15 best-selling historical fiction books like Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) by L.A. Meyer

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Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

By: L.A. Meyer

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy Life as a ship's boy a…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) by L.A. Meyer , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

By: Megan Shepherd

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London — working as a maid, attendin… read more

Similar categories in Megan Shepherd's The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"He was a survivor, like me"

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"Apparently profanity had a way of making men listen."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else's."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"Dead flesh and sharpened scalpels didn't bother me. I was my father's daughter, after all. My nightmares were made of darker things."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

Cover of Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) by Kiersten White

2. Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)

By: Kiersten White

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Evie finally has the normal life she's always longed for, but she's shocked to discover that being … read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • young adult
"Mmm. Cupcakes."

-Kiersten White, Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)

"Faeries and vampires were glittery now? Honestly."

-Kiersten White, Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)

"What’s the point in hating something if you aren’t proactive?"

-Kiersten White, Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)

"When I caught up, I grabbed Jack’s arm. “What are you doing here?"

-Kiersten White, Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2)

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3. To Catch a Pirate

By: Jade Parker

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Once caught, it’s harder still to let a pirate go When Annalisa Townsend’s ship is set upon by p… read more

Similar categories in Jade Parker's To Catch a Pirate book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When she returned to her cabin, Dr.Gabriel was already there examining Sterling's back. Sterling lay on his stomach, on her bunk, his eyes closed. She wondered if he was sleeping. She doubted it. He …"

-Jade Parker, To Catch a Pirate

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4. Steel

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.43

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

It was a slender length of rusted steel, tapered to a point at one end and jagged at the other, as … read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's Steel book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It’s only a scratch, don’t cut my arm off!"

-Carrie Vaughn, Steel

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5. Pirates!

By: Celia Rees

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live… read more

Similar categories in Celia Rees's Pirates! book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Wolf Tower (Claidi Journals, #1) by Tanith Lee

6. Wolf Tower (Claidi Journals, #1)

By: Tanith Lee

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

All her life, Claidi has endured hardship in the House, where she must obey a spoiled princess. The… read more

Similar categories in Tanith Lee's Wolf Tower (Claidi Journals, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • adventure
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7. North of Beautiful

By: Justina Chen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wa… read more

Similar categories in Justina Chen's North of Beautiful book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Walk on Earth a Stranger  (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson

8. Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)

By: Rae Carson

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes. Lee Westfall has a strong, loving… read more

Similar categories in Rae Carson's Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) by Karleen Koen

9. Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2)

By: Karleen Koen

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordi… read more

Similar categories in Karleen Koen's Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1) by Evelyn Skye

10. The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1)

By: Evelyn Skye

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls an… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Skye's The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray

11. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

By: Libba Bray

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this debut gothic novel mysterious visions, dark family secrets and a long-lost diary thrust Gem… read more

Similar categories in Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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12. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • adventure
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Cover of Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) by L.A. Meyer

13. Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

By: L.A. Meyer

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy Life as a ship's boy a… read more

Similar categories in L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

14. Magonia (Magonia, #1)

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung dise… read more

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15. The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)

By: Roshani Chokshi

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're onl… read more

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16. Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)

By: Katie McGarry

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I … read more

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17. Darkest Hour (The Mediator, #4)

By: Meg Cabot

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard? When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Sil… read more

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18. The Impossible Knife of Memory

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying … read more

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19. Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #4)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

found. Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get Isabel Culpeper back. She fled … read more

Similar categories in Maggie Stiefvater's Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #4) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

Cover of The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1) by M.T. Anderson

20. The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

By: M.T. Anderson

3.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of cl… read more

Similar categories in M.T. Anderson's The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I never knew her Name."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"Empedolces claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebrae; t…"

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

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21. Some Girls Are

By: Courtney Summers

3.88

Format: 255 pages, ebook

Classic Courtney Summers with a brand new look and exclusive bonus material! This ebook edition of … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Summers's Some Girls Are book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you."

-Courtney Summers, Some Girls Are

"I close my eyes and lean my head against the seat, and the word fuck just repeats itself over and over in my head, because fuck."

-Courtney Summers, Some Girls Are

"I spot a fly floating on the surface of the water, its little legs pumping madly as it fights to keep itself afloat. I know that feeling."

-Courtney Summers, Some Girls Are

"There's always this one girl. She's desperate and she's weird and she's jealous, and you're stuck with her, no matter how hard you try to get her off your back. Just throw some really fucked-up self-…"

-Courtney Summers, Some Girls Are

22. The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)

By: Robin McKinley

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in Damar, the desert country shared by the Homeland… read more

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23. Scarlet (Scarlet, #1)

By: A.C. Gaughen

2.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Will Scarlet is good at two things: stealing from the rich and keeping secrets - skills that are in… read more

Similar categories in A.C. Gaughen's Scarlet (Scarlet, #1) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

24. Smoke in the Wind (Sister Fidelma, #11)

By: Peter Tremayne

3.17

Format: None pages,

In seventh-century Ireland, then the light of reason in a darkening world, Fidelma - a religious, a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Tremayne's Smoke in the Wind (Sister Fidelma, #11) book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

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25. 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 L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • 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

Cover of His Forefathers and Mick by Michael G. Kramer

26. 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

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's His Forefathers and Mick book and L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

"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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27. 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 L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • 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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28. 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 L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • 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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29. 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 L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • 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

Cover of Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

30. 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 L.A. Meyer's Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)

  • 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

Cover of Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney

31. Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life

By: Jerry Pinkney

4.29

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir of one of the most acclaimed children’s book illustrators of all time, sharing … read more

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3.77

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3.43

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