6 Top literary fiction books like Barkskins by Annie Proulx

Barkskins

By: Annie Proulx

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive …

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Cover of Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua, Miriam Shlesinger

1. Let It Be Morning

By: Sayed Kashua , Miriam Shlesinger

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Soon to be a major motion picture from award–winning director Eran Kolirin In his searing new novel… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3) by Ariana Franklin

2. Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)

By: Ariana Franklin

3.69

Format: 216 pages,

Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times'… read more

Similar categories in Ariana Franklin's Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3) book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. De ortolaan

By: Maarten 't Hart

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

In De ortolaanvertelt een jonge bioloog over zijn vergeefse liefde voor een vrouwelijke collega die… read more

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4. Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

By: Richard Powers

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on … read more

Similar categories in Richard Powers's Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Underpainter

By: Jane Urquhart

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

In Rochester, New York, a seventy-five-year-old artist, Austin Fraser, is creating a new series of … read more

Similar categories in Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Barkskins

By: Annie Proulx

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive … read more

Similar categories in Annie Proulx's Barkskins book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) by Mary Renault

7. The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)

By: Mary Renault

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply… read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Flight Behavior

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.81

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

Flight Behavior takes on one of the most contentious subjects of our time: climate change. With a d… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • nature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She would die of him or be cured."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"For scientists, reality is not optional."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"I never learn anything from listening to myself."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

"Be sweet and carry a sharp knife, was her motto."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

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9. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.31

Format: None pages,

A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, Th… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Benjamin's The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Red Necklace (French Revolution, #1)

By: Sally Gardner

3.50

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

The story of a remarkable boy called Yann Margoza; Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor; Sido, unl… read more

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11. Elizabeth I

By: Margaret George

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen-as she c… read more

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12. The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2)

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A medieval historical novel about William Marshal, probably the greatest knight of the Middle Ages.… read more

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13. 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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14. Devil's Brood (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman's trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of… read more

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15. A Dangerous Inheritance

By: Alison Weir

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

England's Tower of London was the terrifying last stop for generations of English political prisone… read more

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16. 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

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17. 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 Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • 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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18. 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

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  • 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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19. Red Clay, Running Waters

By: Leslie K. Simmons

4.48

Format: 684 pages, Paperback

Red Clay, Running Waters is the little-known story of John Ridge, a Cherokee man dedicated to his p… read more

Similar categories in Leslie K. Simmons's Red Clay, Running Waters book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"He was her fire, had always been from the start, his burning, radiant spirit, a beacon worthy of following."

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"Are you saying these Christians believe we will never be good enough to marry their daughters because of our race?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

"I led you here, only to bring you into something I would have spared you. Could I have known we would have what we dreamed of, only to watch it taken away?"

-Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

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20. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's North Woods book and Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Annie Proulx's Barkskins

  • 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

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