7 must-read historical books like Emily's Journal by Sarah Fermi

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Emily's Journal

By: Sarah Fermi

3.35

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Why did Emily Brontë write Wuthering Heights? Was it purely the product of her juvenile imagination…

If you liked the historical plot in Emily's Journal by Sarah Fermi , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid

1. The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3)

By: Val McDermid

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from one of the world's most celebrated crime writers proves that the past ca… read more

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2. Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)

By: Margaret Atwood

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Oryx and Crakeis at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman… read more

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3. Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)

By: Val McDermid

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping,… read more

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4. The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)

By: Margaret Atwood

4.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin… read more

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5. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.92

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more

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"Even suicide requires perseverance."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Cover of The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2) by Bella Ellis

6. The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2)

By: Bella Ellis

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"Move over, Jane Austen, for the latest literary ladies who snoop in this... lively series debut."-… read more

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  • historical
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7. The Red Monarch (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #3)

By: Bella Ellis

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Brontë sisters' first poetry collection has just been published, potentially marking an end to … read more

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  • historical
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8. Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6)

By: Val McDermid

4.21

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author Val McDermid comes a propulsive new Karen Pirie thriller th… read more

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"A cold case was a story, constructed piece by piece. Sometimes the pieces arrived in the wrong order so it made no sense at first...at the end, if you found all the pieces, you had a coherent tale. S…"

-Val McDermid, Still Life (Inspector Karen Pirie, #6)

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9. The Kingdoms

By: Natasha Pulley

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A time twisting alternative history that asks whether it's worth changing the past to save the futu… read more

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  • historical
"You won't sit down, you will wander around being nice to people, and then you will collapse and die. Look at the state of you."

-Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

"He'd been stitching a fragile cloak of half-imagined hopes, barely with the substance of thule but there all the same. It dissolved and left him with a nasty residue of shame."

-Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

"His entire soul cramped. His heart locked and he couldn't breathe, never mind move, and everything in him was shrieking as if he'd thrust his hand into a fire. The second he stopped trying to leave, …"

-Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

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10. The Vanished Bride (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #1)

By: Bella Ellis

3.77

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were detector… read more

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11. A Gift of Poison (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #4)

By: Bella Ellis

4.21

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Brontë have had their books accepted for publication, while Charlotte… read more

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12. Emily's Journal

By: Sarah Fermi

3.35

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Why did Emily Brontë write Wuthering Heights? Was it purely the product of her juvenile imagination… read more

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  • historical

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The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Katie Lumsden

3.67

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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Helen Cox

3.75

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Hannah M. Lynn

4.05

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