16 Top historical books like Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

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Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector…

"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

If you liked the historical plot in Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon , here is a list of 16 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 Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • 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 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 Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"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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4. 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 Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • 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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5. 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 Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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6. The Stars Don't Lie

By: Boo Walker

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a he… read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's The Stars Don't Lie book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • adventure
"One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along."

-Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

Cover of Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

7. Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector… read more

Similar categories in Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

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8. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's When the Jessamine Grows book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Where Butterflies Wander by Suzanne Redfearn

9. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Where Butterflies Wander book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

Similar categories in Julianne MacLean's A Storm of Infinite Beauty book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Promise of Tomorrow

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the moving story about one woman’s reason for leavi… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ellen Taylor's The Promise of Tomorrow book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Echo of Old Books

By: Barbara Davis

4.28

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old pap… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Davis's The Echo of Old Books book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Call the Canaries Home

By: Laura Barrow

4.03

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heart… read more

Similar categories in Laura Barrow's Call the Canaries Home book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Men were always there for the fun parts, she thought. Women were always left to pick up the pieces."

-Laura Barrow, Call the Canaries Home

Cover of Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

14. Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.33

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Crow Mary book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. West With Giraffes

By: Lynda Rutledge

4.36

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headline… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Rutledge's West With Giraffes book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • adventure
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Destiny is a mobile thing — that every choice you make, along with every choice made around you, can cause it to spin this way and that, offering destinies galore."

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

"Problem was, whenever I locked eyes with an animal I felt something more soulful than I ever felt from the humans I knew, and what I saw in that sprawled giraffe’s eye made me ache to the bone."

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

"People look at you peculiar if you talk about the feeling you got for animals, saying animals have no souls, no sense of good or bad, no value up next to humans," he said. "I don't know about that. S…"

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

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16. Charlotte

By: J.S. Anthony

4.39

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

When the least likely person in your life becomes the one who means the most. Charlotte’s father… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Anthony's Charlotte book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • westerns
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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18. The Lost Letters of Aisling

By: Cynthia Ellingsen

4.34

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman faces the past she fled in a heart-stirring novel about unforgettable love and indomitable … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Ellingsen's The Lost Letters of Aisling book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
Cover of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker

19. One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow

By: Olivia Hawker

4.19

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of surviv… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • romance
  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Beyond the borders of the land that was his lay the wilderness that was its own. The upthrust stone, the shoulders of the Bighorns, reddish gray where they stood near to the homestead and blue where …"

-Olivia Hawker, One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow

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20. All the Glimmering Stars

By: Mark T. Sullivan

4.66

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in … read more

Similar categories in Mark T. Sullivan's All the Glimmering Stars book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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21. The Moonflowers

By: Abigail Rose-Marie

4.39

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Rose-Marie's The Moonflowers book and Amy Harmon's Where the Lost Wander

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9 Top book club books like Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Go as a River

Shelley Read

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Only the Beautiful

Susan Meissner

4.47

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Promise of Tomorrow by Mary Ellen Taylor

Transform Your Habits

The Last Time I Saw You

Jo Leevers

4.04

Transform Your Habits

In the Midnight Rain

Barbara O'Neal

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

No Place Like Home: A Novel

Barbara O'Neal

4.51

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