18 Best fiction books like The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte

Cover of The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte

The Zookeeper's War

By: Steven Conte

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

A story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war ... It is 1943 and each night in a bomb …

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Cover of Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1) by Nora Roberts

1. Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1)

By: Nora Roberts

4.14

Format: 321 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Author Nora Roberts delivers a new trilogy—an epic tale that breaks down the boundaries between rea… read more

Similar categories in Nora Roberts's Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1) book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • fiction
"Witches, he thought. Always rhyming."

-Nora Roberts, Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1)

"know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it."

-Nora Roberts, Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1)

"Remind me not to piss you off Red. You might aim for the heart and shoot me in the balls."

-Nora Roberts, Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Promise Me (Myron Bolitar #8) by Harlan Coben

2. Promise Me (Myron Bolitar #8)

By: Harlan Coben

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The school year is almost over. In these last pressure cooker months of high school, some kids will… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's Promise Me (Myron Bolitar #8) book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • fiction
Cover of The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte

3. The Zookeeper's War

By: Steven Conte

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

A story of passion and sacrifice in a city battered by war ... It is 1943 and each night in a bomb … read more

Similar categories in Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • war
  • animals
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • australia

4. White Gardenia

By: Belinda Alexandra

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since Russia's Communist re… read more

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Cover of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

5. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

Cover of The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

7. The Murder Rule

By: Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter s… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's The Murder Rule book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • fiction
"Because it has to be done. Because if you see something like this, and you can fix it, then it’s your mess to clean up."

-Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule

Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

8. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
Cover of Limberlost by Robbie Arnott

9. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

Cover of The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons

10. The Air Raid Book Club

By: Annie Lyons

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn’t feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of he… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Air Raid Book Club book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Quite. But Hedy has inherited her mother's skills as a seamstress. Very good. Tell her to come and see me. If you can't sew, can you knit? A little. Although I made my father a pair of socks once and…"

-Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

Cover of The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) by Amanda  Hampson

11. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville

12. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) by Marian Keyes

13. My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7)

By: Marian Keyes

4.02

Format: 599 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes. A… read more

Similar categories in Marian Keyes's My Favourite Mistake (Walsh Family, #7) book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • fiction
Cover of Wild Place by Christian  White

14. Wild Place

By: Christian White

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's Wild Place book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale

15. The Strangers We Know

By: Pip Drysdale

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine seeing your loving husband on a dating app. Now imagine that’s the best thing to happen to … read more

Similar categories in Pip Drysdale's The Strangers We Know book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • fiction
Cover of Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather   Morris

16. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's Sisters Under the Rising Sun book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Glass House book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper

18. The Girl in the Painting

By: Tea Cooper

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An orphaned young math prodigy in need of family. A painting that shatters a woman’s peace. And a d… read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Girl in the Painting book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper

19. The Woman in the Green Dress

By: Tea Cooper

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

After her husband’s death in World War I, Fleur’s surprising inheritance takes her deep into the pa… read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Woman in the Green Dress book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It was the strangest thing. Rough against her fingers until she turned it over. Where the outside coating had chipped away, a blinding flash of color shone. She twisted it in the sunlight, producing …"

-Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress

"She could see why men and women through the ages had become besotted with opals. It was as though an almighty hand had scooped a palmful of emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, and pearls and mixed their r…"

-Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress

"The overblown woman swept out in a waft of attar of roses and Della stood relishing the patch of frail sunlight, imagining herself down by the creek feeding Tidda a handful of sweetgrass while she li…"

-Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress

"Cutting and polishing an opal is a great skill. The outer casing has to be removed with a diamond saw and then it is shaped. The Romans mastered the art thousands of years ago." Della ran her finger …"

-Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress

Cover of The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper

20. The Cartographer's Secret

By: Tea Cooper

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, … read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Cartographer's Secret book and Steven Conte's The Zookeeper's War

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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