10 books for fans of The Venice Sketchbook
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The Sunflower House
by Adriana Allegri
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In 1939 Germany, bookshop worker Allina Strauss is torn from her peaceful life and forced into a Nazi breeding facility, where survival means finding ways to resist the unthinkable.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (19.6K ratings) - 2
The Butterfly and the Violin
Hidden Masterpiece • Book 1
by Kristy Cambron
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Manhattan art dealer Sera discovers a painting of a violinist that connects her broken heart to a woman's survival story from Auschwitz's horrors.
★ 4.11 Goodreads (8.4K ratings) - 3
Finding Margaret Fuller
by Allison Pataki
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Pataki resurrects the forgotten Margaret Fuller, transcendentalist and pioneering journalist who influenced American intellectual life. Her story spans from Concord salons to revolutionary Italy.
★ 4.09 Goodreads (11.7K ratings) - 4
The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard
by Natasha Lester
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Lester weaves together three generations of fashion industry women, from World War II Paris to contemporary France, as family secrets about the missing Astrid finally surface. The novel explores how women's ambitions and sacrifices echo across decades, sometimes in unexpected ways.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (8.5K ratings) - 5
The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre
by Natasha Lester
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After successful wartime intelligence operations, Alix St Pierre seeks redemption as the House of Dior's first publicist in post-war Paris. Lester examines how women rebuilt their identities after contributing to victory in hidden ways.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (11.9K ratings) - 6
The Riviera House
by Natasha Lester
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Secret resistance meets high-stakes art heist when a Louvre cataloger uses her hidden German fluency to outmaneuver Nazi thieves. World War II France comes alive through meticulous period detail and genuine suspense.
★ 4.32 Goodreads (14.6K ratings) - 7
A Sparrow in Terezin
Hidden Masterpiece • Book 2
by Kristy Cambron
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Two women across time discover hope through art as WWII's Terezin concentration camp connects to a modern gallery owner's fight to preserve stolen masterpieces.
★ 4.21 Goodreads (2.8K ratings) - 8
The Italian Ballerina
by Kristy Cambron
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Stranded in Nazi-occupied Rome, ballerina Julia Bradbury finds sanctuary at Tiber Island hospital where ordinary people risk everything for strangers. Cambron transforms historical events into personal stories of courage under impossible circumstances.
★ 4.13 Goodreads (5.8K ratings) - 9
It Girl
by Allison Pataki
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Pataki captures 1900 New York's electric energy as the century's first It Girls navigate fame, art, and independence. One woman's journey to center stage echoes through decades of American transformation.
★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.0K ratings) - 10
