13 best-selling historical books like A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

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A Madness So Discreet

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a bril…

If you liked the historical plot in A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)

By: Lauren Willig

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Modern-day graduate student Eloise achieved the academic coup of the century when she unmasked one … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Willig's The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2) book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for."

-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)

"Right now, I couldn't have cared less if someone had waltzed across the room in a large flower costume with a sign saying GET YOUR BLACK TULIPS HERE. Every nerve in my body was on man-alert, screamin…"

-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)

"Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be …"

-Lauren Willig, The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)

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2. The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)

By: Colleen McCullough

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul a… read more

Similar categories in Colleen McCullough's The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2) book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

3. A Madness So Discreet

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a bril… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
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4. The Mighty Miss Malone

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. De… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) by Karleen Koen

5. Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2)

By: Karleen Koen

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Worlds of Ink and Shadow

By: Lena Coakley

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The Bronte siblings have always been close. After all, nothin… read more

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  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

7. 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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Eagle of the Ninth

By: Rosemary Sutcliff

3.94

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the s… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"You could give a slave his freedom, but nothing could undo the fact that he had been a slave; and between him, a freed-man, and any free man who had never been unfree, there would still be a differen…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"Sometime about the year 117, the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

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9. The Fortune Hunter

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. B… read more

Similar categories in Daisy Goodwin's The Fortune Hunter book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. Elizabeth I

By: Margaret George

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen-as she c… read more

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11. Letters from Skye

By: Jessica Brockmole

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole's a… read more

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12. The Passion of Artemisia

By: Susan Vreeland

2.76

Format: 320 pages,

From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, friendship with Galileo and, most importantly … read more

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13. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov whose … read more

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14. Aztec (Aztec, #1)

By: Gary Jennings

4.26

Format: 754 pages, Paperback

Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Tol… read more

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  • historical
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Tu haras que ese nombre sea vil, sucio y despreciable y toda la gente al decirlo escupira en el! - Mixtli a Ce-Malinali"

-Gary Jennings, Aztec (Aztec, #1)

"En la tarde de ese día, en medio del tumulto causado por la tormenta, en una pequeña casa en la isla de Xaltocan, nací de mi madre para empezar a morir."

-Gary Jennings, Aztec (Aztec, #1)

"Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always."

-Gary Jennings, Aztec (Aztec, #1)

"Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always."

-Gary Jennings, Aztec (Aztec, #1)

15. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (Royal Diaries #3)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

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16. The Cure for Dreaming

By: Cat Winters

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl--a suffragist--in an age that prefers its girls to be… read more

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17. Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

By: Margaret George

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

She was a child crowned a queen; a sinner hailed as a saint; a lover denounced as a whore; a woman … read more

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18. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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19. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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20. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

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  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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21. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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3.67

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3.85

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