9 Best historical fiction books like The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Cover of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

By: Kristin Hannah

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isab…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Help

By: Kathryn Stockett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home a… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Stockett's The Help book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Alice Network

By: Kate Quinn

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Alice Network book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Nightingale

By: Kristin Hannah

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isab… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

4. Before We Were Yours

By: Lisa Wingate

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant … read more

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5. All the Light We Cannot See

By: Anthony Doerr

3.68

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

A stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths c… read more

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6. Pretty Girls

By: Karin Slaughter

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

#1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psy… read more

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7. The Five-Star Weekend

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

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8. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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9. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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10. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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12. Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

By: Rebecca Yarros

4.35

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Yarros's Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Tell me something real."

-Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

"I'm just as reckless for you as you are for me."

-Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

"I love you. The world does not exist for me beyond you."

-Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

"Me? Argue with you about books? I only pick fights I can win."

-Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

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13. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

By: Heather Morris

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"How can a race spread out across multiple countries be considered a threat?"

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"Good and evil coexist in the worst of times. It is then when hope shines through."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

"You see your world reflected in a mirror, but I have another mirror I look into mine, and I see a world that will bring yours down."

-Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

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14. Where the Crawdads Sing

By: Delia Owens

4.38

Format: 384 pages, ebook

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is b… read more

Similar categories in Delia Owens's Where the Crawdads Sing book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"We are married. Like the geese."

-Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

"Sand keeps secrets better than mud."

-Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

"Imagination grows in the lonliest of soils"

-Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

"How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?"

-Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

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15. The Things We Leave Unfinished

By: Rebecca Yarros

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a br… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Yarros's The Things We Leave Unfinished book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You are the culmination of every lightning strike and twist of fate."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

"Personally, I think she liked living there, between the pages with him. Always adding little bits of memory but never closing the door."

-Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

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16. Remarkably Bright Creatures

By: Shelby Van Pelt

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

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17. Lessons in Chemistry

By: Bonnie Garmus

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to poi… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Garmus's Lessons in Chemistry book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes I think," she said slowly, "that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn't make it past noon."

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

"(On religion) "I think it lets us off the hook. I think it teaches us that nothing is really our fault; that something or someone else is pulling the strings; the ultimately, we're not to blame for t…"

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

"Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself b…"

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

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18. Happy Place

By: Emily Henry

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt a… read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Happy Place book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You, you, you."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"How many universes do you think we’re together in?"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better."

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

"I mean that you have the weirdest laugh of anyone I’ve ever met, Harriet,"

-Emily Henry, Happy Place

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19. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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20. Never Lie

By: Freida McFadden

4.09

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's Never Lie book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead"

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

"After all, my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead."

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

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21. The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)

By: Freida McFadden

4.32

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile polit… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"No puedo fiarme de nadie, salvo de mí misma."

-Freida McFadden, The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)

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22. The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)

By: Freida McFadden

4.24

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about th… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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24. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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25. This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

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26. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

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27. The Seven Year Slip

By: Ashley Poston

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

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28. Mad Honey

By: Jodi Picoult

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behin… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's Mad Honey book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Being gay or straight,"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"People always talk about their love for you is unconditional. Then you reveal your most private self to them, and you find out how many conditions there are in unconditional love."

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"Dark honey from the second harvest. It's made late in the season after the nectar drought at the end of July when the bees turn to goldenrod and sunflowers instead. It's deeper and richer, it tastes …"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"My father taught me that beekeeping is both a burden and a privilege. You don’t bother the bees unless they need your help, and you help them when they need it. It’s a feudal relationship: protection…"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

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29. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez

30. Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery h… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The world is ending, Alexis. That’s what this feels like. So come with me now."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you know what it feels like for a man with a cold"

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"I know it hurts, but just think, now you’ll know what it feels like for a man with a cold."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

"You know, reading makes your penis look bigger - don't quote me on it, the science is really new."

-Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

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31. The Things We Cannot Say

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.53

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Things We Cannot Say book and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

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