16 must-read historical books like All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger

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All the Forgivenesses

By: Elizabeth Hardinger

4.27

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel …

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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

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  • historical
  • southern
  • 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

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  • adult fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. The Education of Dixie Dupree

By: Donna Everhart

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

In 1969, Dixie Dupree is eleven years old and already an expert liar. Sometimes the lies are for he… read more

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4. The Life She Was Given

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power o… read more

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5. If The Creek Don't Rise

By: Leah Weiss

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A strikingly sincere portrait of a town and its buried secrets from an outstanding new voice in sou… read more

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6. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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7. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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8. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • novels
  • audiobook
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9. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

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  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

3.92

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Fact, fiction, and urban legend blend in this haunting story about a young woman mistakenly impriso… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Chết tiệt, động vật còn được đối xử tốt hơn cư dân ở đây"

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

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11. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"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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12. The Nurse's Secret

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.15

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle Wes… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

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  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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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15. 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

Similar categories in Kim Catron's Threshing of Straw book and Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. All the Forgivenesses

By: Elizabeth Hardinger

4.27

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses book and Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses

  • adult fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Between Earth and Sky

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.34

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her p… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Undertaker's Assistant

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An enthralling novel of historical fiction for fans of Lisa Wingate and Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Un… read more

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  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"No one to mourn you in death meant no one to hurt you in life."

-Amanda Skenandore, The Undertaker's Assistant

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19. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Saints of Swallow Hill book and Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Rise of Light

By: Olivia Hawker

4.13

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful novel about the expectations of family—and the risks and liberation of defying them—by t… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook

17 must-read fiction books like All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger

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Appalachian Daughter

Mary Jane Salyers

4.03

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The Dry Grass of August

Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

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The Orphan Collector

Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

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When the Jessamine Grows

Donna Everhart

4.19

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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

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Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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The Only Way Home

Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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This Funny Life: A Novel

Amy Fillion

4.25

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