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Books Like The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd · about this book

Loved The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd? If its slavery depicted, female lead and historical fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with To Kill a Mockingbird, The Bookbinder and The Seven Daughters of Dupree. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Invention of Wings: Slavery Depicted · Female Lead · Historical Fiction · Multiple POV · First Person Narrator

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Racial Violence · American South · Racism · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction

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   The Bookbinder

   Pip Williams

   Feminism · Historical Fiction · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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   The Seven Daughters of Dupree

   Nikesha Elise Williams

   American South · Racism · Historical Fiction · Slavery Depicted · Character-Driven

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   A Calamity of Souls

   David Baldacci

   Racial Violence · American South · Racism · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Gone with the Wind

   Margaret Mitchell

   American South · Slavery Depicted · Racial Violence · Racism · Historical Fiction

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   The Wolf Den

   Elodie Harper

   Slavery Depicted · Female Friendship · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Character-Driven

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   Chains

   Laurie Halse Anderson

   Slavery Depicted · Racism · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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   The Second Life of Mirielle West

   Amanda Skenandore

   American South · Historical Fiction · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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   Spinning Silver

   Naomi Novik

   Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Racism · Female Friendship · First Person Narrator

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    The Warmth of Other Suns

    Isabel Wilkerson

    Racial Violence · American South · Racism · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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11. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Racism · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    American South · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · Historical Fiction · Female Lead

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13. 

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    American South · Female Friendship · Character-Driven · Emotional · Female Lead

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14. 

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain

    Slavery Depicted · American South · Racism · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction

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15. 

    The Once and Future Witches

    Alix E. Harrow

    Feminism · Female Friendship · Historical Fiction · Hopeful · Multiple POV

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    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Racism · Racial Violence · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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17. 

    Other Birds

    Sarah Addison Allen

    American South · Character-Driven · Hopeful · Multiple POV · Female Lead

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18. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Feminism · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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19. 

    Bringing Down the Duke

    Evie Dunmore

    Feminism · Female Friendship · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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20. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Character-Driven · Feminism · Emotional · Historical Fiction · Female Friendship

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