Books like The Nightingale
If you liked The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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All the Light We Cannot See
Because shares tags: historical fiction, world war ii, war.
Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See retold: blind Marie-Laure, Werner the radio boy, and Saint-Malo.
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War and Peace
Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tags: historical fiction, france.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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Fall of Giants
Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.
Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: war, historical fiction.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Because shares tags: historical fiction, sisters.
Mary Boleyn tells how she and sister Anne loved Henry VIII and paid for ambition at the Tudor court.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Because shares tags: historical fiction, france.
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Because shares tags: war, historical fiction.
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
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The Alice Network
Because shares tags: historical fiction, world war ii.
Two women, two wars: Eve spied for the Alice Network in 1915 France, Charlie searches for her cousin in 1947, and their road trip pulls…
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Before We Were Yours
Because shares tags: historical fiction, sisters.
Avery uncovers her family's link to stolen orphans while Rill fights to keep her siblings together in 1939.
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The Book Thief
Because shares tags: historical fiction, world war ii.
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.
