Books like Mary, Called Magdalene
12 books with a reading profile close to Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
In the Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
history, narrative
The story begins in 1527 during the Sack of Rome, as the luxury-loving prostitute Fiammetta Bianchini and her companion, the dwarf Bucino Teodoldi, escape the city’s destruction.
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2
The Bookbinder
by Pip Williams
history, narrative
Peggy Jones works in the bindery of Oxford University Press during the First World War, spending her days folding printed sheets for books she is not permitted to read.
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3
The Women in the Castle
history, narrative
Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, this novel follows Marianne von Lingenfels, the widow of a German resistance fighter executed for his role in the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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4
China Dolls
by Lisa See
history, narrative
In 1938 San Francisco, three young women from different backgrounds—Grace, Helen, and Ruby—meet while auditioning for the Forbidden City nightclub.
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5
The Glassmaker
history, narrative
In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the daughter of a master glassmaker on Murano, the island near Venice where the city's glass is made under strict guild rules.
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6
Shrines of Gaiety
history, narrative
Set in 1926 London, the narrative centers on Nellie Coker, a ruthless matriarch who operates a profitable empire of underground nightclubs in Soho.
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7
Remarkable Creatures
history, narrative
In early nineteenth-century Lyme Regis, Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot form an unlikely friendship based on their shared pursuit of fossils along the Jurassic Coast.
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8
The Great Divide
history, narrative
The story reconstructs the construction of the Panama Canal through the intersecting lives of marginalized laborers and local residents.
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9
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
history, narrative
In 1830s Philadelphia, James Pyke lives as a wealthy white gentleman, concealing his identity as the son of a black runaway from the Pyke plantation.
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10
Hamilton: The Revolution
history, narrative
Hamilton: The Revolution documents the creation of the hip-hop musical from its inception at the White House to its Broadway premiere.
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11
The Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate
history, narrative
The narrative follows dual timelines centered around the real-life "Lost Friends" advertisements placed by formerly enslaved people searching for displaced family members after the American Civil War.
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12
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
history, narrative
Margaret George captures the life of England’s most notorious monarch through a fictionalized memoir discovered centuries after his death.
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