12 must-read historical books like V for Victory by Lissa Evans

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V for Victory

By: Lissa Evans

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart, the life of lies a small time sca…

If you liked the historical plot in V for Victory by Lissa Evans , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Road Ends by Mary Lawson

1. Road Ends

By: Mary Lawson

4.16

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

He listened as their voices faded into the rumble of the falls. He was thinking about the lynx. The… read more

Similar categories in Mary Lawson's Road Ends book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

2. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) by Jane Gardam

3. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)

By: Jane Gardam

4.10

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more

Similar categories in Jane Gardam's The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature

4. Noah's Compass

By: Anne Tyler

4.07

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The Bear Pit (Damian Seeker, #4) by S.G. MacLean

5. The Bear Pit (Damian Seeker, #4)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.44

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike … read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Bear Pit (Damian Seeker, #4) book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. Bournville

By: Jonathan Coe

3.81

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Coe's Bournville book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets by Clair Wills

7. Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets

By: Clair Wills

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Blending memoir with social history, Clair Wills movingly explores the gaping holes in the fabric o… read more

Similar categories in Clair Wills's Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
Cover of Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary by Nina Stibbe

8. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

By: Nina Stibbe

3.66

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more

Similar categories in Nina Stibbe's Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
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9. 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 Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. 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 Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

Cover of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

11. 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 Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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

Cover of Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain

12. 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 Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Two Women in Rome

By: Elizabeth Buchan

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever... Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Buchan's Two Women in Rome book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of V for Victory by Lissa Evans

14. V for Victory

By: Lissa Evans

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart, the life of lies a small time sca… read more

Similar categories in Lissa Evans's V for Victory book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou

15. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

Similar categories in Eleni Kyriacou's The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

16. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

Cover of Salt Lane (DS Alexandra Cupidi #1) by William  Shaw

17. Salt Lane (DS Alexandra Cupidi #1)

By: William Shaw

4.01

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

No-one knew their names, the bodies found in the water. There are people here, in plain sight, that… read more

Similar categories in William Shaw's Salt Lane (DS Alexandra Cupidi #1) book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15) by Alexander McCall Smith

18. The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, Isabel finds herself navigating … read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Conditions of Unconditional Love (Isabel Dalhousie, #15) book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Golden Rule

By: Amanda Craig

3.30

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When Hannah is invited into the First-Class carriage of the London to Penzance train by Jinni, she … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Craig's The Golden Rule book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of French Windows by Antoine Laurain

20. French Windows

By: Antoine Laurain

3.72

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Bringing his trademark style and charming whimsy, Antoine Laurain’s new novel of intrigue, murder a… read more

Similar categories in Antoine Laurain's French Windows book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Six Who Came to Dinner by Anne Youngson

21. The Six Who Came to Dinner

By: Anne Youngson

3.42

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Six short stories full of colourful suspects and complicated motives by the winner of the Paul Tord… read more

Similar categories in Anne Youngson's The Six Who Came to Dinner book and Lissa Evans's V for Victory

  • fiction

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Mary Lawson

4.16

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3.50

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Jane Gardam

4.10

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S.G. MacLean

4.44

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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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