10 best-selling fiction books like Doc by Mary Doria Russell

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Doc

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hop…

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1. War Brides

By: Helen Bryan

3.82

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settl… read more

Similar categories in Helen Bryan's War Brides book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The English understand the nuance of insult better than any other race"

-Helen Bryan, War Brides

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2. 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
  • historical fiction
Cover of Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1) by Erin Bowman

3. Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1)

By: Erin Bowman

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Revenge is worth its weight in gold. When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the locati… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bowman's Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1) book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Elijah of Buxton

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel f… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Paul Curtis's Elijah of Buxton book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Doc

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hop… read more

Similar categories in Mary Doria Russell's Doc book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • american history
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

6. The Virgin Blue

By: Tracy Chevalier

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin--two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful fam… read more

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7. Splendor (Luxe, #4)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.45

Format: 105 pages,

New Beginnings. Shocking Revelations. Unexpected Endings. As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth re… read more

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8. Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1)

By: Deborah Wiles

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with h… read more

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9. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769 (Royal Diaries #4)

By: Kathryn Lasky

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

"I look up now into the oval mirror and see barely a trace of the mud-splattered girl tearing throu… read more

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10. Lionheart (Plantagenets #4)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

3.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

They were called "The Devil's Brood," though never to their faces. They were the four surviving son… read more

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11. Time and Chance (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all … read more

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12. Bitter Greens

By: Kate Forsyth

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

A Library Journal Best Book of 2014: Historical Fiction The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel… read more

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13. Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer

By: Sena Jeter Naslund

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

A magnificent, vast, and enthralling saga, Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wifeis a remarkable epic spa… read more

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14. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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15. 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 Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • 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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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. The Virgins of Venice

By: Gina Buonaguro

4.26

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

2023 1st Place Chaucer Award Winner for Best Historical Fiction! In sixteenth-century Venice, on… read more

Similar categories in Gina Buonaguro's The Virgins of Venice book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Lice breeds lice, and sin breeds sin."

-Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

"Venetians prefer being merchants to philosophers."

-Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

"To leave Venice felt as foreign as flying to the stars."

-Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

"Despite the convent walls, when I was writing, my mind was free."

-Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

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18. 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 Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • 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

Cover of Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey) by Beverly Magid

19. Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey)

By: Beverly Magid

4.32

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Russia, 1905: Leah Survives a Pogrom in Her Village, Then Meets a Dashing Russian Captain Who Wants… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Magid's Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey) book and Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Are you afraid?"

-Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey)

"Don’t get any ideas,"

-Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey)

"Would there be extra payment for my services?"

-Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey)

"We’re having another meeting tonight, if you can come,"

-Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle (Leah's Journey)

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20. 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 Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • 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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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 Mary Doria Russell's Doc

  • 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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Helen Bryan

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4.16

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Erin Bowman

3.30

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Christopher Paul Curtis

3.66

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Chad Boudreaux

4.30

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The Three Witches and The Master

Max Nowaz

4.30

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Taming Flame

Therisa Peimer

4.30

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Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Yvonne Korshak

4.29

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