9 Best historical books like Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh

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Tamburlaine Must Die

By: Louise Welsh

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

London, 1593. A city on edge. Under threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion …

If you liked the historical plot in Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

By: Anne Fadiman

4.10

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Anne Fadiman is (by her own admission) the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's c… read more

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"Pen-bereavement is a serious matter."

-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

"I have never been able to resist a book about books."

-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

"Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase."

-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

"I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions."

-Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

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2. Symposium

By: Muriel Spark

3.70

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One October evening five posh London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying "the pheasant (fla… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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3. The Daylight Gate

By: Jeanette Winterson

3.40

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Good Friday, 1612. Pendle Hill, Lancashire. A mysterious gathering of thirteen people is interru… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Shakespeare,"

-Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate

"Let me read to you,"

-Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate

"Love is as strong as death."

-Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate

"I have ridden out all the storms,"

-Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate

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4. The Slap

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2) by Natasha Pulley

5. Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2)

By: Natasha Pulley

3.30

Format: 208 pages,

The author has said in an interview: The next book follows on from Watchmaker. Thaniel and Mori go … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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6. Thin Air

By: Michelle Paver

5.00

Format: 384 pages,

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Naming the Bones

By: Louise Welsh , Welsh

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

Professor Murray Watson is rather a sad sack. His family, his career, his affair...not even drinkin… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh

8. Tamburlaine Must Die

By: Louise Welsh

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

London, 1593. A city on edge. Under threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion … read more

Similar categories in Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • lgbt
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre

9. Vernon God Little

By: D.B.C. Pierre

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Named as one of the 100 Best Things in the World by GQmagazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of V… read more

Similar categories in D.B.C. Pierre's Vernon God Little book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • fiction

10. The Child in Time

By: Ian McEwan

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his onl… read more

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11. The Bedlam Stacks

By: Natasha Pulley

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after susta… read more

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12. The Blade Artist

By: Irvine Welsh

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A succ… read more

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13. Dressed for Death (Commissario Brunetti, #3)

By: Donna Leon

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

Eigentlich wollte Brunetti mit seiner Familie in die Berge fahren. Doch dann wird vor Mestre die Le… read more

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14. The Emperor's Babe

By: Bernardine Evaristo

4.24

Format: 200 pages,

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15. Enduring Love

By: Ian McEwan

3.64

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Joe planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
"... her conviction that love that did not find its expression in a letter was not perfect."

-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

"I've never outgrown that feeling of mild pride, of acceptance, when children take your hand."

-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

"When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it."

-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

"I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible."

-Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

16. The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

By: Irvine Welsh

4.15

Format: None pages,

"A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun… read more

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17. The Silver Swan (Quirke #2)

By: John Banville , Benjamin Black

3.80

Format: None pages,

The inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman's dubious… read more

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18. The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce

By: Paul Torday

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chronicling the vintage years of Wilberforce's life, as he discovers a new world of friendship, adv… read more

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19. The Impressionist

By: Hari Kunzru

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

A sweeping, colourful adventure from the acclaimed author of White Tears Discover Hari Kunzru's sma… read more

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Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

20. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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21. Scabby Queen

By: Kirstin Innes

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three days before her fifty-first birthday, Clio Campbell - one-hit-wonder, political activist, lif… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point did the policeman stop? When he put his cock in? Whose was the sperm that had fathered her child? Was that erection, that constant need to get her knickers off all part of the performan…"

-Kirstin Innes, Scabby Queen

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22. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

Cover of The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1) by Ambrose Parry

23. The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

By: Ambrose Parry

3.94

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A vivid and gripping historical crime novel set in 19th century Edinburgh, from husband-and-wife wr… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Nor did he care for how McLevy used the term ‘females.’ He made it sound as though he were talking about some other manner of species; exotic and of interest, no doubt, but somehow beyond the human. …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"James Matthew Duncan, he decided, was going to be insufferable. He had the bearing of a young man who had never been punched full in the face for an unguarded remark, and Raven instinctively felt he …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah poured the tea, thinking how narrow Mina’s assessment of a woman’s role was, how restrictive. Why couldn’t a woman aspire to more? Why shouldn’t she? Why did Raven get to do whatever he wanted?…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah had been speaking the truth when she said she didn’t dislike him, but she did dislike his presumption of superiority over her, as she disliked it in all young men. Given the same chance, she wa…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

Cover of Consolation (Hirsch, #3) by Garry Disher

24. Consolation (Hirsch, #3)

By: Garry Disher

4.16

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Winter in Tiverton. Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is steal… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Consolation (Hirsch, #3) book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Marianengraben

By: Jasmin Schreiber

4.21

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Paula braucht nicht viel zum Leben: ihre Wohnung, ein bisschen Geld für Essen und ihren kleinen Bru… read more

Similar categories in Jasmin Schreiber's Marianengraben book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • fiction
"Ein Buch in der Hand kann ein echter Rettungsanker sein - wenn die See des Lebens zu rau ist, klammert man sich an Geschichten und lässt sich von ihnen in Sicherheit bringen."

-Jasmin Schreiber, Marianengraben

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26. The April Dead (Harry McCoy, #4)

By: Alan Parks

4.28

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

When an American sailor from the Holy Loch Base goes missing, Harry McCoy is determined to find him… read more

Similar categories in Alan Parks's The April Dead (Harry McCoy, #4) book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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27. Three Fires

By: Denise Mina

3.73

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning master of crime fiction, Denise Mina re-imagines the "Bonfire of the Vanitie… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Three Fires book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Rizzio

By: Denise Mina

3.87

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Rizzio book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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29. The Blackhouse

By: Carole Johnstone

3.45

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A richly atmospheric thriller set on an isolated Scottish island where nothing is as it seems and s… read more

Similar categories in Carole Johnstone's The Blackhouse book and Louise Welsh's Tamburlaine Must Die

  • mystery
  • fiction
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30. The Godmother

By: Hannelore Cayre

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed; translated from the international bestseller La… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

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Jeanette Winterson

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3.30

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