11 Top historical books like The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier

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The Rebel Nun

By: Marj Charlier

3.71

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Marj Charlier’s The Rebel Nun is based on the true story of Clotild, the daughter of a sixth-centur…

If you liked the historical plot in The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Last Queen

By: C.W. Gortner

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for cen… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. American Dervish

By: Ayad Akhtar

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interp… read more

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3. The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

By: Dava Sobel

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true stor… read more

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4. The Anchoress

By: Robyn Cadwallader

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

England, 1255. What could drive a girl on the cusp of womanhood to lock herself away from the world… read more

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5. And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life

By: None

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts… read more

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6. The Far Pavilions

By: M.M. Kaye

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavil… read more

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7. Two Nights

By: Kathy Reichs

3.51

Format: 383 pages,

Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct... Sunnie h… read more

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8. The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel

By: Molly Greeley

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

For everyone who loved Pride and Prejudice—and legions of historical fiction lovers—an inspired deb… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sometimes I have moments of pure astonishment when I realize that William, it seems, is very sure that he knows all of me. He believes that I am the person he sits across from at dinner every evening…"

-Molly Greeley, The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel

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9. Indian Burial Ground

By: Nick Medina

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more

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  • fiction
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"

-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground

Cover of Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine Coldstream

10. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

By: Catherine Coldstream

3.71

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more

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  • religion
  • audiobook
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11. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein

By: Anne Eekhout

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel of innocence, young love, and gothic mystery that is a sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley’… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. The Boneless Mercies

By: April Genevieve Tucholke

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies—girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and me… read more

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  • fiction
"To all those who seek glory"

-April Genevieve Tucholke, The Boneless Mercies

"I was a Mercy-girl with no family, no home, no fortune, and yet my blood sang a song of glory."

-April Genevieve Tucholke, The Boneless Mercies

"Juniper said the gods like to humble people who dream big dreams. But the gods had never done much for me, and I wasn't afraid of them."

-April Genevieve Tucholke, The Boneless Mercies

"I wanted to change my fate, to force it down another road. I wanted to stand in the river of time and make it flow a different direction, if just for a little while."

-April Genevieve Tucholke, The Boneless Mercies

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14. The Last Tiara

By: M.J. Rose

4.08

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller M.J. Rose comes a provocative and moving sto… read more

Similar categories in M.J. Rose's The Last Tiara book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Snow Hare

By: Paula Lichtarowicz

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestse… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Disappointment is a land to which women journey, my dear."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"I was the told it's the blackest clouds you want to keep an eye on."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"Is it better to love or be loved, do you think?" "It's easier to be loved," Ala says, "but better to try to have both."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"If you embrace all the suffering that life hands out it’s too much to bear. If you refuse to embrace it, what kind of person does it make you?"

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

Cover of Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

16. Eyeliner: A Cultural History

By: Zahra Hankir

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more

Similar categories in Zahra Hankir's Eyeliner: A Cultural History book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • cultural
  • feminism
  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secrets of Thistle Cottage by Kerry  Barrett

17. The Secrets of Thistle Cottage

By: Kerry Barrett

4.11

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The truth can be dangerous in the wrong hands… 1661, North Berwick One stormy night, healer Honor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living by Robert A.  Jensen

18. Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living

By: Robert A. Jensen

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The owner of the world's leading disaster management company chronicles the unseen world behind the… read more

Similar categories in Robert A. Jensen's Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • audiobook
Cover of Find Me in Havana by Serena  Burdick

19. Find Me in Havana

By: Serena Burdick

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES, a new historical novel based on the dazzlin… read more

Similar categories in Serena Burdick's Find Me in Havana book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When I returned home, my father sat me down and said that family is not a choice. They are our bones and our blood, our past and our future. 'It's not always good,' he told me, 'but it's always impor…"

-Serena Burdick, Find Me in Havana

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20. The Chatelaine

By: Kate Heartfield

3.74

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel Hell is empty and all the devils are here. The Chat… read more

Similar categories in Kate Heartfield's The Chatelaine book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier

21. The Rebel Nun

By: Marj Charlier

3.71

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Marj Charlier’s The Rebel Nun is based on the true story of Clotild, the daughter of a sixth-centur… read more

Similar categories in Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun book and Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun

  • cultural
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • feminism
  • religion
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook

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