11 best-selling historical books like Earl, Honey by D.S. Getson

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Earl, Honey

By: D.S. Getson

4.53

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

EARL HAHN is slow, the last one to catch on to things. Since the day his father hit him in the head…

If you liked the historical plot in Earl, Honey by D.S. Getson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Appalachian Daughter by Mary Jane Salyers

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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • 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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Lula Mae

By: None

3.84

Format: 640 pages,

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4. Hardscrabble Road

By: George Weinstein

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

The entire MacLeod clan is haunted by secrets - and young Roger "Bud" MacLeod doesn't realize he ca… read more

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5. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's When the Jessamine Grows book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Only Way Home by Jeanette Minniti

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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • fiction
  • 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

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8. The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2)

By: Jean Hackensmith

4.46

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

“If you ever need anything, Rebecca, you just let me know and I'll be there." Those were the words … read more

Similar categories in Jean Hackensmith's The Promise ("The Promise" Saga Book 2) book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical fiction
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9. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

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

10. 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

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  • 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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11. 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

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Eventide: A Novel of the Southern Appalachians

By: Terri Fabel

4.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eventide is a story about the deep and abiding love two sister have for each other as they struggle… read more

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Cover of Earl, Honey by D.S. Getson

13. Earl, Honey

By: D.S. Getson

4.53

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

EARL HAHN is slow, the last one to catch on to things. Since the day his father hit him in the head… read more

Similar categories in D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Raffle Baby

By: Ruth Talbot

4.24

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

“Purchase a ticket for a chance to win a rosy-cheeked little one. Ladies particularly welcome.” … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Out of the Dust by Joyce E. Patterson

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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical fiction
Cover of Where Courage Began: Velma's Story by G.L. Gooding

16. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

Similar categories in G.L. Gooding's Where Courage Began: Velma's Story book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Road to Resilience: Velma’s Story (Velma's Story Book 2) by G.L. Gooding

17. The Road to Resilience: Velma’s Story (Velma's Story Book 2)

By: G.L. Gooding

4.42

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the life of author G. L. Gooding's mother, Velma Steele, The Road to Resilience continues … read more

Similar categories in G.L. Gooding's The Road to Resilience: Velma’s Story (Velma's Story Book 2) book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical fiction
Cover of Rock Bottom, Tennessee (Rock Bottom Series #1) by Kimberly  Nixon

18. Rock Bottom, Tennessee (Rock Bottom Series #1)

By: Kimberly Nixon

4.07

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Life is hard for Ruby growing up in poverty on the wrong side of the mountain on her grandfather's … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Nixon's Rock Bottom, Tennessee (Rock Bottom Series #1) book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Kitchen Canary by Joanne C. Parsons

19. Kitchen Canary

By: Joanne C. Parsons

4.11

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

Kitchen Canary is the first in a series of two novels that follow the journeys of two young Irish i… read more

Similar categories in Joanne C. Parsons's Kitchen Canary book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. 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

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Tobacco Rose by Florence Love Karsner

21. 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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical fiction
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22. Through the Open Door

By: Joanne C. Parsons

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston, Massachusetts 1880...Charles Brennan, obsessed by greed, abused his power as a husband and … read more

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23. 'Til All These Things Be Done: A Novel

By: Suzanne Moyers

4.19

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

Set against the rich but often troubled history of Blacklands, Texas, during an era of pandemic, sc… read more

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Cover of Let the Willows Weep by Sherry Parnell

24. Let the Willows Weep

By: Sherry Parnell

4.03

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

“Sometimes life is just like paper wings. Fragile, easily torn apart, and often there are too many … read more

Similar categories in Sherry Parnell's Let the Willows Weep book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. Tomorrow's Bread

By: Anna Jean Mayhew

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed The Dry Grass of August comes a richly researched yet lyrical Sout… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jean Mayhew's Tomorrow's Bread book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Colors of Truth

By: Paula Paul

4.39

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Colors of Truth follows the stories of Caroline and Pearlie, two teenage girls growing up in Texas … read more

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27. 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 D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • historical fiction
Cover of Cora Jean by Lawrence Gulley

28. Cora Jean

By: Lawrence Gulley

4.51

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Cora Jean is the story of a young girl from the American South, the daughter of a prostitute who is… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Return to Hardscrabble Road by George Weinstein

29. Return to Hardscrabble Road

By: George Weinstein

4.17

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

“Atmospheric, intense, and beautiful.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of … read more

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Cover of The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga by J.E. McCarthy

30. The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga

By: J.E. McCarthy

4.26

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

First Place Winner, Fall 2023 Historical FictionThere’s no greater duty than family…In the heart of… read more

Similar categories in J.E. McCarthy's The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga book and D.S. Getson's Earl, Honey

  • fiction
Cover of From the Flood: A Memoir by Suzanne    Jones

31. 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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16 best-selling fiction books like Earl, Honey by D.S. Getson

Transform Your Habits

Appalachian Daughter

Mary Jane Salyers

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Dry Grass of August

Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

Transform Your Habits

When the Jessamine Grows

Donna Everhart

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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11 Best fiction books like The Price of Bread and Shoes: A Novel by Lonormi Manuel

Transform Your Habits

I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Transform Your Habits

This Funny Life: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.25

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