6 Best romance books like Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman

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Coal River

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree and What She Left Behin…

If you liked the romance plot in Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Dry Grass of August

By: Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jean Mayhew's The Dry Grass of August book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Coal River

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree and What She Left Behin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

3. The Education of Dixie Dupree

By: Donna Everhart

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

In 1969, Dixie Dupree is eleven years old and already an expert liar. Sometimes the lies are for he… read more

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4. If The Creek Don't Rise

By: Leah Weiss

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A strikingly sincere portrait of a town and its buried secrets from an outstanding new voice in sou… 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 Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's When the Jessamine Grows book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"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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11. The Nurse's Secret

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.15

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle Wes… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Nurse's Secret book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Moonshiner's Daughter book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.33

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Crow Mary book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Second Life of Mirielle West

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20’s, the glamorous world of a s… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Second Life of Mirielle West book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. All the Forgivenesses

By: Elizabeth Hardinger

4.27

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Between Earth and Sky

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.34

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her p… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's Between Earth and Sky book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Undertaker's Assistant

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An enthralling novel of historical fiction for fans of Lisa Wingate and Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Un… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Undertaker's Assistant book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"No one to mourn you in death meant no one to hurt you in life."

-Amanda Skenandore, The Undertaker's Assistant

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19. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Edge of Lost

By: Kristina McMorris

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through … read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's The Edge of Lost book and Ellen Marie Wiseman's Coal River

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s fascinating, really, when you think about it. How a person can slip into a new life as one would a new pair of shoes. At first there’s a keen awareness of the fit: a stiffness at the heel, the b…"

-Kristina McMorris, The Edge of Lost

18 Top fiction books like Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman

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Anna Jean Mayhew

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Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.10

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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