10 books for fans of The Other Boleyn Girl
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Dawnlands
The Fairmile • Book 3
by Philippa Gregory
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Civil war looms in 1685 as the Ferryman siblings choose opposite sides—Ned joins the rebels while Alinor schemes to save the queen. Gregory weaves family drama through England's political upheaval.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.0K ratings) - 2
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
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Skeeter returns from college to find her beloved maid Constantine gone, launching a secret project to document the real experiences of black domestic workers in 1960s Mississippi despite the deadly risks.
★ 4.47 Goodreads (3.0M ratings) - 3
The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
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Jim Crow Florida meets ghost story when young Robbie is sentenced to a segregated reform school where the dead refuse to stay silent about past atrocities.
★ 4.43 Goodreads (78.1K ratings) - 4
The Evening and the Morning
Kingsbridge
by Ken Follett
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In Dark Ages England facing Viking invasions, a monk, a noblewoman, and a builder's destinies intertwine as they struggle against corruption to establish what will become Kingsbridge. Follett's sweeping prequel to Pillars of the Earth.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (136.4K ratings) - 5
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
by Min Jin Lee
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Lee follows four generations of Korean immigrants in Japan, starting with Sunja's desperate marriage to escape shame and continuing through decades of discrimination and survival.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (641.5K ratings) - 6
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1
by Ian W. Toll
★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K ratings) - 7
The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text
by Donald L. Miller
★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.1K ratings) - 8
In Danger's Path
The Corps • Book 8
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Two secret Gobi Desert operations test General Fleming Pickering's Pacific command, forcing him to rely on his wayward son Malcolm for missions that could kill them both.
★ 4.41 Goodreads (4.3K ratings) - 9
Retreat, Hell!
The Corps • Book 10
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Korean War Marines advance through enemy territory while their commanders battle each other in Washington. Griffin balances military action with the political drama tearing apart American leadership.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (4.7K ratings) - 10
