Books like The Giver of Stars
12 books with a reading profile close to The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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A Girl Called Samson
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Deborah Samson, an indentured servant in late eighteenth-century Massachusetts, secures her freedom only to encounter the limitations placed on women during the American Revolution.
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Water for Elephants
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Ninety-three-year-old Jacob Jankowski lives in a nursing home, recalling his sudden departure from Cornell University during the Great Depression.
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The Boleyn Inheritance
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Philippa Gregory’s novel follows three women navigating the treacherous final years of Henry VIII's reign.
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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Marjorie Merriweather Post inherits his father’s Postum Cereal Company at age twenty-seven, transforming a modest family business into the massive General Foods corporation.
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The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set in the rugged Australian outback during the early twentieth century, this multi-generational saga follows the Cleary family as they struggle to maintain a sheep station called Drogheda.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in Italy during the final years of World War II, the story follows Pino Lella, a teenager who becomes an underground operative helping Jews escape across the Alps.
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Summer of '69
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
The narrative follows the Foley and Levin families during a summer of significant social upheaval on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
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Last Christmas in Paris
by Hazel Gaynor
Also clear-cut · history, romance
In 1914, Evie Elliott waves goodbye to her brother Will and his friend Thomas Harding as they depart for the front lines of World War I.
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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.
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From Sand and Ash
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set in 1943 Italy, the narrative follows Eva Rosselli, a Jewish woman, and Angelo Bianco, a Catholic priest, as they navigate the German occupation of Rome.
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
When U.S.
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The Indigo Girl
by Natasha Boyd
Also clear-cut · history, romance
In 1739, sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas is left in charge of three South Carolina plantations while her father pursues military ambitions in Antigua.
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