14 best-selling historical books like Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane Stratford

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Red Letter Days

By: Sarah-Jane Stratford

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A striking novel from the acclaimed author of Radio Girls about two daring women who escape McCarth…

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Cover of The Walk (The Walk, #1) by Richard Paul Evans

1. The Walk (The Walk, #1)

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.16

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

"My name is Alan Christoffersen. You don’t know me. ‘Just another book in the library,’ my father w… read more

Similar categories in Richard Paul Evans's The Walk (The Walk, #1) book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"Nothing is more excruciating than waiting for the jury's verdict. Except, perhaps, hearing the jury's verdict."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it …"

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

Cover of Stars Over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner

2. Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

By: Susan Meissner

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Holl… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Stars Over Sunset Boulevard book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"...tired people don't give up. Tired people just take a rest. Rest a bit and try again."

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid."

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"We're going to be okay. Lainey isn't the glue that keeps us together. We are. We're the glue. Okay?"

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

"We were both shattered. We were broken people who longed to be whole. We thought it was love that was driving us to do what we did. But it wasn't love. It was fear. We were both too afraid of ending …"

-Susan Meissner, Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

3. China Dolls

By: Lisa See

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new novel set in the "Chop Suey Circuit" of San Francisco right before World War II, fr… read more

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4. The Blackout Book Club

By: Amy Lynn Green

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European Front puts Avis Montgomery i… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lynn Green's The Blackout Book Club book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I have found that books make fine friends--but fellow readers even better."

-Amy Lynn Green, The Blackout Book Club

"Wasn't that one purpose of stories? The best ones might be about good and evil in fictional lands, but they were meant to help people recognize them in the real world. And maybe even teach them how t…"

-Amy Lynn Green, The Blackout Book Club

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5. Good Luck with That

By: Kristan Higgins

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Emerson, Georgia, and Marley have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss camp as te… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Good Luck with That book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...they were just normal, and they were enjoying that elusive state of simply BEING..."

-Kristan Higgins, Good Luck with That

"Yes, I was clad in yoga pants that had never seen a yoga studio and a T-shirt covered in rabbit and dog hair. But I’d been reading. There was no reason to dress up for reading. Books didn’t care. Boo…"

-Kristan Higgins, Good Luck with That

"True peace was rare when you were fat. When you were fat, you wore armor to protect and deflect. You were either sharp and bitter, inspiring fear in potential bullies, or you were extra cheerful to s…"

-Kristan Higgins, Good Luck with That

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6. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Crewe's Recipe for a Good Life book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

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7. Daughters of Shandong

By: Eve J. Chung

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An instant USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daught… read more

Similar categories in Eve J. Chung's Daughters of Shandong book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

By: Noelle Salazar

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Life would always throw challenges, but it was up to me to consider each and every one and make a choice about how I would take it on. And I was up to the task."

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"No other person should ever get credit for being the best part of who you are. They may have helped shape you, lent you ides, shown you other possibilities, but you are you. Simple as that. Know your…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"Art, I understood now, was so much more than the sum of its brush strokes, curved clay appendages, or intricate stitching. There were stories woven, kneaded, and scratches into each piece. Blood, swe…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

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9. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams comes poignant historical fiction that remind… read more

Similar categories in Julia Bryan Thomas's The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. The Thread Collectors

By: Shaunna J. Edwards

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more

Similar categories in Shaunna J. Edwards's The Thread Collectors book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."

-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors

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12. No Ordinary Assignment

By: Jane Ferguson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"A haunting memoir of disarming honesty. . . a remarkable testament to the anguish and the beauty o… read more

Similar categories in Jane Ferguson's No Ordinary Assignment book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • audiobook
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13. Coronation Year

By: Jennifer Robson

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent hi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Robson's Coronation Year book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. At the Edge of the Haight

By: Katherine Seligman

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction Maddy Donaldo, homeless a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Seligman's At the Edge of the Haight book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"People believed what they saw, but it was not the same as what was really there."

-Katherine Seligman, At the Edge of the Haight

Cover of Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees

15. Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

By: Celia Rees

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

A striking historical novel about an ordinary young British woman sent to uncover a network of spie… read more

Similar categories in Celia Rees's Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Завжди буде якийсь ворог, міняється лиш ім'я."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"Брехню легше стерпіти, коли починаєш обманювати себе, а правду легко ігнорувати, поки вона не постукає у двері."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"А ще їжа куди краще за щоденник викликає яскраві спогади. Навіть через багато років. Щоденники такої яскравості позбавлені."

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

"Сказали брати із собою тільки найнеобхідніше, та більшість принесли чи не все, що мали. Та хіба можна їх винуватити? Адже пакуючи усе своє життя на возика, що хочеш забрати, а що - залишити? Вибір за…"

-Celia Rees, Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

Cover of Can't We Be Friends by Denny S.  Bryce

16. Can't We Be Friends

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's Can't We Be Friends book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The War Librarian

By: Addison Armstrong

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice a… read more

Similar categories in Addison Armstrong's The War Librarian book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Antiquities by Cynthia Ozick

18. Antiquities

By: Cynthia Ozick

3.43

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most preeminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past, an… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ozick's Antiquities book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • audiobook
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The oasis is always over the next hill. And the next hill is always more of the same desert."

-Cynthia Ozick, Antiquities

"I think incessantly of death, of oblivion, how nothing lasts, not even memory when the one who remembers is gone."

-Cynthia Ozick, Antiquities

"Certainly I favor tradition; I am aware that ancestral decorum ought not to be scorned. The aberrant is to be shunned. Life’s fundamental rhythms depend on sameness, not deviation. All this I long ag…"

-Cynthia Ozick, Antiquities

Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

19. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Paris Gown by Christine   Wells

20. The Paris Gown

By: Christine Wells

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From perennially popular historical novelist Christine Wells, the delightful tale of three young wo… read more

Similar categories in Christine Wells's The Paris Gown book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane Stratford

21. Red Letter Days

By: Sarah-Jane Stratford

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A striking novel from the acclaimed author of Radio Girls about two daring women who escape McCarth… read more

Similar categories in Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days book and Sarah-Jane Stratford's Red Letter Days

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook

19 best-selling fiction books like Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane Stratford

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The Walk (The Walk, #1)

Richard Paul Evans

4.16

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Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

Susan Meissner

3.72

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The Blackout Book Club

Amy Lynn Green

3.93

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Good Luck with That

Kristan Higgins

4.09

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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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