20 Best historical books like Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

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Secrets of a Charmed Life

By: Susan Meissner

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there c…

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Cover of Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

1. Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.30

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Pan, I said. "Do you know who can help?" He shook his head. "I will," I said. "What can you do?" he asked. "I don't know yet. This is new to me."

-Kathleen Grissom, Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

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2. Secrets of a Charmed Life

By: Susan Meissner

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there c… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

3. When We Meet Again

By: Kristin Harmel

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Emily thinks she's lost everything...until a mysterious painting leads her to what she wants most i… read more

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4. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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5. The Paris Agent

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Paris Agent book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

"And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a bette…"

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

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6. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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8. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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10. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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11. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

Cover of The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

12. The Winemaker's Wife

By: Kristin Harmel

4.22

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

The author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Winemaker's Wife book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's The Little Liar book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

Cover of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

14. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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15. The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Spectacular book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

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16. Beyond That, the Sea

By: Laura Spence-Ash

4.24

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, tenderhearted love story, Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash tells the story of t… read more

Similar categories in Laura Spence-Ash's Beyond That, the Sea book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline  Martin

17. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Keeper of Hidden Books book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. When We Had Wings

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's When We Had Wings book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

Cover of The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

21. The German Wife

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Warsaw Orphan  returns with a gripping novel inspir… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The German Wife book and Susan Meissner's Secrets of a Charmed Life

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

20 Best fiction books like Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

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Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

Kathleen Grissom

4.30

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Secrets of a Charmed Life

Susan Meissner

4.27

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

4.13

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20 Best fiction books like The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

Transform Your Habits

The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

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