13 Best historical books like Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston

Gatsby's Girl

By: Caroline Preston

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

If you liked the historical plot in Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

1. Girl in Hyacinth Blue

By: Susan Vreeland

3.74

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to view a painting he has kept … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Work is love made plain, whether man’s work or woman’s work."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"I came to see that knowing what love isn't might be just as valuable, though infinitely less satisfying, as knowing what it is."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"No one but another painter could know the delicacy required to balance the complexities, to keep reality at bay in order to remain in the innermost center of his work."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"The only place Aletta and I could be together unseen was just under the rafters in the church tower, a circumstance that propelled us into an earlier intimacy than what we would have known had we bee…"

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

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2. Tallgrass

By: Sandra Dallas

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover

An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deep… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

3. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

By: Tom Reiss

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer

4. The Tender Bar: A Memoir

By: J.R. Moehringer

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs - a classic American story of self-invention and escape,… read more

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"All love is based on knowledge, the desire to know, the thrill of being known"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"I don't know. Sometimes I try to say what's on my mind and it comes out sounding like I ate a dictionary and I'm shitting pages. Sorry"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"Sometimes I felt so alone that I wish there were a bigger, longer word for alone. I tried to tell Grandma about this feeling, about my suspicion that life was nicking away pieces of me."

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

"Angst ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg und der Hauptgrund für dein Scheitern, Angst ist das zugrunde liegende Dilemma in jeder Geschihte, die du dir über dich selbst erzählst. Und was ist die einzige Cha…"

-J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar: A Memoir

Cover of The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander

5. 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

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Gatsby's Girl

By: Caroline Preston

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • historical fiction
  • books about books
Cover of Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson

7. Once We Were Brothers

By: Ronald H. Balson

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah  Miller

8. Caroline: Little House, Revisited

By: Sarah Miller

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, har… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

9. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

By: Therese Anne Fowler

3.67

Format: None pages, ebook

A dazzling novel that captures all of the romance, glamour, and tragedy of the first flapper, Zelda… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Night the Lights Went Out

By: Karen White , None

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Audio CD

15 hours, 19 minutes From the New York Timesbestselling author of the Tradd Street series comes a s… read more

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11. After The Rain

By: Karen White , None

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes the sequel to Falling Home, … read more

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Cover of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

12. This Side of Paradise

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

Cover of South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

13. South of the Buttonwood Tree

By: Heather Webber

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood… read more

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  • chick lit
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen

14. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more

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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

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15. Winter Cottage

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.19

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

An Amazon Charts bestseller. A gripping novel about family secrets…and coming home for the first t… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
Cover of Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood

16. Keeping Lucy

By: T. Greenwood

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

17. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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Cover of Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood

18. Fly Girl: A Memoir

By: Ann Hood

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of gla… read more

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Cover of When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor

19. When We Were Young & Brave

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times b… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's When We Were Young & Brave book and Caroline Preston's Gatsby's Girl

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

20. The Riviera House

By: Natasha Lester

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A lush and engrossing novel of one woman’s quest to keep Nazis from stealing priceless art during W… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Night in London by Karen   White

21. The Last Night in London

By: Karen White

4.23

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14 Best fiction books like Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston

Transform Your Habits

Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Susan Vreeland

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Tallgrass

Sandra Dallas

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Magdalen Girls

V.S. Alexander

5.00

Gatsby's Girl

Caroline Preston

4.09

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18 Top fiction books like South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Chased the Moon

Sarah Addison Allen

3.97

Transform Your Habits

First Frost (Waverley Family, #2)

Sarah Addison Allen

3.31

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Ingredient of Wishes

Susan Bishop Crispell

4.20

The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen

3.91

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