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Nothing says Fall like a very well curated TBR list to go along with some cozy blankets, and Starbucks amazing pumpkin chai latte. As my favorite season slowly approaches, here in Indiana, we’ve been experiencing cooler weather in the mornings and late evenings. It’s been really nice to get a sneak peak of fall weather! I wonder if you’re getting some of that cooler weather too.
With this sudden but oh so temporary weather change, I thought I would start sharing with you some good books that would be perfect for you to read this Fall season. Honestly, there are so many books I could recommend but this would be a never ending blog post. So today I’m sharing my Historical Fiction recommendations that would go perfect with all the Fall vibes. Below, you’ll find a few recommendations that I have personally read and thoroughly enjoyed, along with my own GoodReads rating for perspective. I hope you find some books to add to your TBR!
Historical Fiction Recommendations
The Last Bookshop in London
By: Madeline Martin
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London.
Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed—a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war.
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The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As the bombs rain down and Hitler’s forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia finds that now books are also in need of saving.
With the death count rising and persecution intensifying, Zofia jumps to action to save her friend and salvage whatever books she can from the wreckage, hiding them away, and even starting a clandestine book club. She and her dearest friend never surrender their love of reading, even when Janina is forced into the newly formed ghetto.
But the closer Warsaw creeps toward liberation, the more dangerous life becomes for the women and their families – and escape may not be possible for everyone. As the destruction rages around them, Zofia must fight to save her friend and preserve her culture and community using the only weapon they have left – literature.
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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary—awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears—seemed to need more protection from the world.
Six years after Rosemary’s death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage’s stepfather, Alan, resents being burdened by a responsibility he never wanted. Yet despite living as near strangers in their Staten Island apartment, Sage is stunned to discover that Alan has kept a shocking secret: Rosemary didn’t die. She was committed to Willowbrook State School and has lingered there until just a few days ago, when she went missing.
Sage knows little about Willowbrook. It’s always been a place shrouded by rumor and mystery. A place local parents threaten to send misbehaving kids. With no idea what to expect, Sage secretly sets out for Willowbrook, determined to find Rosemary. What she learns, once she steps through its doors and is mistakenly believed to be her sister, will change her life in ways she never could imagined . . .
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Where The Crawdads Sing
By: Delia Owens
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
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