8 Top historical books like The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

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The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

By: Shelley Wood

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

An inspired, sweeping, historical epic tracing the remarkable life story of a baby girl born on lea…

If you liked the historical plot in The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

1. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's The Secret History of Audrey James book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Moon Road

By: Sarah Leipciger

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s irksome to her, how well she knows this man, how much he has changed and how exactly the same … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Leipciger's Moon Road book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
Cover of Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) by Ian Ferguson

4. Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling authors of I Only Read Murder comes a sidesplitting mystery of epic movie-of-t… read more

Similar categories in Ian Ferguson's Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
Cover of The Offing by Roz Nay

5. The Offing

By: Roz Nay

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Two young women are trapped in a deadly chase through the beautiful, dangerous waters around Austra… read more

Similar categories in Roz Nay's The Offing book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories

By: Shashi Bhat

4.22

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

CBC Books' Top Pick for Most Anticipated Canadian Fiction for Spring 2024—a breathtaking and sharpl… read more

Similar categories in Shashi Bhat's Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
Cover of The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

7. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Life Impossible book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

8. Songs for the Brokenhearted

By: Ayelet Tsabari

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Tsabari's Songs for the Brokenhearted book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

9. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Lightning Bottles

By: Marissa Stapley

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a love letter… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
Cover of real ones by Katherena Vermette

11. real ones

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's real ones book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Glass Houses

By: Madeline Ashby

3.50

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-alo… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Ashby's Glass Houses book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

13. The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

By: Shelley Wood

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

An inspired, sweeping, historical epic tracing the remarkable life story of a baby girl born on lea… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Place to Hide by Ronald H. Balson

14. A Place to Hide

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award Theodore “Teddy” Hartigan is the scion of a we… read more

Similar categories in Ronald H. Balson's A Place to Hide book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom   Ryan

15. The Treasure Hunters Club

By: Tom Ryan

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies in The Treasure Hunters Club—a rollickin… read more

Similar categories in Tom Ryan's The Treasure Hunters Club book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
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16. A Good Indian Girl

By: Mansi Shah

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An immersive, provocative, and heartfelt novel that follows a disgraced Indian American divorcée wh… read more

Similar categories in Mansi Shah's A Good Indian Girl book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana R. Chambers

17. The Secret War of Julia Child

By: Diana R. Chambers

3.59

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the … read more

Similar categories in Diana R. Chambers's The Secret War of Julia Child book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The Knowing

By: Tanya Talaga

4.69

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers , an urgent explora… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Talaga's The Knowing book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
Cover of Bad Land by Corinna Chong

19. Bad Land

By: Corinna Chong

3.94

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The slow-burning, deeply felt story of a social outcast reckoning with the wounds of her past Re… read more

Similar categories in Corinna Chong's Bad Land book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill

20. The Capital of Dreams

By: Heather O'Neill

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“The Capital of Dreams is not so much a novel to read but one to live (and dream) in. A dark, wistf… read more

Similar categories in Heather O'Neill's The Capital of Dreams book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories by Amanda    Peters

21. Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories

By: Amanda Peters

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In her debut collection of short fiction, Amanda Peters describes the Indigenous experience from an… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories book and Shelley Wood's The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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A Great Country

Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

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Heather Marshall

4.46

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Moon Road

Sarah Leipciger

4.23

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The Offing

Roz Nay

3.86

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The Goddess of Warsaw

Lisa Barr

4.45

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The Night We Lost Him

Laura Dave

3.73

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Marjan Kamali

4.50

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