8 must-read mystery books like The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes

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The Spanish Daughter

By: Lorena Hughes

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

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"What a foul mouth she had,"

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"Soledad’s gaze was lost in a mysterious spot behind my head."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"I lowered my face, such was my shame, but they all took it as humility."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"She never listened to anyone but herself. And yet, I enjoyed her company more than anybody else’s."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

If you liked the mystery plot in The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. 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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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Magdalen Girls

By: V.S. Alexander

5.00

Format: 160 pages,

Dublin, 1962.Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

3. 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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4. 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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5. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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6. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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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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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • 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. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

By: Lisa See

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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9. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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10. The Seamstress of New Orleans

By: Diane C. McPhail

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Now, do you want a poppy?"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Isn’t that momentous? Women! A krewe of women. Turning the tide on men! We are making history here. Yes, this moment! Making history."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"She picked up the wide sleeve and studied the beading: imitation pearls and small rhinestones interspersed with a few of glistening colors: watery blue and aqua, palest rose and coral."

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

"Beauty had emerged from her mother’s fingertips, her nimble use of needle and bright-colored thread. Beauty had lain in what sort of stitch could marry two scraps on a quilt and what other stitch mir…"

-Diane C. McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans

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11. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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12. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

Similar categories in Julianne MacLean's A Storm of Infinite Beauty book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Nurse's Secret book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Moonshiner's Daughter book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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15. The Second Life of Mirielle West

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20’s, the glamorous world of a s… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Second Life of Mirielle West book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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16. Circus of Wonders

By: Elizabeth Macneal

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart by her c… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mejor volar y caer que permanecer encerrado."

-Elizabeth Macneal, Circus of Wonders

"Jasper has turned her life into his own, his pen distorting her truth. She feels like a pulled flower, its roots severed."

-Elizabeth Macneal, Circus of Wonders

"Circus has always made him believe that anything is possible. But he knows, too, that it is illusion, that life does not share its boldness, its neat stories."

-Elizabeth Macneal, Circus of Wonders

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17. 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 Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Spanish Daughter

By: Lorena Hughes

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The Washington Post Books to Read Now | Ms. Magazine Reads for the Rest of Us | Bustle Most Anticip… read more

Similar categories in Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • family
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"What a foul mouth she had,"

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"Soledad’s gaze was lost in a mysterious spot behind my head."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"I lowered my face, such was my shame, but they all took it as humility."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

"She never listened to anyone but herself. And yet, I enjoyed her company more than anybody else’s."

-Lorena Hughes, The Spanish Daughter

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19. The Wind Knows My Name

By: Isabel Allende

4.03

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Se… read more

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hay que estar tranquilas. No estamos perdidas. El viento conoce mi nombre y también el tuyo… No hay que tener miedo."

-Isabel Allende, The Wind Knows My Name

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20. The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2)

By: Audrey Blake

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

New from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl in His Shadow! Women's work is a matter of… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. A Girl Called Samson

By: Amy Harmon

4.50

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to char… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel

22. The Last Rose of Shanghai

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.12

Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition

In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and th… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. An American Beauty

By: Shana Abe

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more

Similar categories in Shana Abe's An American Beauty book and Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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24. The Secret Life of Sunflowers

By: Marta Molnar

4.13

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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25. The Second Mrs. Astor

By: Shana Abe

3.98

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Marie Benedict, this riveting novel takes you inside th… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we’re young, we’re taught to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they ch…"

-Shana Abe, The Second Mrs. Astor

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26. 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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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Undertaker's Assistant by Amanda Skenandore

27. 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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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • 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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28. 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 Lorena Hughes's The Spanish Daughter

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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29. The Consequence of Anna

By: Kate Birkin

4.16

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

The Instant #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatt… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
"The whole world is a hungry stomach with teeth."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"A face with no freckles is like a flower with no bloom."

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

"What is a moment in a day but a grain of sand . . . until that moment means everything in the world?"

-Kate Birkin, The Consequence of Anna

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30. 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

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  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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31. The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

By: Erin Litteken

4.46

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. In the 1930s, Stalin… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

29 Best fiction books like The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes

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The Dry Grass of August

Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

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V.S. Alexander

5.00

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Ariel Lawhon

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The Orphan Collector

Ellen Marie Wiseman

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The Seamstress of New Orleans

Diane C. McPhail

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