Books like The Other Boleyn Girl

1. 

   The Thorn Birds

   Colleen McCullough · 1977

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

2. 

   The Light Between Oceans

   M.L. Stedman · 2012

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and Isabel raise a boat baby on Janus Rock and face her true mother on shore.

3. 

   Before We Were Yours

   Lisa Wingate · 2017

   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.

4. 

   Water for Elephants

   Sara Gruen · 2006

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Water for Elephants retold: Jacob on a circus train, Marlena and Rosie, Prohibition era dust.

5. 

   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah · 2015

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, sisters.

   Nightingale retold: Vianne and Isabelle in occupied France, hide children, run routes, trials.

6. 

   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini · 2003

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.

7. 

   The Help

   Kathryn Stockett · 2009

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Kathryn Stockett's The Help retold: Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter in 1962 Jackson, the interviews, and the book that breaks the town open.

8. 

   The Book Thief

   Markus Zusak · 2005

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.

9. 

   Memoirs of a Geisha

   Arthur Golden · 1997

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha retold: Chiyo to Sayuri in Gion, Mameha, Hatsumomo, and the Chairman.

10. 

    Daisy Jones & The Six

    Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2019

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

    Daisy Jones and The Six retold: band oral history, fame, songs, breakup after final show.

11. 

    War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tag: historical fiction.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

12. 

    Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe · 1958

    Because shares tag: historical fiction.

    Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

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