18 must-read historical fiction books like The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

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The Mighty Miss Malone

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. De…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. City of Women

By: David R. Gillham

3.79

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

It is 1943 - the height of the Second World War - and Berlin has essentially become a city of women… read more

Similar categories in David R. Gillham's City of Women book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"So you mean to say that you’ve become an accomplished thief."

-David R. Gillham, City of Women

"I saw your face, and I knew that I simply had to hear the sound of your voice."

-David R. Gillham, City of Women

"Thin and threadbare as a ghost, she wears only mourning black. Looking into her eyes is like staring through the windows of a bombed-out building."

-David R. Gillham, City of Women

"She has given him her breath and the pulse of her body. Given him her passion, her hatred, and her love, her past and future. Given him all that is essential in her, so that she will never be whole w…"

-David R. Gillham, City of Women

Cover of 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4) by Bernard Cornwell

2. 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical p… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's 1356 (The Grail Quest, #4) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals, #1) by Michelle   Cooper

3. A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals, #1)

By: Michelle Cooper

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

"There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings." Sophie FitzOsbor… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Cooper's A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals, #1) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Reckoning  (Welsh Princes, #3) by Sharon Kay Penman

4. The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

3.65

Format: 135 pages,

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Similar categories in Sharon Kay Penman's The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell … read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)

By: Lesley Livingston

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

Princess. Captive. Gladiator. Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king, the sister of the lege… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of Hood (King Raven, #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

7. Hood (King Raven, #1)

By: Stephen R. Lawhead

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

Robin Hood The Legend Begins Anew For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves h… read more

Similar categories in Stephen R. Lawhead's Hood (King Raven, #1) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) by Rita Williams-Garcia

8. Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

3.61

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library JournalBest Book of the Year * … read more

Similar categories in Rita Williams-Garcia's Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
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9. A Madness So Discreet

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a bril… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Madness So Discreet book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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10. The Mighty Miss Malone

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. De… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
Cover of Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) by Karleen Koen

11. Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2)

By: Karleen Koen

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordi… read more

Similar categories in Karleen Koen's Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

By: Alison Weir

4.08

Format: None pages,

It is the year 1152 and a beautiful woman of thirty, attended by only a small armed escort, is ridi… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Crenshaw

By: Katherine Applegate

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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14. The Forest

By: Edward Rutherfurd

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Few places lie closer to the heart of the nation's heritage than the New Forest. Now, Edward Ruther… read more

Similar categories in Edward Rutherfurd's The Forest book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

15. P.S. Be Eleven (Gaither Sisters, #2)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite sequel to the New York Times bestseller One Crazy Summer, the Gaither sisters ret… read more

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16. The Borgia Bride

By: Jeanne Kalogridis

3.87

Format: 309 pages,

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17. Sugar

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Towers Falling and Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor … read more

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18. A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

By: Richard Peck

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influen… read more

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19. Shadow on the Crown (The Emma of Normandy Trilogy #1)

By: Patricia Bracewell

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen--y… read more

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20. The Cure for Dreaming

By: Cat Winters

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl--a suffragist--in an age that prefers its girls to be… read more

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21. One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)

By: Rita Williams-Garcia

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with… read more

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22. The Truth According to Us

By: Annie Barrows

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and dem… read more

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23. Dodger

By: Terry Pratchett

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A storm.Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately … read more

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24. One Came Home

By: Amy Timberlake

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Be… read more

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25. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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26. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

Cover of Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  Ritz

27. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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28. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's Isabella Warrior Queen book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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29. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

Cover of The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) by Mary Renault

30. The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

By: Mary Renault

3.98

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

“Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not prete… read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) book and Christopher Paul Curtis's The Mighty Miss Malone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Men would be as gods, if they had foreknowledge."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"It is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"Always, in the Bull Court, our most precious trophies were the gifts of the dead."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

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31. Fever

By: Mary Beth Keane

3.73

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as “Typhoid Mary,” the first known healthy carrier … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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3.59

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

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