21 must-read historical fiction books like Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) by Martha Hall Kelly

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Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) by Martha Hall Kelly , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel

1. The Room on Rue Amelie

By: Kristin Harmel

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Room on Rue Amelie book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."

-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie

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2. 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

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • 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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3. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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4. 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 Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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6. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The First Ladies book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Winemaker's Wife

By: Kristin Harmel

4.22

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

The author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Winemaker's Wife book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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10. Code Name Sapphire

By: Pam Jenoff

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more

Similar categories in Pam Jenoff's Code Name Sapphire book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) by Martha Hall Kelly

11. Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • american history
  • historical
  • civil war
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Canary Girls book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Warsaw Orphan

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1942, young Elzbieta Rabinek is aware of the swiftly growing discord just beyond t… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Warsaw Orphan book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) by Kim Michele Richardson

14. The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

By: Kim Michele Richardson

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Mi… read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Though Mama and I were the last of the Blues, the very last of our kind, and different from others, the books united every one of us."

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

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15. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Keeper of Hidden Books book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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19. The German Wife

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Warsaw Orphan  returns with a gripping novel inspir… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The German Wife book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

20. The Forest of Vanishing Stars

By: Kristin Harmel

4.26

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative comin… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Forest of Vanishing Stars book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

21. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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