13 must-read historical books like Waltz in Swing Time by Jill Caugherty

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Waltz in Swing Time

By: Jill Caugherty

4.50

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Growing up in a strict Utah farm family during the Great Depression, Irene Larsen copes with her fa…

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1. Bringing Them Home (Rosemont Saga #5)

By: Barbara Hinske

4.54

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

The state’s case against Chuck Delgado is foundering as things heat up and turn deadly in Westbury.… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Weaving the Strands

By: Barbara Hinske

5.00

Format: None pages,

The beloved Rosemont saga continues, with secrets in the shadows and love in the air. A fun, fast r… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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3. Uncovering Secrets (Rosemont Saga, #3)

By: Barbara Hinske

4.26

Format: None pages,

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  • fiction

4. Drawing Close (Rosemont Saga, #4)

By: Barbara Hinske

4.10

Format: 64 pages,

How much would you sacrifice to save the life of a child? In the fourth novel of best-selling autho… read more

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5. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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6. The Seamstress of New Orleans

By: Diane C. McPhail

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the a… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Now, do you want a poppy?"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Isn’t that momentous? Women! A krewe of women. Turning the tide on men! We are making history here. Yes, this moment! Making history."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"She picked up the wide sleeve and studied the beading: imitation pearls and small rhinestones interspersed with a few of glistening colors: watery blue and aqua, palest rose and coral."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Beauty had emerged from her mother’s fingertips, her nimble use of needle and bright-colored thread. Beauty had lain in what sort of stitch could marry two scraps on a quilt and what other stitch mir…"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

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7. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. A Different Kind of Gone

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.19

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The truth behind a teenage girl’s disappearance becomes something to conceal in a gripping novel ab… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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9. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

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  • historical
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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10. Dreaming of Flight

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

An unexpected connection becomes the saving grace for two unlikely friends in a heart-stirring nove… read more

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  • fiction
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11. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Lincoln League (Civil War #1)

By: Doug Peterson

4.45

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

The Lincoln League reveals the secret side of the Civil War. John Scobell, a former slave, works as… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. Women of Straw

By: Carole Llewellyn

4.30

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1865, Luton in Bedfordshire is famous for manufacturing straw boaters worn everywhere, although … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Coming to Rosemont (Rosemont Saga #1)

By: Barbara Hinske

3.98

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Forensic accountant Maggie Martin survives the sudden death of her husband, the charismatic Preside… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Hinske's Coming to Rosemont (Rosemont Saga #1) book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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15. When the Rain Ends

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.14

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

From The Brighter the Light author Mary Ellen Taylor comes the emotional story of a mother and daug… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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16. The Trouble Shooter: Part One

By: C.J. Petit

4.43

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Axel Nielsen and his ten-year-old girlfriend Elsa Johannsen were happily chatting a… read more

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17. The Asheville Christmas Gift (Carolina Christmas, #2)

By: Hope Holloway

4.66

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The charming, heartwarming holiday trilogy continues, whisking you away to a dreamy winter in the m… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1) by Jean Grainger

18. The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1)

By: Jean Grainger

4.44

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958 For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and d… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Light to the Hills

By: Bonnie Blaylock

4.32

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The English Bookshop

By: Janis Wildy

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An inheritance, a bookshop and a promise… Lucy isn’t ready for a life-changing journey when it com… read more

Similar categories in Janis Wildy's The English Bookshop book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Last Summer Boys

By: Bill Rivers

4.41

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

In this rapturous coming-of-age debut, a naive-yet-determined Appalachian boy will go to any length… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Enemy at Home

By: Kevin O'Brien

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

As World War II rages overseas, a serial killer preys on women working in Seattle’s factories in th… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. His Secret Daughter

By: Melissa Wiesner

4.22

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Not Noah. Not my husband. But there he is, unconscious in the hospital bed. Our daughter sobs into … read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Hideaway

By: Norma Curtis

4.46

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Thea looked at the small suitcase on the kitchen table. The tan leather was scuffed, with the soft … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The Irish Boarding House (The Irish Boarding House #1)

By: Sandy Taylor

4.15

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

24 Merrion Square. The house stands empty, the old stone steps overgrown with thorny rose bushes. B… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. The Cicada Tree

By: Robert Gwaltney

4.09

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The summer of 1956, a brood of cicadas descends upon Providence Georgia, a natural event with super… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Old Castle Secrets

By: Amanda Daire

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Three generations of heartbreak. One chance to heal old wounds. “I never want to see you again!… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Daire's Old Castle Secrets book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • fiction
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28. Ruby's Story (Ruby's Regulars Book 1)

By: Holly Schindler

4.26

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

How Ruby returned to Sullivan, opening the supper club that became the stuff of Christmas Eve legen… read more

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29. Jalopy

By: Wes Verde

4.40

Format: 487 pages, Kindle Edition

New Jersey, 1928. All her life, Etta Wozniak has toiled on her family’s small farm, located on t… read more

Similar categories in Wes Verde's Jalopy book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • historical fiction
Cover of Waltz in Swing Time by Jill Caugherty

30. Waltz in Swing Time

By: Jill Caugherty

4.50

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Growing up in a strict Utah farm family during the Great Depression, Irene Larsen copes with her fa… read more

Similar categories in Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • historical
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Like Dust, I Rise

By: Ginny Rorby

4.65

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Inspired by Amelia Earhart's heroic flights, young Winona 'Nona' Williams tenaciously clings to the… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Rorby's Like Dust, I Rise book and Jill Caugherty's Waltz in Swing Time

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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4.54

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5.00

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Barbara Hinske

4.26

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Diane C. McPhail

3.79

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Freddie Owens

3.88

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Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

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Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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Amy Matayo

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