10 must-read historical books like Imagine That by Mark Fins

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Imagine That

By: Mark Fins

4.21

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The World of Mark Leonard Big-hearted, eight-year-old Mark Leonard lives on the brink of two worlds…

If you liked the historical plot in Imagine That by Mark Fins , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. A Separate Peace

By: John Knowles

3.97

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peaceis timeless in its … read more

Similar categories in John Knowles's A Separate Peace book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

3.87

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I was quiet, but I was not blind."

-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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3. Run

By: Ann Patchett

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexis… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Run book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • literary fiction
  • fiction

4. The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11)

By: Louise Penny

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to w… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11) book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

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5. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

By: Ellen Baker

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigeneratio… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Baker's The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Lioness

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting … read more

Similar categories in Chris Bohjalian's The Lioness book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We all look forward, but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday."

-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness

"Too often you couldn't mine the recollections that might keep you sane, but instead held close the memories that someday would kill you."

-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness

"We all look forward- at least, I suppose, until you get to be my age - but how we see tomorrow is grounded so deeply in what we lived through just yesterday. And it was only yesterday, wasn't it? Was…"

-Chris Bohjalian, The Lioness

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7. Great Circle

By: Maggie Shipstead

4.11

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780525656975 can be found here. Spanning Prohibition-era M… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Numbness is not an absence of feeling but a felt absence."

-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

"Abandonment stings, even when it means freedom. [Hadley Baxter]"

-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

"You don't just love a person, you love a vision of your life with them."

-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

"We must bend in the wind sometimes.... So much is beyond our control. [Mrs. Fahey]"

-Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

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8. Banyan Moon

By: Thao Thai

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more

Similar categories in Thao Thai's Banyan Moon book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

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9. The Tobacco Wives

By: Adele Myers

3.81

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more

Similar categories in Adele Myers's The Tobacco Wives book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family #3)

By: Chanel Cleeton

4.10

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels… read more

Similar categories in Chanel Cleeton's The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family #3) book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

By: Annejet van der Zijl

3.73

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a girl from the wilderness settlements of a burgeoning new America who became one… read more

Similar categories in Annejet van der Zijl's An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • historical
"If you no longer had a future, what else is there left but dreams of the past?"

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

"If there was one thing that was truly American, it was the belief that it was always possible to start again."

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

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12. The Family

By: Naomi Krupitsky

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of an American Elena Ferrante, a captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Krupitsky's The Family book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Imagine That by Mark Fins

13. Imagine That

By: Mark Fins

4.21

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The World of Mark Leonard Big-hearted, eight-year-old Mark Leonard lives on the brink of two worlds… read more

Similar categories in Mark Fins's Imagine That book and Mark Fins's Imagine That

  • literary fiction
  • inspirational
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • family

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