19 must-read historical fiction books like The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1) by Audrey Blake

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The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

By: Audrey Blake

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her Rais…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1) by Audrey Blake , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • 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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2. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • 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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4. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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6. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

By: Lisa See

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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8. Hang the Moon

By: Jeannette Walls

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk … read more

Similar categories in Jeannette Walls's Hang the Moon book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • 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

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10. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Covenant of Water by Abraham   Verghese

11. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1) by Audrey  Blake

12. The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

By: Audrey Blake

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in her Rais… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1) book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • medical
  • historical
  • medicine
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

13. Remarkably Bright Creatures

By: Shelby Van Pelt

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • 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 Second Mrs. Astor

By: Shana Abe

3.98

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Marie Benedict, this riveting novel takes you inside th… read more

Similar categories in Shana Abe's The Second Mrs. Astor book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we’re young, we’re taught to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they ch…"

-Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

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16. The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's The House of Eve book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

By: Kim Michele Richardson

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Mi… read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Though Mama and I were the last of the Blues, the very last of our kind, and different from others, the books united every one of us."

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

Cover of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) by Kim Michele Richardson

18. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

By: Kim Michele Richardson

4.22

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition for ISBN 978-1492671527 can be found here. In 1936, tucked deep into … read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What I wanted most was to be okay as a Blue. I never understood why other people thought my color, any color, needed fixing."

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

"Well, them cloths are a lot like folks. Ain't much difference at all. Some of us is more spiffed up than others, some stiffer, and still, some softer. There's the colorful and dull, ugly and pretty, …"

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

"There's nothing wrong with your color, being you," he said firmly. "Nothing wrong with what the good Lord gives us in His world, Cussy Mary." He didn't know, couldn't know, the load I'd carried as a …"

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)

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19. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. A Very Typical Family

By: Sierra Godfrey

3.47

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

All families are messy. Some are disasters. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and s… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Godfrey's A Very Typical Family book and Audrey Blake's The Girl in His Shadow (Nora Beady, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Kristin Hannah

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William Kent Krueger

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