10 Top historical books like Exploring American Girlhood Through 50 Historic Treasures by Ashley E. Remer

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Exploring American Girlhood Through 50 Historic Treasures

By: Ashley E. Remer

3.72

Format: 276 pages, ebook

Who are the girls that helped build America? Conventional history books shed little light on the…

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1. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 (Paper Girls, #1)

By: Matthew Wilson , Brian K. Vaughan , Cliff Chiang

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the m… read more

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2. Forget Me Not

By: Ellie Terry

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A girl with Tourette syndrome starts a new school and tries to hide her quirks in this debut middle… read more

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3. Cherish Hard (Hard Play, #1)

By: Nalini Singh

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh kicks off her new Hard Play contemporary romance ser… read more

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4. Back When We Were Grownups

By: Anne Tyler

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

The latest #1 New York Times bestseller by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tour… read more

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5. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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6. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

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7. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By: Hester Fox

3.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David   Mitchell

8. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

Cover of Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo

9. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

By: Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kid… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

By: Katherine Reay

3.98

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Love, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshop One of Madeline Cullen’s… read more

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"Blood might be thicker than water, but both were thinner than money"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"That's what books do, Maddie used to say; they are a conversation, and introduce us to ourselves and others."

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"But it's not the same - I know. Family means more. You can miss your family so much you have to look down to see your chest rise and fall, to confirm that it hasn't been cut open and you're not bleed…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

"I have no way to tell him of the cacophonous emotions jangling within me - to feel wired for others yet irrelevant; to need community but equally to be unable to find one; that cleaning, cooking, and…"

-Katherine Reay, The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome #1)

Cover of A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) by Jacqueline Winspear

11. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

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  • historical
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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12. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.13

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortic… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"That's why all the questions in this book come from 100 percent ethically sourced, free-range, organic children."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid"

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"I'm bringing body back. Returning corpses, but they're not intact. Kids, this is a Justin Timberlake reference. You're fine not knowing who that is."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

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13. The Snow Child

By: Eowyn Ivey

4.00

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel.… read more

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  • historical
"A boy trying out a man's language."

-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child

"Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?"

-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child

"Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that, don't you?"

-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child

"It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her."

-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child

Cover of The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16) by Jacqueline Winspear

14. The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens… read more

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  • historical
"Children should always be believed until proven otherwise."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"know that expression—only a man could cause a woman to look like that"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"Fear had to be handled with care, managed so it became a tool, not a weight."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"I believe it’s called ‘irrational reasoning.’ It’s what happens to people when they’re scared"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

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15. A Most Agreeable Murder

By: Julia Seales

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper role of … read more

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  • historical
"Beatrice watched as Miss Bolton snaked a hand into her hat and withdrew a biscuit."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"Languages, such as French and Italian *One may speak French, but one must never travel to France."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"Page three hundred and four of The Lady's Guide," Beatrice replied. "Ladies are permitted to handle balls while playing billiards."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"How did you not recognize her?" "She was wearing a wig!" Drake said defensively. "The same color as her hair!" Beatrice shot back."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

Cover of Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1) by Stephen Spotswood

16. Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, F… read more

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  • historical
"The lady of the house has gone adventuring and I know not where."

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"I'm to take Becca Collins out dancing and try to get a glimpse of her inner workings?' 'Don't be crude.' She sniffed and, dare I say it, blushed a little. 'I trust you to use your best judgment. Don'…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

"It's the ones that look like they're sleeping that I have a hard time with. Eventually, I notice the stillness. The absence of things I take for granted: the slow in-and-out of regular breathing, the…"

-Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker, #1)

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17. The Golden Spoon

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton… read more

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"Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"It's an optimistic scene of pastel colors and light woods. One that lends itself well to the show's folksy niceness."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"Recipes are like architecture; a combination of tested methods with personal elements is what makes a bake memorable."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"They are all unique and lovingly constructed. There's one for a chocolate ganache tart striped with hazelnut and praline, a honey cake with orange marmalade filling, coconut cream-filled doughnuts wi…"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

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18. Quietly Hostile: Essays

By: Samantha Irby

3.70

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind… read more

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  • nonfiction
"[...] and my face is sore from smiling so hard in an effort to appear friendly and nonthreatening."

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I'm so embarrassed by everything all the time, humiliated even by the need to breathe air where other people can see me"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I want to push back against this idea that it's not real love if you're not passionately chattering at each other all the time, that it's just as valid (and romantic!) to know instinctively when to s…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

"I lived in blissful solitude for a long time...and you learn a lot about yourself and what you require for life when it's just you that you have to think about...You can buy frozen fish sticks and ea…"

-Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile: Essays

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19. The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

By: Colleen Oakley

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is the hopeful book we all need right now. I loved it!”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bests… read more

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"... she realized that was the thing about loneliness. It made you susceptible to doing a whole manner of things you might not otherwise do."

-Colleen Oakley, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

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20. The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever… read more

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21. Dearly

By: Margaret Atwood

3.74

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

A new book of poetry from internationally acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author Margaret … read more

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  • nonfiction
"If there were no emptiness, there would be no life."

-Margaret Atwood, Dearly

"Lwy nie wiedzą, że są lwami. Nie wiedzą, jak bardzo są odważne"."

-Margaret Atwood, Dearly

"Many things that are not what you want arrive in the disguise of flowers."

-Margaret Atwood, Dearly

"Here are the tulips, budded and full-blown, their swoops and dips, their gloss and poses, the satin of their darks."

-Margaret Atwood, Dearly

Cover of Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

22. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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23. The Animals at Lockwood Manor

By: Jane Healey

3.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . . August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Ca… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Unkindness of Ravens (Greer Hogan Mystery #1) by M.E. Hilliard

24. The Unkindness of Ravens (Greer Hogan Mystery #1)

By: M.E. Hilliard

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Librarian Greer Hogan matches wits with a deviously clever killer in M.E. Hilliard's chilling serie… read more

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"The manor ravens were on the move. One by one, they glided across the lawn and took up posts in the trees that fringed the property. It was rare to see so many at once. And what was that called? “Unk…"

-M.E. Hilliard, The Unkindness of Ravens (Greer Hogan Mystery #1)

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25. Exploring American Girlhood Through 50 Historic Treasures

By: Ashley E. Remer

3.72

Format: 276 pages, ebook

Who are the girls that helped build America? Conventional history books shed little light on the… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history

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Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

Caitlin Doughty

4.13

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Samantha Irby

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Ruth Ware

3.65

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Alex Michaelides

3.38

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