19 Top historical books like The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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The Dance Tree

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s…

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Cover of The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

1. The Dance Tree

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of In Memoriam by Alice Winn

2. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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3. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Marriage Portrait

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.01

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The author of award-winning Hamnet… read more

Similar categories in Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"May I keep this?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"The animal was orange, burnished gold, fire made flesh; she was power and anger, she was vicious and exquisite;"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Is it possible for a woman to be so unsettled in spirit that a child will have no hope of taking root within her?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

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5. Stone Blind

By: Natalie Haynes

3.82

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A fresh take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee y… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Haynes's Stone Blind book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Then look."

-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

"The sea gods keep their secrets deep; they always have."

-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

"There is one question that devours me still. Why didn’t I close my eyes?"

-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

"And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone cannot be saved."

-Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

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6. Black Butterflies

By: Priscilla Morris

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more

Similar categories in Priscilla Morris's Black Butterflies book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

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9. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

By: Elodie Harper

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more

Similar categories in Elodie Harper's The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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11. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

Cover of The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2) by Elodie Harper

12. The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)

By: Elodie Harper

4.22

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious... Amara has escaped her life as … read more

Similar categories in Elodie Harper's The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Atalanta

By: Jennifer Saint

3.78

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne , a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Atalanta book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I made a bargain with him: if he let me have the mountains and my girls, then I'd keep out of Hera's way. But the main thing I wanted was to live untouched by men. I wasn't going to find myself in my…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"I missed the spread of the sky above me. Sometimes as I lay awake, I yearned so powerfully for freedom; for the dark silhouette of the Argo, blotting out the stars behind it; the promise of another j…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"Standing in the shadows, gathering my resolve. I'd been among too many people, living according to their rules for too long. It was clouding my vision, gnawing away at my confidence and certainty, ma…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"I despised my father, of course I did. The thought of presenting myself to him, of him thinking that my deeds could reflect on him was repulsive, that he thought what I would do would be a substitute…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

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14. The Leviathan

By: Rosie Andrews

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Leviathan book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"

-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

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15. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman

16. The Witches of Vardø

By: Anya Bergman

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcra… read more

Similar categories in Anya Bergman's The Witches of Vardø book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Wandering Souls

By: Cecile Pin

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more

Similar categories in Cecile Pin's Wandering Souls book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

Cover of The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore

18. The Glutton

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy tur… read more

Similar categories in A.K. Blakemore's The Glutton book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Remember, Mr Sharma: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick by A.P. Firdaus

19. Remember, Mr Sharma: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

By: A.P. Firdaus

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Delhi, 1997: It is India's fiftieth year of independence, the year of Hindu nationalists and atomic… read more

Similar categories in A.P. Firdaus's Remember, Mr Sharma: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • fiction
Cover of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

20. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

20 Best fiction books like The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

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In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

4.01

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Maiden

Kate Foster

4.05

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Philip Paris

3.95

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