Books like Gone With the Wind
12 books with a reading profile close to Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Inward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
-
1
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
history, romance
Set in 1940, this story follows three women on opposite sides of the Atlantic as the Second World War intensifies.
-
2
The Lost Wife
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set in pre-war Prague, the narrative follows Lenka, an art student, and Josef, a medical student, who fall in love and marry just as the German occupation begins.
-
3
The Robe
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Marcellus Gallio, a Roman tribune stationed in Palestine, participates in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth and wins the condemned man’s seamless robe in a dice game.
-
4
The Sandcastle Girls
Also clear-cut · history, romance
In 1915, Elizabeth Endicott travels from Boston to Aleppo with a relief committee to provide food and medical aid to Armenian refugees.
-
5
The Far Pavilions
by M.M. Kaye
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century India and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the story follows Ashton Pelham-Martyn.
-
6
Corelli’s Mandolin
romance, narrative
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the narrative follows Pelagia, the strong-willed daughter of a local physician, and Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer in the occupying Italian army.
-
7
At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands during the height of World War II, this historical novel follows Ellis and Maddie Hyde, an elite socialite couple searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
-
8
Lovely War
by Julie Berry
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set in 1917 and 1944, this historical novel uses Greek deities as narrators to chronicle two unfolding romances during World War I.
-
9
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
Also clear-cut · history, romance
The narrative follows Jean Paget, an Englishwoman who survives a harrowing forced march through Malaya during the Japanese occupation of World War II.
-
10
The Room on Rue Amelie
Also clear-cut · history, romance
The story centers on Ruby, an American woman who moves to Paris in 1939 with her French husband.
-
11
Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak
history, narrative
Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
-
12
Inés of My Soul
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Inés Suárez is a seamstress in sixteenth-century Spain, whose husband has left for the New World and not returned.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
