12 Best historical books like The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin

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The Accidentals

By: Minrose Gwin

3.59

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have…

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Cover of Flashback (Anna Pigeon, #11) by Nevada Barr

1. Flashback (Anna Pigeon, #11)

By: Nevada Barr

3.91

Format: 383 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The five-week New York Times bestseller, now in paperback.Running from a proposal of marriage from … read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10)

By: Nevada Barr

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Park Ranger Anna Pigeon returns to face her most duplicitous foe--human nature--in the latest entry… read more

Similar categories in Nevada Barr's Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Anna drove with the window rolled down, breathing in the essence of autumn: an exhalation of a forest readying itself for sleep, a smell so redolent with nostalgia a pleasant ache warmed her bones an…"

-Nevada Barr, Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10)

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3. The Magdalen Girls

By: V.S. Alexander

5.00

Format: 160 pages,

Dublin, 1962.Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one… read more

Similar categories in V.S. Alexander's The Magdalen Girls book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. Missing Pieces

By: Heather Gudenkauf

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A woman uncovers earth-shattering secrets about her husband's family in this chilling page-turner f… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

By: Susan Gregg Gilmore

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong.… read more

Similar categories in Susan Gregg Gilmore's Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • chick lit
  • southern
  • fiction

6. Winter Study (Anna Pigeon, #14)

By: Nevada Barr

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle o… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook

7. The Angry Wife

By: Pearl S. Buck

3.78

Format: None pages,

Indonesian edition Dua kakak-beradik, dua istri, dua dunia... Tom dan Pierce Delaney sama-sama ikut… read more

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8. Hard Truth (Anna Pigeon, #13)

By: Nevada Barr

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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9. Little Mercies

By: Heather Gudenkauf

4.34

Format: 592 pages,

Veteran social worker Ellen Moore has seen the worst side of humanity; the vilest acts one person c… read more

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10. The Wishing Bridge

By: Viola Shipman

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the am… read more

Similar categories in Viola Shipman's The Wishing Bridge book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • chick lit
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It's about history ... We're all shaped by it. Most run from it. But it's still in there ... How you come to terms with it is what matters."

-Viola Shipman, The Wishing Bridge

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11. The Flower Sisters

By: Michelle Collins Anderson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author’s Missouri h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sometimes I think spring lasts about fifteen minutes around here and then we're all sitting on Hell's front porch."

-Michelle Collins Anderson, The Flower Sisters

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12. The Fixer Upper

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.93

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

The delightful New York Times bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one woman's… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's The Fixer Upper book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • chick lit
  • southern
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Keep You Close

By: Karen Cleveland

3.45

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

She knows her teenage son isn't perfect. But when the FBI starts investigating the kid she thought … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

By: Alan Brennert

4.12

Format: 309 pages, ebook

This companion tale to Moloka'i tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama—quarantine… read more

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"We are together, all else can be endured."

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"Let the things of long ago drift away on the water"

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"Her grief was a storm, a driving rain falling too fast to be absorbed"

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain."

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

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15. Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging historical mystery, Agatha Christie’s ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, n… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Whispering Winds of Appalachia

By: John Ellington

4.46

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Life-long friendships, class differences, terrible mistakes, and the beauty of unspoiled nature ar… read more

Similar categories in John Ellington's Whispering Winds of Appalachia book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. They Say He Flies at Night (Silver Bell Legends)

By: Amy Matayo

4.62

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone in Silver Bell, Arkansas has heard of Walter Lorry. Rumors have been circulating about the… read more

Similar categories in Amy Matayo's They Say He Flies at Night (Silver Bell Legends) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
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18. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Glass Ocean

By: Beatriz Williams

3.89

Format: 642 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room comes a captivating historical my… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Glass Ocean book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Great Blue Hills of God

By: Kreis Beall

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The creative force behind Blackberry Farm, Tennessee's award-winning farm-to-table resort, reveals … read more

Similar categories in Kreis Beall's Great Blue Hills of God book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • family
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21. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Date

By: Louise Jensen

3.89

Format: 315 pages, ebook

Something bad has happened to Alison Taylor. Her Saturday night started normally. Recently separat… read more

Similar categories in Louise Jensen's The Date book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4) by Dean Koontz

23. The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

By: Dean Koontz

4.22

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When this relentless rogue FBI agent comes knocking, her adversaries wi… read more

Similar categories in Dean Koontz's The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Her grief was now doubled by his grief. She wondered how many heartbreaks a child so young could endure."

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

"Cornell knew that most people thought he was strange, even creepy. He'd been diagnosed with Asperger's disorder and various forms of autism. Maybe all those diagnoses were correct or maybe none were.…"

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

"This is a world of lies and always has been. We live in a time of even greater deceptions than in centuries past. So much of what we're told, what we see on TV, what we read in the newspapers or on t…"

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

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24. Letters from Home

By: Kristina McMorris

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by her grandparents' WWII courtship letters, New York Times bestselling author Kristina M… read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's Letters from Home book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • chick lit
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side"

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love."

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"But there was something else. A feeling of understanding, a comfort that defied reason. It was as though kissing her, a near stranger, would have made all the sense in the world."

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light…"

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

Cover of The Crooked Staircase (Jane Hawk, #3) by Dean Koontz

25. The Crooked Staircase (Jane Hawk, #3)

By: Dean Koontz

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Hardcover

Jane Hawk -- who dazzled readers in The Silent Corner and The Whispering Room -- faces the fight of… read more

Similar categories in Dean Koontz's The Crooked Staircase (Jane Hawk, #3) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Window (Jane Hawk #5) by Dean Koontz

26. The Night Window (Jane Hawk #5)

By: Dean Koontz

4.41

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz brings Jane Hawk's one-woman war to an explosive c… read more

Similar categories in Dean Koontz's The Night Window (Jane Hawk #5) book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. How the Light Gets In

By: Joyce Maynard

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin

28. The Accidentals

By: Minrose Gwin

3.59

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Following the death of their mother from a botched backwoods abortion, the McAlister daughters have… read more

Similar categories in Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • american
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • family
  • drama
Cover of Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr

29. Hold My Girl

By: Charlene Carr

3.96

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her enti… read more

Similar categories in Charlene Carr's Hold My Girl book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Run, Girls: A Memoir of an Appalachian Family in Crisis by Jenny Cafaro

30. Run, Girls: A Memoir of an Appalachian Family in Crisis

By: Jenny Cafaro

4.63

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, unfiltered, and courageously candid portrayal of a family of girls on the run. The n… read more

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31. We Came to Welcome You

By: Vincent Tirado

3.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Other Black Girl meets Midsommar in this spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut f… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Tirado's We Came to Welcome You book and Minrose Gwin's The Accidentals

  • fiction
  • audiobook

26 must-read fiction books like The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin

Transform Your Habits

Flashback (Anna Pigeon, #11)

Nevada Barr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon, #10)

Nevada Barr

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Magdalen Girls

V.S. Alexander

5.00

Missing Pieces

Heather Gudenkauf

3.58

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20 Best fiction books like We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado

Transform Your Habits

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

Transform Your Habits

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

4.03

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