7 must-read historical fiction books like The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal

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The Deceptions

By: Suzanne Leal

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Long-buried family secrets surface in a compelling new novel from the author of The Teacher's Secre…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Six Days in Leningrad

By: Paullina Simons

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The never-before-told story of the journey behind THE BRONZE HORSEMAN, now in print for the first t… read more

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2. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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3. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Underground Library book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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6. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Unheard

By: Nicci French

3.51

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author, a single mother … read more

Similar categories in Nicci French's The Unheard book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
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9. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Unbreakable

By: Jelena Dokic

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived … read more

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11. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Under the Cold Bright Lights

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The young detectives call Alan Auhl a retread, but that doesn’t faze him. He does things his own wa… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Under the Cold Bright Lights book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Rain Heron

By: Robbie Arnott

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slop… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's The Rain Heron book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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15. The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison

By: Meredith Jaffe

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a wedding dress save a bunch of hardened crims? The Full Monty meets Orange is the New Black in… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Jaffe's The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Swallowtail Summer

By: Erica James

4.05

Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition

A cherished home, a circle of friends and a summer that will change everything... Linston End ha… read more

Similar categories in Erica James's Swallowtail Summer book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Devil's Kitchen

By: Candice Fox

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This tight-knit, four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out of contr… read more

Similar categories in Candice Fox's Devil's Kitchen book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
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19. A Shadow at the Door

By: Jo Dixon

3.84

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that revea… read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's A Shadow at the Door book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) by Dinuka McKenzie

20. Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate M… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
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21. Cold Coast

By: Robyn Mundy

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In 1932, Wanny Woldstad, a young widow, travels to Svalbard, daring to enter the Norwegian trappers… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Mundy's Cold Coast book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • novels
  • fiction
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23. Sidelines

By: Karen Viggers

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more

Similar categories in Karen Viggers's Sidelines book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Memory Wood

By: Sam Lloyd

4.16

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

The must-read novel of 2020. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like… read more

Similar categories in Sam Lloyd's The Memory Wood book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
"- "Seas quien seas y estés donde estés -susurra el demonio-, siempre pierdes la razón si eres maleducado" -Espera unos instantes y añade-: Lo escribió Maurice Baring. Era un dramaturgo inglés, un gra…"

-Sam Lloyd, The Memory Wood

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25. The Eulogy

By: Jackie Bailey

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Eulogy is a literary page-turner from new Australian voice Jackie Bailey – a story about family… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Bailey's The Eulogy book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Red River Road

By: Anna Downes

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what… read more

Similar categories in Anna Downes's Red River Road book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4) by Michael Robotham

27. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

By: Michael Robotham

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more

Similar categories in Michael Robotham's Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4) book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We exist before we are born and after we die."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... as though men were the solution to every problem."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

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28. Things We Bury

By: Matthew Ryan Davies

3.44

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Three siblings, reunited in their home town, are struggling to deal with the fallout of a car crash… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Ryan Davies's Things We Bury book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • contemporary
Cover of The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal

29. The Deceptions

By: Suzanne Leal

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Long-buried family secrets surface in a compelling new novel from the author of The Teacher's Secre… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • contemporary
  • holocaust
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30. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Suzanne Leal's The Deceptions

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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31. A Town Called Treachery

By: Mitch Jennings

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A deadbeat dad. A curious boy. A journo drowning in the past ... and a town full of secrets. Can th… read more

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4.34

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4.14

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Sally Hepworth

4.04

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