14 must-read historical books like The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald

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The Evolution of Annabel Craig

By: Lisa Grunwald

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial te…

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1. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Shattuck's Last House book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Underground Library book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Reichl's The Paris Novel book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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7. Within Arm's Reach

By: Ann Napolitano

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A tender and perceptive debut novel about three generations of an Irish American family jarred into… read more

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Within Arm's Reach book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald

9. The Evolution of Annabel Craig

By: Lisa Grunwald

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial te… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • relationships
  • historical
  • southern
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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10. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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12. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Trouble with You

By: Ellen Feldman

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In an exuberant post WWII New York City, a young woman is forced to reinvent her life and choose be… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Feldman's The Trouble with You book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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15. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

16. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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18. A Northern Light in Provence

By: Elizabeth Birkelund

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of an elderly Provençal poet an… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Birkelund's A Northern Light in Provence book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

Cover of Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure (Nonna Maria, #3) by Lorenzo Carcaterra

21. Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure (Nonna Maria, #3)

By: Lorenzo Carcaterra

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nonna Maria, "one of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created" (Tess Gerritsen), dodges assas… read more

Similar categories in Lorenzo Carcaterra's Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure (Nonna Maria, #3) book and Lisa Grunwald's The Evolution of Annabel Craig

  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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4.02

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Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

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Janet Skeslien Charles

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