. When Emilia… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Chater's The Beauties book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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18. The Lessons

By: John Purcell

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your first love was your one and only chance of happiness? In our lives, some promises are … read more

Similar categories in John Purcell's The Lessons book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • coming of age
  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
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19. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's 17 Years Later book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook
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20. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Ledge book and John Purcell's The Lessons

  • audiobook

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