21 best-selling fiction books like House of Shades by Lianne Dillsworth

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House of Shades

By: Lianne Dillsworth

3.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this dark, immersive tale steeped in atmosphere and drama, the author of Theatre of Marvels retu…

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1. 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 Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. House of Shades

By: Lianne Dillsworth

3.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this dark, immersive tale steeped in atmosphere and drama, the author of Theatre of Marvels retu… read more

Similar categories in Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • gothic
  • historical
  • gothic horror
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Enlightenment book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

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4. The Tower

By: Flora Carr

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more

Similar categories in Flora Carr's The Tower book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Night in Question

By: Susan Fletcher

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical and emotionally engaging novel infused with mystery and wisdom about love, friendship, an… read more

Similar categories in Susan Fletcher's The Night in Question book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"So walk into your life. Do what you want to do, Florrie, always – because a timid, obedient woman is quite the tragedy… Life. What a shame we only get one shot at it."

-Susan Fletcher, The Night in Question

".. they discussed what they wanted from this life- this brief, single dance in the sunlight of life. "Adventures," she told him... "I've always wanted them." from the moment that Bobs drew the world …"

-Susan Fletcher, The Night in Question

"… how on earth had it come to this; how was she looking at care homes for the elderly when she still felt twenty years old inside, still believed she could do headstands, and when there was still so …"

-Susan Fletcher, The Night in Question

"We think, for so long, that old age will never find us. We feel that we, as individuals, might somehow be exempt from it, that we might be given some sort of ticket that allows us to sidestep death, …"

-Susan Fletcher, The Night in Question

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6. Hera

By: Jennifer Saint

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Hera book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She has been alone for a very long time."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

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7. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Book of Secrets

By: Anna Mazzola

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it t… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Book of Secrets book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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10. The Puzzle Wood

By: Rosie Andrews

3.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the woods, something is stirring. When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a posit… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Puzzle Wood book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away.… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Constable's The Instrumentalist book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

Similar categories in Josie Ferguson's The Silence In Between book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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13. The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux

By: Mandy Robotham

3.78

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone knows Ruby Devereaux's books. But no one knows her story… until now. From a teenager in… read more

Similar categories in Mandy Robotham's The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The King's Witches

By: Kate Foster

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The King's Witches book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The King’s Mother

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.49

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's The King’s Mother book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

16. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Hold Back the Night

By: Jessica Moor

4.19

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of comp… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Moor's Hold Back the Night book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

18. The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Seventh Veil of Salome book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike

19. A Little Trickerie

By: Rosanna Pike

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world … read more

Similar categories in Rosanna Pike's A Little Trickerie book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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21. The Theatre of Glass and Shadows

By: Anne Corlett

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the greatest spectacle hides the darkest secrets . . . In an alternate London, the cit… read more

Similar categories in Anne Corlett's The Theatre of Glass and Shadows book and Lianne Dillsworth's House of Shades

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11 Best audiobook books like House of Shades by Lianne Dillsworth

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

House of Shades

Lianne Dillsworth

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Enlightenment

Sarah Perry

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Night in Question

Susan Fletcher

4.19

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21 Top fiction books like The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

Alison Weir

4.02

Transform Your Habits

A Court of Betrayal

Anne O'Brien

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Burial Plot

Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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