14 Top historical books like Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

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Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa…

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Cover of The Woman in Black by Susan         Hill, John Lawrence

1. The Woman in Black

By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror

2. The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country e… read more

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3. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Bridget Collins

4. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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5. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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6. The Familiars

By: Stacey Halls

3.88

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Familiars book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Respect is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

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7. 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 Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean

8. The Apparition Phase

By: Will Maclean

3.91

Format: 384 pages, ebook

An atmospheric and stunning literary debut, reminiscent of the gothic suspense of Shirley Jackson a… read more

Similar categories in Will Maclean's The Apparition Phase book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • paranormal
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9. The Shape of Darkness

By: Laura Purcell

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Shape of Darkness book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

10. Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Starve Acre book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

Cover of The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins

12. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

By: Bridget Collins

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of The Whistling by Rebecca Netley

13. The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Whistling book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements

14. The Coffin Path

By: Katherine Clements

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Coffin Path is an eerie and compelling seventeenth-century ghost story set on the dark wilds of… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Clements's The Coffin Path book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • paranormal
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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 Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of Fyneshade by Kate   Griffin

16. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

Similar categories in Kate Griffin's Fyneshade book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
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17. The Lost Ones

By: Anita Frank

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Lost Ones book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of The Corset by Laura  Purcell

18. The Corset

By: Laura Purcell

4.15

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea and Ruth. Prison visit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Corset book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"Notoriety is by no means a death sentence in the world of art."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"Grief is a violent emotion, a sort of acid that eats away at the best parts of us."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"You'll call me heartless for thinking such thoughts. Maybe I was: a cavity yawned in my ribs, where once I'd felt a heart beat back."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

"I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, miss. Charitable people like yourself saved my life. But I wish they’d thought a bit more about what I was to do with it, once it was safe."

-Laura Purcell, The Corset

Cover of Bone China by Laura  Purcell

19. Bone China

By: Laura Purcell

3.65

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's Bone China book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of Lucifero e la bambina by Ethel Mannin

20. Lucifero e la bambina

By: Ethel Mannin

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Inghilterra, 1931. Jenny Flower, una bambina di nemmeno sette anni che vive in un quartiere popolar… read more

Similar categories in Ethel Mannin's Lucifero e la bambina book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • fiction
  • horror
"Marian found all this feminist generalisation and assertion both tedious and exhausting."

-Ethel Mannin, Lucifero e la bambina

Cover of Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor

21. Hearts Strange and Dreadful

By: Tim McGregor

4.21

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

New England, 1821—Hester Stokely, an orphan with unusual abilities, struggles to find her place in … read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Hearts Strange and Dreadful book and Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror

20 Top fiction books like Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

Transform Your Habits

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

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Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

Bridget Collins

4.06

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The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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21 Best fiction books like Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

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The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Katie Lumsden

3.67

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Maiden

Kate Foster

4.05

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