11 Top mystery books like Lily by Rose Tremain

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Lily

By: Rose Tremain

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's …

If you liked the mystery plot in Lily by Rose Tremain , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of I giorni di Vetro by Nicoletta Verna

1. I giorni di Vetro

By: Nicoletta Verna

4.57

Format: 448 pages, ebook

È ingenua, ma il suo sguardo sbilenco vede ciò che gli altri ignorano. È vulnerabile, ma resiste al… read more

Similar categories in Nicoletta Verna's I giorni di Vetro book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • novels
  • fiction
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2. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Still Life

By: Sarah Winman

4.17

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English so… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winman's Still Life book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But when have women not sacrificed to live as they feel?"

-Sarah Winman, Still Life

"We were an unconventional family. Scandal was a rite of passage."

-Sarah Winman, Still Life

"No single act of generosity remains in isolation. The ripples are many."

-Sarah Winman, Still Life

"He needed to know everyone was safe because without them he was nothing."

-Sarah Winman, Still Life

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4. The Romantic

By: William Boyd

4.15

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's The Romantic book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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5. A Terrible Kindness

By: Jo Browning Wroe

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . . … read more

Similar categories in Jo Browning Wroe's A Terrible Kindness book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Rose Tremain's Lily

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • 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

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8. 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 Rose Tremain's Lily

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • 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

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9. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Faulks's The Seventh Son book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Mrs England

By: Stacey Halls

3.91

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's Mrs England book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

Cover of The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) by Jessie Burton

12. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

By: Jessie Burton

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • audiobook
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."

-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)

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13. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

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14. Lily

By: Rose Tremain

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's … read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Lily book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville

15. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Birdcage

By: Eve Chase

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Kat, Flora and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous artist father - and a terrible secret. … read more

Similar categories in Eve Chase's The Birdcage book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. The Herd

By: Emily Edwards

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

You should never judge how someone chooses to raise their child. Elizabeth and Bryony are polar … read more

Similar categories in Emily Edwards's The Herd book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

18. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

3.90

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Zachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing... Leadenhall… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of L'ultimo mago by Francesca Diotallevi

19. L'ultimo mago

By: Francesca Diotallevi

3.81

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

È la notte di Capodanno del 1960 e, in un lussuoso appartamento affacciato sul parco del Valentino,… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Diotallevi's L'ultimo mago book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Sirens

By: Emilia Hart

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can ima… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's The Sirens book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of La sposa del vento by Scilla Bonfiglioli

21. La sposa del vento

By: Scilla Bonfiglioli

3.56

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Un affascinante romanzo d’esordio sul pittore Oskar Kokoschka e l’amore fatale che lo legò ad Alma … read more

Similar categories in Scilla Bonfiglioli's La sposa del vento book and Rose Tremain's Lily

  • fiction

21 Best fiction books like Lily by Rose Tremain

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I giorni di Vetro

Nicoletta Verna

4.57

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Still Life

Sarah Winman

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Romantic

William Boyd

4.15

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20 Best fiction books like Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

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Trust

Hernan Diaz

3.83

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Homecoming

Kate Morton

4.07

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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

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