10 books for fans of The Things We Cannot Say
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The Women
by Kristin Hannah
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Hannah chronicles the untold story of women who served in Vietnam, tracking one nurse's journey through war trauma and the hostile homecoming that awaited female veterans.
★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M ratings) - 2
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
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Two family branches—one sold into slavery, one complicit in selling—unfold across three centuries from 18th-century Ghana to contemporary America.
★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K ratings) - 3
Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
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George Guidall's epic narration matches Pressfield's visceral recreation of ancient warfare and the warrior culture that made such sacrifice possible.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (44.4K ratings) - 4
The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
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A midwife in 1789 Maine becomes a detective when a man's body is found frozen in the river, drawing on her intimate knowledge of every family secret in town. Lawhon turns colonial America into a forensic thriller.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K ratings) - 5
Where the Sky Begins
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
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Blitz victim Josie Banks loses her London home and discovers her husband's betrayal, then finds unexpected purpose evacuating children to the countryside. Bowen explores women's resilience during World War II's home front battles.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.4K ratings) - 6
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The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
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Quinn links two women across wars—Eve, a WWI spy in the real Alice Network, and Charlie, an American searching 1947 Europe for family lost in WWII's chaos.
★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K ratings) - 8
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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Patroclus narrates his devotion to godlike Achilles from their boyhood friendship through the brutal siege that will claim them both.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (2.0M ratings) - 9
Bring Up The Bodies
Thomas Cromwell • Book 2
by Hilary Mantel, Unknown Author
★ 4.30 Goodreads (105.7K ratings) - 10
The Colonel's Daughter: Prequel to the Senator's Wife
The Senator's Wife • Book 4
by Jen Lyon
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Before becoming the powerful Catharine Cleveland, Cate Brooks was a scholar and rower at Oxford who fell in love, her privileged youth spanning from ancient halls to French vineyards.
★ 4.74 Goodreads (674 ratings)