The Night Ship
By: Jess Kidd
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars tha…
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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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- australia
- 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
3. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
By: Katherine Arden
4.02
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts
4. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
6. 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
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
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
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- 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
9. Weyward
By: Emilia Hart
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"-Emilia Hart, Weyward
10. 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
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- 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)
11. The Night Ship
By: Jess Kidd
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars tha… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- australia
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
12. The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds
13. A Short Walk Through a Wide World
By: Douglas Westerbeke
3.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
14. The Cloisters
By: Katy Hays
3.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
On the wheel of fortune, who will emerge on top... and who will die? When Ann Stilwell arrives i… read more
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- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Life after parents is like a clean slate. [Rachel Mondray]"-Katy Hays, The Cloisters
"...time made it possible to revisit even the hardest places. [Ann Stilwell]"-Katy Hays, The Cloisters
"And I searched my memory -- that thin, imperfect archive -- for where might have seen it before. [Ann Stilwell]"-Katy Hays, The Cloisters
"Era difícil no notar el peso del pasado a nuestro alrededor. Al fin de cuentas, ¿los museos no eran en realidad mausoleos?"-Katy Hays, The Cloisters
15. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. 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
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- 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
17. Hester
By: Laurie Lico Albanese
3.97
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"The letter A is red,"-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester
18. The Light Pirate
By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in the near future, this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous chil… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Someone will be left behind; this is what love costs."-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
"These women haven't shared their genes, but they have given freely of their memories. Their ideas. Their skills. There is more than one kind of legacy."-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
"After all this time, the aches have grown softer but also deeper. They both know the looping shape of pain--it changes and quiets but never ends. There is a strange comfort in its constancy. Memories…"-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate
19. 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
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- magical realism
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
20. The Snow Hare
By: Paula Lichtarowicz
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestse… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Disappointment is a land to which women journey, my dear."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"I was the told it's the blackest clouds you want to keep an eye on."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"Is it better to love or be loved, do you think?" "It's easier to be loved," Ala says, "but better to try to have both."-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
"If you embrace all the suffering that life hands out it’s too much to bear. If you refuse to embrace it, what kind of person does it make you?"-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare
21. Other Birds
By: Sarah Addison Allen
4.03
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. B… read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- fantasy
"This grown-up thing isn’t for sissies."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"There is no bigger snoop than a writer."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"Maybe some stories aren’t meant to be told."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
"There are some stories that shouldn't be told."-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
