6 must-read fantasy books like The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) by Jessie Burton

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The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa…

"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

If you liked the fantasy plot in The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) by Jessie Burton , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

1. The Dance Tree

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Dance Tree book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Homecoming

By: Kate Morton

4.07

Format: 547 pages, Hardcover

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the groun… read more

Similar categories in Kate Morton's Homecoming book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Stress can make even the most loving mother lose control."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"What is the truth anyway?" Jess had once been asked by a curious friend. "It's what happened." "According to whom?"

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"There's other ways to travel." She was right. He had books, and there was no barrier to the places he could visit in his own mind."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"Bad things happen to the best of people, and we cannot let them overwhelm us. Life doesn’t always work out the way we plan, but it does work out in the end."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

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3. The Romantic

By: William Boyd

4.15

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's The Romantic book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna   Quinn

5. The Whalebone Theatre

By: Joanna Quinn

4.06

Format: 558 pages, Hardcover

A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatr… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Quinn's The Whalebone Theatre book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Without passion we are only machines."

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"A place where exiles gather to talk of passion."

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"The men repeatedly request that she play Elgar’s “Nimrod"

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"It pleases her immensely that she has created this. It reminds her of playing with the cardboard theatre in the attic, how her favourite part was lying on the floor, doing the voices, making the char…"

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

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6. Godmersham Park

By: Gill Hornby

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

On 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of gover… read more

Similar categories in Gill Hornby's Godmersham Park book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She was simply a creature of the most passionate nature. She felt intensely; where she loved, there she loved absolutely."

-Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park

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7. The Marriage Portrait

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.01

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The author of award-winning Hamnet… read more

Similar categories in Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"May I keep this?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"The animal was orange, burnished gold, fire made flesh; she was power and anger, she was vicious and exquisite;"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

"Is it possible for a woman to be so unsettled in spirit that a child will have no hope of taking root within her?"

-Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

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8. Shrines of Gaiety

By: Kate Atkinson

3.85

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

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9. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Absolutely and Forever book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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11. Mrs England

By: Stacey Halls

3.91

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's Mrs England book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

Cover of The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) by Jessie Burton

12. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • family
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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13. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

Cover of Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3) by Philippa Gregory

14. Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.07

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many famili… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Gregory's Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3) book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Beginnings by Sally Page

15. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Book of Beginnings book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Broken Light

By: Joanne Harris

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Bernie Moon is feeling invisible. She's given her life to other people - her husband, her son, her … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's Broken Light book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

17. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

Cover of The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3) by Kate Mosse

18. The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)

By: Kate Mosse

4.05

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Next in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling series, New York Times bestselling author Kate Mosse return… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mosse's The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3) book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

20. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. The Figurine

By: Victoria Hislop

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hislop's The Figurine book and Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) by Jessie Burton

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.90

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Kate Morton

4.07

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The Romantic

William Boyd

4.15

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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Trust

Hernan Diaz

3.83

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Kate Morton

4.07

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Ann Patchett

3.99

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