8 Best historical fiction books like When The Mockingbird Sings by Katherine King

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When The Mockingbird Sings

By: Katherine King

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a young child, Mattie doesn’t realize she’s a slave until she’s plucked from the main house and …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in When The Mockingbird Sings by Katherine King , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman

1. The Plum Tree

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.13

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

A deeply moving and masterfully written story of human resilience and enduring love, The Plum Tree … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Plum Tree book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"...They were nothing but numbers to the people who had started this war."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

"When we're together," he whispered, "we'll only see each other, not the ugliness around us."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

Cover of Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough

2. Morgan's Run

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

In a story of breathtaking scope, Colleen McCullough returns to the magnificent setting of her inte… read more

Similar categories in Colleen McCullough's Morgan's Run book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of On the Island (On the Island, #1) by Tracey Garvis Graves

3. On the Island (On the Island, #1)

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his fa… read more

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"We were eating lunch when a chicken walked out of the woods. “Anna, look behind you."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"What's it like being with her? Is it true what they say about older chicks?" "She's not that much older." "Uh, okay. So anyway, how is it?" "It's incredible." "What's she do" "She does everything, Be…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the sperm bank, and she handed me one of my dad's Playboys --I had something way dirtier stashed in my…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By: Betty Smith

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty S… read more

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5. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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6. The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

3.92

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Fact, fiction, and urban legend blend in this haunting story about a young woman mistakenly impriso… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Lost Girls of Willowbrook book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Chết tiệt, động vật còn được đối xử tốt hơn cư dân ở đây"

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

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7. The Moonlight Gardening Club

By: Rosie Hannigan

4.21

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

New friends. New beginnings. Old secrets… Though they come from the same small Irish village, lo… read more

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8. Sisters Behaving Badly

By: Maddie Please

4.38

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Sisters Kitty and Jenny haven’t spoken since a very disappointing Carvery lunch. Kitty, sixty-two, … read more

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"You see, that's one of the rubbish things about being older: you're still there taking up space, needing stuff, wanting attention, but you gradually become invisible and unimportant. It's very annoyi…"

-Maddie Please, Sisters Behaving Badly

Cover of Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1) by Lisa Gardner

9. Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1)

By: Lisa Gardner

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary… read more

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Cover of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

10. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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11. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott

12. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

Similar categories in Sophfronia Scott's Wild, Beautiful, and Free book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Intangible by C.J.  Washington

13. The Intangible

By: C.J. Washington

3.77

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

C.J. Washington’s riveting debut novel dives into the raw emotions of a grieving mother whose quest… read more

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14. When The Mockingbird Sings

By: Katherine King

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a young child, Mattie doesn’t realize she’s a slave until she’s plucked from the main house and … read more

Similar categories in Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings book and Katherine King's When The Mockingbird Sings

  • historical
  • historical fiction

7 Best historical books like When The Mockingbird Sings by Katherine King

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The Plum Tree

Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.13

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Morgan's Run

Colleen McCullough

3.67

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The Orphan Collector

Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

Ellen Marie Wiseman

3.92

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20 Best fiction books like Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1) by Lisa Gardner

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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