7 best-selling historical books like The Madness of Grief by Panayotis Cacoyannis

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The Madness of Grief

By: Panayotis Cacoyannis

4.05

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

July 1969. While men are walking on the moon, life in London for sixteen-year-old Jane takes unexpe…

"Kindness should always begin with the truth."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"We're a nation of hypocrites pretending to be prudes, that's what we are."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"A tortured man but a marvellous writer, complex and yet also entirely simple. As I always say, one is never too young to be reading Kafka, and never too old to be reading him differently."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"I remembered reading somewhere that dreams that had been dreamt had already served their purpose, and that attempting to interpret them was not only futile, it was actually counter-productive."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

If you liked the historical plot in The Madness of Grief by Panayotis Cacoyannis , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Among the Lesser Gods by Margo Catts

1. Among the Lesser Gods

By: Margo Catts

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Tragedy and blessing. Leave them alone long enough, and it gets real hard to tell them apart." Ele… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

2. Hotel du Lac

By: Anita Brookner

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

"Impeccably written and suffused with pleasing wit."--Newsweek In the novel that won her the Booker… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
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3. Moon Tiger

By: Penelope Lively

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history, lies alone in a London hospi… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"We all act as hinges - fortuitous links between other people."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"God," she says, 'is an unprincipled bastard, wouldn't you agree?"

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"I've grown old with this century; there's not much left of either of us."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

Cover of The Pick, The Spade and The Crow (The National Crime Agency #1) by Bill  Rogers

4. The Pick, The Spade and The Crow (The National Crime Agency #1)

By: Bill Rogers

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

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  • fiction

5. The Burgess Boys

By: Elizabeth Strout

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Strout "animates the ordinary with an astonishing force," wrote The New Yorker on the pub… read more

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6. Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, h… read more

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7. Wednesday's Child: Stories

By: Yiyun Li

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. The Beloved Girls

By: Harriet Evans

3.65

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

"It's a funny old house. They have this ceremony every summer . . . There's an old chapel, in the g… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
Cover of Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

10. Three Apples Fell from the Sky

By: Narine Abgaryan

4.25

Format: 256 pages, ebook

An unforgettable story of friendship and feuds in a remote Armenian mountain village In an isolated… read more

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  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Prasmė neturėtų keistis nuo to, kas tuos žodžius taria."

-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky

"...най - голямата болка е да не можеш да прегърнеш онези, които не са успели да те дочакат"

-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky

"Nėra rojaus, ir pragaro nėra, <....>. Laimė - tai ir yra rojus, sielvartas - tai ir yra pragaras."

-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky

"През май, свечери ли се, небето е ниско и лепкаво, с мастилен оттенък. Прокараш пръст по него и то се отдръпва уплашено, плисва се на вълни и оголва мекото си като кадифе живо лоно."

-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky

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11. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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12. Blind Spot

By: Paula Hawkins

3.27

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

'How can you say things like this? How can you be so blind?' Since they were kids, Edie, Jake an… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea (Heaven's Cove, #1) by Liz Eeles

13. Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea (Heaven's Cove, #1)

By: Liz Eeles

4.25

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

From the attic of Driftwood House there are stunning views of the deep green sea and sapphire sky. … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E. by Claire Parkin

14. The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E.

By: Claire Parkin

3.65

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Muriel, a former bestselling romantic novelist, and Ruth, a journalist, are best friends. Inseparab… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova

15. A Train to Moscow

By: Elena Gorokhova

3.99

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In post–World War II Russia, a girl must reconcile a tragic past with her hope for the future in th… read more

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  • historical
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Prize Women

By: Caroline Lea

3.93

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The critically acclaimed author of The Glass Woman and The Metal Heart reimagines the shocking stor… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Other Wise (Other Wise #1) by Mary Lou Bagley

17. Other Wise (Other Wise #1)

By: Mary Lou Bagley

4.47

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a series, OTHER WISE introduces a cast of characters who will find their way into your… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of I Kept a Piece of You by Joanna Wolford

18. I Kept a Piece of You

By: Joanna Wolford

4.24

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone once said that the hardest goodbyes are the ones we never get to say...When Gabe Meier lost… read more

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19. Feral Creatures of Suburbia

By: D. Liebhart

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

MOTHERS WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN... BUT THE GREATEST THREATS ALWAYS COME FROM WIT… read more

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  • fiction
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20. And Then It Was September

By: Wendy Day

4.15

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Come for the 80s vibes. Stay for the story.A missing necklace, a backpack full of photos, and two w… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Madness of Grief by Panayotis Cacoyannis

21. The Madness of Grief

By: Panayotis Cacoyannis

4.05

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

July 1969. While men are walking on the moon, life in London for sixteen-year-old Jane takes unexpe… read more

Similar categories in Panayotis Cacoyannis's The Madness of Grief book and Panayotis Cacoyannis's The Madness of Grief

  • relationships
  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • novels
"Kindness should always begin with the truth."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"We're a nation of hypocrites pretending to be prudes, that's what we are."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"A tortured man but a marvellous writer, complex and yet also entirely simple. As I always say, one is never too young to be reading Kafka, and never too old to be reading him differently."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

"I remembered reading somewhere that dreams that had been dreamt had already served their purpose, and that attempting to interpret them was not only futile, it was actually counter-productive."

-Panayotis Cacoyannis, The Madness of Grief

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Margo Catts

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3.93

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Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively

3.91

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The Pick, The Spade and The Crow (The National Crime Agency #1)

Bill Rogers

3.87

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Jennie Godfrey

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Stacey Halls

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