17 Best historical fiction books like Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

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Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo…

"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2) by L.M. Montgomery

1. Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.81

Format: 199 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nestled between the ocean and the hills of Prince Edward Island is a road. This road leads to the h… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Grief is ever proud."

-L.M. Montgomery, Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2)

"It was in the spring that Josephine and I had first loved each other, or, at least, had first come into the full knowledge that we loved. I think that we must have loved each other all our lives, and…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2)

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2. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

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  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

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3. Caroline: Little House, Revisited

By: Sarah Miller

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, har… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

4. Chronicles of Avonlea

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was n… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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5. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.02

Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"…hate's got to be a disease with me."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

6. Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous … read more

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Cover of Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) by L.M. Montgomery

7. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"…but youth yearned to youth."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

8. Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.88

Format: None pages,

Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on… read more

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9. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.22

Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I've come home in love with loneliness"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

10. Before Green Gables

By: Budge Wilson

4.00

Format: 131 pages,

A must-read for generations of book lovers. This remarkable and heart-warming prequel to the classi… read more

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11. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.27

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Home and I are such good friends."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"Have you any unfulfilled dreams, Anne?"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

"We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)

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13. After Anne

By: Logan Steiner

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most pri… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. In This Moment (Timeless, #2)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.48

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

15. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

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16. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

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17. Marmee

By: Sarah Miller

4.25

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott's beloved Little Women, fro… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Waking up every day and remembering Papa's gone to the front is like biting into a bonbon with nothing in the center."

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

"I have been wrong to hide my temper so completely. All this time I have been inadvertently teaching my girls that goodness is the absence of faults. An unattainable goal that can only lead to a lifet…"

-Sarah Miller, Marmee

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18. Marilla Before Anne

By: Louise Michalos

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A heart-rending work of historical fiction telling the story of Marilla Cuthbert, long before Anne … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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19. Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pour Rilla, dernière-née d’Anne Shirley et Gilbert Blythe, pas question d’études comme ses frères e… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"If I can't love you I mean to be proud of you."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"Ah yes, you're young enough not to be afraid of perfect things."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"Dream after dream comes true—or rather is made true by persevering effort."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

"After all it was not a hard thing to fight for a land that bore daughters like this."

-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)

Cover of Winning the Mountain Man's Love (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch Book 5) by Misty M. Beller

20. Winning the Mountain Man's Love (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch Book 5)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.64

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chan… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Miss Verity: Sweet Historical Western Romance (The Brides of Fiddler's Gap Book 9) by Kit Morgan

21. Miss Verity: Sweet Historical Western Romance (The Brides of Fiddler's Gap Book 9)

By: Kit Morgan

4.70

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

A betrayed young womanA chivalrous storekeepAnd... spies?!Verity Hinkle has never felt like she bel… read more

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11 must-read romance books like Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

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Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2)

L.M. Montgomery

3.81

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Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

L.M. Montgomery

4.02

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Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)

L.M. Montgomery

4.17

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Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

L.M. Montgomery

4.22

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Further Chronicles of Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea, #2)

L.M. Montgomery

3.81

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Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.12

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Magic for Marigold

L.M. Montgomery

3.69

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L.M. Montgomery

4.27

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