10 best-selling historical books like They Call Her Dirty Sally by Amy Matayo

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They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the…

"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

If you liked the historical plot in They Call Her Dirty Sally by Amy Matayo , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Appalachian Daughter

By: Mary Jane Salyers

4.03

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

“Appalachian Daughter grabbed me Friday afternoon, and except for the time for sleeping and necessa… read more

Similar categories in Mary Jane Salyers's Appalachian Daughter book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Dry Grass of August

By: Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jean Mayhew's The Dry Grass of August book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. If The Creek Don't Rise

By: Leah Weiss

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A strikingly sincere portrait of a town and its buried secrets from an outstanding new voice in sou… read more

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4. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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5. 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 Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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6. The Only Way Home

By: Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction! Desperate times.… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Minniti's The Only Way Home book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of They Call Her Dirty Sally by Amy Matayo

7. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

Similar categories in Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • historical fiction
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

Cover of The Moonshiner's Daughter by Donna Everhart

8. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Moonshiner's Daughter book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel by Lonormi Manuel

9. The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

By: Lonormi Manuel

4.47

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her … read more

Similar categories in Lonormi Manuel's The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's a hard life for a woman, married to a man who's married to the bottle."

-Lonormi Manuel, The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel

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10. Threshing of Straw

By: Kim Catron

4.51

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A grandmother who only ever wanted to protect her two little girls. A mother who did the unthinkabl… read more

Similar categories in Kim Catron's Threshing of Straw book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. All the Forgivenesses

By: Elizabeth Hardinger

4.27

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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12. So Long, Chester Wheeler

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Unlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Hyde's So Long, Chester Wheeler book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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14. A Light in the Forest

By: Melissa Payne

4.22

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspens… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Payne's A Light in the Forest book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Out of the Dust

By: Joyce E. Patterson

4.24

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the… read more

Similar categories in Joyce E. Patterson's Out of the Dust book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical fiction
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16. Quilly

By: Jan Strickland

4.55

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

What was it like to be biracial in the early 1900’s in a small white southern town where the divisi… read more

Similar categories in Jan Strickland's Quilly book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical fiction
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17. Tobacco Rose

By: Florence Love Karsner

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

South Georgia 1955. Racial tensions lead to riots in the South. An old black woman named Rosie and … read more

Similar categories in Florence Love Karsner's Tobacco Rose book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical fiction
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18. Arkansas Summer

By: Anne Moose

4.51

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Arkansas Summer is a powerful novel about love and racial terror in the Jim Crow South. It's 1955, … read more

Similar categories in Anne Moose's Arkansas Summer book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical fiction
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19. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Amy Matayo's They Call Her Dirty Sally

  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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20. From the Flood: A Memoir

By: Suzanne Jones

4.24

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

**GOLD Winner of the 2022 Nonfiction Authors Association Book Award** **2022 American Writers Awar… read more

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21. Firefly Lies

By: Morgan Matthews

4.13

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A stately manor, one peculiar groundskeeper, and untimely death set the stage for this thrilling an… read more

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Mary Jane Salyers

4.03

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The Dry Grass of August

Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

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Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.24

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Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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Amy Fillion

4.25

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