Among the Beautiful Beasts
By: Lori McMullen
4.19
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Set in the early 1900s, Among the Beautiful Beasts is the untold story of the early life of Marjory…
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1. Lightning
By: Dean Koontz
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"A gripping novel" from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author-now in trade paperback for the firs… read more
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- fiction
2. 22 Britannia Road
By: Robin Sachs , Amanda Hodgkinson
2.64
Format: 110 pages,
A tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise and The Postmistress. At the end o… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. Maggie Now
By: Betty Smith
4.33
Format: 226 pages,
Betty Smith, the beloved author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, weaves a riveting modern myth out of t… read more
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4. Dreams of My Russian Summers
By: Andreï Makine , Geoffrey Strachan
4.25
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
Dreams of My Russian Summers,tells the poignant story of a boy growing up amid the harsh realities … read more
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5. Horse
By: Geraldine Brooks
4.27
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."-Geraldine Brooks, Horse
6. The American Girl
By: Rachael English
4.17
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. The Brightest Star
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 “A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and f… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Perhaps the dull ache I'm feeling comes from letting go, the realization that some memories should be left as just that, a moment in time when the fruits of life are at their sweetest."-Gail Tsukiyama, The Brightest Star
8. The Evolution of Annabel Craig
By: Lisa Grunwald
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial te… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. 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
- historical fiction
10. The Madstone
By: Elizabeth Crook
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
11. 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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
12. The House of Closed Doors (The House of Closed Doors, #1)
By: Jane Steen
4.07
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
Librarian Note: There is an alternate cover edition here In Nell Lillington's small Midwestern … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Even a lie told for a good purpose has a way of perpetuating itself, doesn't it? Look at all the trouble I caused by refusing to tell the truth about Sarah's father." - Nell"-Jane Steen, The House of Closed Doors (The House of Closed Doors, #1)
13. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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- fiction
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
14. Properties of Thirst
By: Marianne Wiggins
4.17
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A National Bestseller A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 Fifteen years after the publication of Evi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. A Dress of Violet Taffeta
By: Tessa Arlen
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of Belle Epoque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.09
Format: 416 pages, ebook
“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woma… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. The House of Lincoln
By: Nancy Horan
3.73
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with The Ho… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Some day she [Ana Ferreira Evans] would write what she had learned about love in her widowhood. Love needs a place to go. Your heart doesn't stop making it when you lose the single adored person of y…"-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln
"She [Ana Ferreira Evans] remembered a remark [Mrs.] Alsop had once made. Some people are willfully ignorant. They aren't stupid--they simply choose to be oblivious. That way they aren't responsible f…"-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln
18. Cold Victory
By: Karl Marlantes
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in whic… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Time After Time
By: Lisa Grunwald
3.74
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
A magical love story, inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished from Grand Central Terminal, s… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Infatuation was weather - love was climate."-Lisa Grunwald, Time After Time
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures."-Lisa Grunwald, Time After Time
"Manhattanhenge was a reminder that there was power, order, and beauty in the natural world as well."-Lisa Grunwald, Time After Time
"But patience, real patience, meant more than simply waiting. Patience meant you had to honor the moments before things happened the same way you honored the moments when they did."-Lisa Grunwald, Time After Time
20. 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
- american
21. Love and Fury
By: Samantha Silva
4.18
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Samantha Silva, the author of Mr. Dickens and His Carol, a beautiful, engrossing novel based o… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
22. A Hundred Suns
By: Karin Tanabe
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An evocative historical novel set in 1930's Indochine, about the American wife of a Michelin heir w… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Brains are more effective than beauty. Only the world tries to make women forget it. They don't want us to be too smart ... They're scared that if they encourage it, we'll end up more intelligent tha…"-Karin Tanabe, A Hundred Suns
23. The Cartographer's Secret
By: Tea Cooper
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
24. The Light of Luna Park
By: Addison Armstrong
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In the spirit of The Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours, a historical debut about a nurse who ch… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
25. Somebody's Home
By: Kaira Rouda
3.77
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
A quiet neighborhood. A lovely home. A promising new beginning. In a heartbeat everything can chang… read more
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- fiction
26. The Forty Elephants
By: Erin Bledsoe
3.97
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Peaky Blinders meets Ocean’s 8 in The Forty Elephants , an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties L… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
27. Florida Woman
By: Deb Rogers
3.48
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A gleefully dark and entertaining debut for fans of Kevin Wilson and Karen Russell, about one young… read more
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- fiction
28. The Solace Farm Killings (DI Ruth Hunter, #7)
By: Simon McCleave
4.43
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
A fanatical religious cult. A growing list of missing teenagers. Can DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Eva… read more
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- fiction
29. The Berwyn River Killings (DI Ruth Hunter #5)
By: Simon McCleave
4.38
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
A double suicide. A dark investigation into historic abuse. Can DI Ruth Hunter link the present kil… read more
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- fiction
30. Stories from Suffragette City
By: M.J. Rose
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A collection of short stories from a chorus of bestselling writers all set on the same day, October… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
31. Among the Beautiful Beasts
By: Lori McMullen
4.19
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Set in the early 1900s, Among the Beautiful Beasts is the untold story of the early life of Marjory… read more
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- fiction
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