7 Top historical books like Thorn Tree by Max Ludington

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Thorn Tree

By: Max Ludington

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Terrifically vivid...Remarkable." --The New York Times Book Review: A beautifully wrought novel on…

If you liked the historical plot in Thorn Tree by Max Ludington , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
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2. The Limits

By: Nell Freudenberger

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more

Similar categories in Nell Freudenberger's The Limits book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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3. 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 Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Blue Ruin

By: Hari Kunzru

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more

Similar categories in Hari Kunzru's Blue Ruin book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • art
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. We Burn Daylight

By: Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more

Similar categories in Bret Anthony Johnston's We Burn Daylight book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. You Know What You Did

By: K.T. Nguyen

3.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

EDITORIAL REVIEWS A People Magazine Best Book of April 2024 | “The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction … read more

Similar categories in K.T. Nguyen's You Know What You Did book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
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7. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • art
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Knife River

By: Justine Champine

3.50

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

When Jess was thirteen her mother went for a walk and never returned. Jess and her older sister Liz… read more

Similar categories in Justine Champine's Knife River book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. Off the Air

By: Christina Estes

3.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introdu… read more

Similar categories in Christina Estes's Off the Air book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
"My serial killer radar starts screaming."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"His eyes conduct a polygraph of my face."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Might I interest you in murder and a meal?"

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Attention is the drug of choice in local news."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

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10. Ladykiller

By: Katherine Wood

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When an heiress goes missing, her best friend races to unravel the secrets behind her disappearance… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Wood's Ladykiller book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
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11. Love You, Mean It

By: Jilly Gagnon

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A playful romantic comedy featuring dueling delis, fake dating, a shockingly awesome ex, and just t… read more

Similar categories in Jilly Gagnon's Love You, Mean It book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
Cover of Godwin by Joseph O'Neill

12. Godwin

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more

Similar categories in Joseph O'Neill's Godwin book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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13. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Like Mother, Like Mother

By: Susan Rieger

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secr… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rieger's Like Mother, Like Mother book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) by Bruce Borgos

15. Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenge… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
Cover of Thorn Tree by Max Ludington

16. Thorn Tree

By: Max Ludington

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Terrifically vivid...Remarkable." --The New York Times Book Review: A beautifully wrought novel on… read more

Similar categories in Max Ludington's Thorn Tree book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • art
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The World After Alice

By: Lauren Aliza Green

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Seating Arrangements and The Most Fun We Ever Had, a gorgeous and gripping story of … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Aliza Green's The World After Alice book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

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

18. 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 Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • fiction
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19. Agony Hill

By: Sarah Stewart Taylor

3.94

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical serie… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stewart Taylor's Agony Hill book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Shred Sisters

By: Betsy Lerner

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sister… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Lerner's Shred Sisters book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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21. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Max Ludington's Thorn Tree

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

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Jamie Day

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Nell Freudenberger

3.35

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Taylor Brown

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Hari Kunzru

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Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Catherine Newman

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