Books like The Passion of Dolssa
12 books with a reading profile close to The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
history, narrative
In 1630s Amsterdam, Sara de Vos becomes the first woman admitted to a professional painters' guild, struggling against poverty to create a haunting winter landscape.
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Transcription
history, narrative
In 1940, Juliet Armstrong, an eighteen-year-old girl, is recruited by MI5 and assigned to transcribe the conversations of Nazi sympathizers who think they are speaking to a fellow supporter, but who are actually being r…
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The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
During a 1961 summer party, teenager Laurel Nicolson witnesses her mother, Dorothy, kill a stranger with a paring knife.
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The Architect's Apprentice
by Elif Shafak
history, narrative
Jahan arrives in sixteenth-century Constantinople as a boy from India, bringing a white elephant named Chota as a gift for Sultan Suleiman.
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The 19th Wife
history, narrative
This novel weaves together two timelines to examine the history and modern reality of polygamy in the American West.
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Ordinary Grace
narrative, mystery
In 1961, thirteen-year-old Frank Drum lives in New Bremen, Minnesota, where his father serves as a Methodist minister.
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The Muse
narrative, mystery
In 1967 London, Odelle Bastien, a Trinidadian immigrant, begins working at the Skelton Institute under the enigmatic Marjorie Quick.
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Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
narrative, mystery
When Mia Parkson’s father disappears during a morning hike in Virginia, the only witness is her younger brother, Eugene, who has autism and a rare genetic condition called Angelman syndrome.
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The Lie Tree
narrative, mystery
Faith Sunderly is a fourteen-year-old girl in Victorian England whose family moves to a small island after a scandal involving her father, Reverend Sunderly, a respected naturalist who is suspected of fraud.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
history, narrative
John Berendt’s narrative follows his relocation to Savannah, Georgia, where he documents the eccentric subcultures of the city’s high society and underground circles.
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The Distant Hours
by Kate Morton
narrative, mystery
Edmund's daughter, Katherine, receives a cryptic letter leading her to Milderhurst, a crumbling castle filled with secrets.
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Echo
history, narrative
The narrative begins with a fairy tale prologue centered on an enchanted harmonica and a prophecy to save three lost souls.
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