18 best-selling historical fiction books like The Pomegranate by S.J. Schwaidelson

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The Pomegranate

By: S.J. Schwaidelson

4.63

Format: 698 pages, Kindle Edition

"I do not talk to dirty boys." The girl was defiant, her dress dusty, her scarf askew; tendrils of…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Pomegranate by S.J. Schwaidelson , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim

1. The Calligrapher's Daughter

By: Eugenia Kim

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping debut novel, inspired by the life of the author’s mother, about a young woman who dares … read more

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  • historical fiction
"It was pointless to worry about problems I didn't yet have."

-Eugenia Kim, The Calligrapher's Daughter

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2. Dragon Springs Road

By: Janie Chang

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Three Soulscomes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th cen… read more

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  • historical fiction
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3. Longbourn

By: Jo Baker

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

• Pride and Prejudice was only half the story •   If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own pe… read more

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  • historical fiction
"...too much time spent with books had not fitted her to be easy with herself, and other people."

-Jo Baker, Longbourn

"Life was, Mrs. Hill had come to understand, a trial by endurance, which everybody, eventually, failed."

-Jo Baker, Longbourn

"Things could change so entirely, in a heartbeat; the world could be made entirely anew, because someone was kind."

-Jo Baker, Longbourn

"If Elizabeth had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she'd most likely be a sight more careful with them."

-Jo Baker, Longbourn

4. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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5. The Seamstress of New Orleans

By: Diane C. McPhail

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the a… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Now, do you want a poppy?"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Isn’t that momentous? Women! A krewe of women. Turning the tide on men! We are making history here. Yes, this moment! Making history."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"She picked up the wide sleeve and studied the beading: imitation pearls and small rhinestones interspersed with a few of glistening colors: watery blue and aqua, palest rose and coral."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Beauty had emerged from her mother’s fingertips, her nimble use of needle and bright-colored thread. Beauty had lain in what sort of stitch could marry two scraps on a quilt and what other stitch mir…"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

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6. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Dollar Princess by Linda Bennett Pennell

7. The Last Dollar Princess

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they ki… read more

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  • historical fiction
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8. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

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  • historical fiction
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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9. American Gilt: Début

By: J.D. Peterson

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

ALSO AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & KOBO! “American Gilt – Début” (Vol 1) "This was the best gilded ag… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mystery of Julia Episcopa (The Vatican Chronicles #1) by John I. Rigoli

10. The Mystery of Julia Episcopa (The Vatican Chronicles #1)

By: John I. Rigoli

4.30

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

In ancient Rome, a woman flees for her life. Her enemies are those she once called 'brother'. Hidde… read more

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  • historical fiction
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11. The Good Wife of Bath

By: Karen Brooks

4.20

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary cla… read more

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  • historical fiction
"I've always said, never trust a person without brows, a maxim that has proven true on more than one occasion."

-Karen Brooks, The Good Wife of Bath

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12. The King's Jewel

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.39

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth is destroye… read more

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  • historical fiction
"He needed to feel God in the great sweep of nature unfettered by the cathedral's solid walls, and he wanted to share it with his wife and make her understand his love for Wales."

-Elizabeth Chadwick, The King's Jewel

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13. American Gilt: Absinthe

By: J.D. Peterson

4.13

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, January 1883 – The new year finds Oliver and Sara celebrating their recent marriage. After t… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

14. A Well-Behaved Woman

By: Therese Anne Fowler

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A novel of a family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, In 1883, the New York Times prints a leng… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Yet she understood a truth she could never say aloud: this ideal life was still deficient. She was not wholly content. Perhaps she should be, but contentment, she had learned, lay beyond money's cons…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

"Alva did suffer when the next wave came, and again and again and again, but a short while later she brought into the Vanderbilt family a girl with tufts of dark hair and wide eyes and the sweetest li…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

"Consuelo was correct: marrying for money alone was not ideal. Alva hoped for status, too - though not for the reasons her mother had sought it, self-importance and admiration. Status gave a woman mor…"

-Therese Anne Fowler, A Well-Behaved Woman

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15. When the World Goes Quiet

By: Gian Sardar

4.32

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a po… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3) by Deborah Swift

16. The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3)

By: Deborah Swift

4.29

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Count your nights by stars, not by shadows ~ Italian Proverb Winter in Venice Mia Caiozzi is … read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. Sisters of Fortune

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of the Fortune sisters, three young women each at a crossroads when they bo… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

18. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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  • historical fiction
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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19. Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

By: David Scott

4.08

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Picture a place 125 miles from the nearest human where the land is as wild and unpredictable as the… read more

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20. All That Glitters

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.21

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes we find our true purpose in the most unexpected places. Becoming governess to a diffi… read more

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Cover of The Pomegranate by S.J. Schwaidelson

21. The Pomegranate

By: S.J. Schwaidelson

4.63

Format: 698 pages, Kindle Edition

"I do not talk to dirty boys." The girl was defiant, her dress dusty, her scarf askew; tendrils of… read more

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  • historical fiction

16 best-selling historical books like The Fortune Keeper (Tofana, #3) by Deborah Swift

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Isabella: Braveheart of France

Colin Falconer

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Other Gwyn Girl

Nicola Cornick

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Lady's Defiance

Anne R. Bailey

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2)

Linda Bennett Pennell

4.40

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