7 Best history books like The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age by Idanna Pucci

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The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

By: Idanna Pucci

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic op…

If you liked the history plot in The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age by Idanna Pucci , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

1. My Life on the Road

By: Gloria Steinem

4.07

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Gloria Steinem—writer, activist, organizer, and one of the most inspiring leaders in the world—now … read more

Similar categories in Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"Everyone has a home but me."

-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

"hate generalizes, love specifies"

-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

"After all, hope is a form of planning."

-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

"Instead of either/or, I discovered a whole world of and."

-Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

Cover of The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2) by Caleb Carr

2. The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)

By: Caleb Carr

4.00

Format: 770 pages, Kindle Edition

June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked d… read more

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  • historical
  • crime
"Maybe memory was just a wicked curse, and the kind of mind what could wipe out painful recollections a blessing. Maybe ....."

-Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)

"Zawsze wydawało mi się, że istnieją dwa typy ludzi: ci, którzy podniecają się wszystkim, co wiążę się - jak by to ująć - dziwakami, i ci, których to nie rusza."

-Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)

"She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren…"

-Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)

"And so the new century will bring a new kind of law,' was how Mr. Picton summed things up..... 'Proceedings where victims and witnesses are put on trial instead of defendants, where a murderer in ide…"

-Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)

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3. Rondini d'inverno: Sipario per il commissario Ricciardi

By: Maurizio de Giovanni

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Il Natale è appena trascorso e la città si prepara al Capodanno quando, sul palcoscenico di un teat… read more

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  • italy
  • historical
  • crime
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4. The Rent Collector

By: Camron Wright

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste du… read more

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5. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

By: Kate Moore

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger. The Curies' newly discov… read more

Similar categories in Kate Moore's The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Shogun, Part 1

By: James Clavell

3.00

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his in… read more

Similar categories in James Clavell's Shogun, Part 1 book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
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7. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

By: Fiona Carnarvon

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbeytells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspir… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Carnarvon's Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

8. Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales Of A Botswana Safari Guide

By: Peter Allison

3.66

Format: 336 pages,

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  • nonfiction

9. The Women In Black

By: Madeleine St. John

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sydney in the late 1950s. On the second floor of the famous F.G. Goode department store, in Ladies'… read more

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10. The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer

By: Kate Summerscale

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

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11. An Italian Wife

By: Ann Hood

3.16

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

An Italian Wifeis the extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi--her joys, sorrows, and passions, sp… read more

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12. The Uninvited Guests

By: Sadie Jones

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant suppe… read more

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13. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages,

'At last we have the truth about Henry VIII's wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it i… read more

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14. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

By: Karen Abbott

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzl… read more

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15. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

By: Margaret Atwood

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Old Babes in the Wood: Stories book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

"Many things get broken in a war."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"Holiness is a form of monstrosity"

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"Many obscure women have been done to death merely for existing."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

"They're dead now. A thing that happens increasingly: people die."

-Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

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16. Riccardino (Inspector Montalbano, #28)

By: Andrea Camilleri

3.77

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Anno 2005: Camilleri ha appena pubblicato La luna di carta. Sta lavorando alla successiva avventura… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Camilleri's Riccardino (Inspector Montalbano, #28) book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • italy
  • crime
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17. The Girl in White Gloves

By: Kerri Maher

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A life in snapshots… Grace knows what people see. She’s the Cinderella story. An icon of glamor… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Maher's The Girl in White Gloves book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
  • american history
Cover of On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

18. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."

-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

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19. Meet the Benedettos

By: Katie Cotugno

3.25

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice in this charming comical follow-up to Birds of California… read more

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20. The Cemetery of Untold Stories

By: Julia Alvarez

3.68

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more

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21. Mr. Texas

By: Lawrence Wright

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

A sharply drawn, page-turning send up of Texas politics—from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-sel… read more

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22. Picasso's Lovers

By: Jeanne Mackin

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A tangled and vividly intimate portrait of the women caught in Picasso’s charismatic orbit through … read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Mackin's Picasso's Lovers book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
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23. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
Cover of I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter

24. I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

By: Barbara Rae-Venter

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For twelve years the Golden State Killer terrorized California, stalking victims and killing withou… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"The cost in time, personnel, and money for trying to identify the Golden State Killer prior to the use of IGG was significant,"

-Barbara Rae-Venter, I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

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25. Brood

By: Jackie Polzin

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A new literary voice--wryly funny, honest and observational,--depicts one woman's attempt to keep h… read more

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"Life is the ongoing effort to live. Some people make it look easy. Chickens do not."

-Jackie Polzin, Brood

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26. Babysitter

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From one of America's most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and … read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Babysitter book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • crime
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27. Queens of London

By: Heather Webb

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Looting, lying, and the letter of the  Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the cri… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webb's Queens of London book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • historical
  • crime
Cover of The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

28. The Only Woman in the Room

By: Marie Benedict

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A novel about Hedy Lamarr. Hed… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Widowmaker (Black Harbor, #2) by Hannah Morrissey

29. The Widowmaker (Black Harbor, #2)

By: Hannah Morrissey

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 39 minutes A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an i… read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion by Gloria Steinem

30. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

By: Gloria Steinem

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated collection of Gloria Steinem's most inspirational and outrageous quotes, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"The art of life is not controlling what happens, it's using what happens."

-Gloria Steinem, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

"For women, the only alternative to being a feminist is being a masochist."

-Gloria Steinem, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

"You can travel without traveling, and you can not travel -- yet travel. Being on the road is a state of mind."

-Gloria Steinem, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

"The things you regret sometimes turn out to be the things you celebrate. In other words: You learn from what you do wrong."

-Gloria Steinem, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

Cover of The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age by Idanna Pucci

31. The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

By: Idanna Pucci

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic op… read more

Similar categories in Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age book and Idanna Pucci's The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age

  • italy
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime

11 best-selling historical books like The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age by Idanna Pucci

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Caleb Carr

4.00

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Rondini d'inverno: Sipario per il commissario Ricciardi

Maurizio de Giovanni

4.17

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

3.52

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James Clavell

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Only If You're Lucky

Stacy Willingham

3.56

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No One Can Know

Kate Alice Marshall

3.68

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Ruth Ware

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