11 Top nonfiction books like A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport

Cover of A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport

A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

By: Helen Rappaport

4.38

Format: None pages,

As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a comp…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1) by Elizabeth Enright

1. The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)

By: Elizabeth Enright

4.17

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Saturdays can make dreams come true when the Melendy children take turns to spend their pooled al… read more

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"All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly float away from their lampposts like balloons. Long twirlin…"

-Elizabeth Enright, The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)

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2. Rose Cottage

By: Mary Stewart

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rose Cottage, a tiny thatched dwelling in an idyllic English country setting, would appear the pict… read more

Similar categories in Mary Stewart's Rose Cottage book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • historical
Cover of Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird

3. Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

By: Julia Baird

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Vic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Baird's Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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4. After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search

By: Sarah Perry

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

"Stunning." --Entertainment Weekly |"Raw and perfect." --Laura Miller, Slate "Heartbreaking yet hop… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • nonfiction
  • biography

5. Under a Painted Sky

By: Stacey Lee

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Missouri, 1849: Samantha dreams of moving back to New York to be a professional musician--not an ea… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Lee's Under a Painted Sky book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • historical
Cover of A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport

6. A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

By: Helen Rappaport

4.38

Format: None pages,

As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a comp… read more

Similar categories in Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • victorian
  • nonfiction
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7. Wolf by the Ears

By: Ann Rinaldi

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Harriet Hemings has always been happy in the comfortable, protected world that is Monticello. She's… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rinaldi's Wolf by the Ears book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • historical

8. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

By: Mark Adams

3.64

Format: 211 pages,

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9. The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

By: Jane Ridley

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

King Edward the VII, affectionately called Bertie, was fifty-nine when he took the throne in 1901, … read more

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10. This Boy's Life

By: Tobias Wolff

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This unforgettable memoir, by one of our most gifted writers, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff… read more

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11. Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

By: Tracy Kidder

3.81

Format: None pages,

Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable Americ… read more

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12. The Romanovs: 1613-1918

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

3.17

Format: None pages,

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more

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13. George V: Never a Dull Moment

By: Jane Ridley

4.23

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively… read more

Similar categories in Jane Ridley's George V: Never a Dull Moment book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams

14. Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

By: Mark Adams

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journ… read more

Similar categories in Mark Adams's Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5) by Alison Weir

15. Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5)

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's Katheryn Howard: the Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #5) book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • historical
  • british literature
Cover of Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter by Lucy O'Brien

16. Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter

By: Lucy O'Brien

3.90

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking biography reevaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpente… read more

Similar categories in Lucy O'Brien's Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals by Karen Dolby

17. My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

By: Karen Dolby

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Photographs of Queen Victoria most often show a plump Empress wearing widow’s serious and regal. I… read more

Similar categories in Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow by Lucy Worsley

18. Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

By: Lucy Worsley

4.19

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black?… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Worsley's Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • victorian
  • nonfiction
"She no longer followed fashion; she had created a fashion all her own."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"Surely Victoria's mental health suffered because all the men around her expected it to."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"The daily contents even of her bin 'would be more interesting than a year's file of The Times'."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"With Bertie's illness, Victoria's return to her best self, the self she had lost in Albert, had begun."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

Cover of House of Sticks by Ly Tran

19. House of Sticks

By: Ly Tran

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year T… read more

Similar categories in Ly Tran's House of Sticks book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts by Mary Claire Haver

20. The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her horm… read more

Similar categories in Mary Claire Haver's The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A.N. Wilson

21. Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

By: A.N. Wilson

3.86

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and am… read more

Similar categories in A.N. Wilson's Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy book and Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • victorian
  • nonfiction

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4.38

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Jane Ridley

4.23

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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

Mark Adams

3.92

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Tom Selleck

4.05

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Shannon Reed

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