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Books Like The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom · about this book

Loved The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom? If its historical fiction, slavery depicted and emotional hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Gone with the Wind, The Secret Life of Bees and The German Wife. 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 Kitchen House: Historical Fiction · Slavery Depicted · Emotional · American South · Racism

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   Gone with the Wind

   Margaret Mitchell

   Slavery Depicted · American South · Racial Violence · Racism · Tragic

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   The Secret Life of Bees

   Sue Monk Kidd

   American South · Racial Violence · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   The German Wife

   Kelly Rimmer

   American South · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Emotional · Family Secrets

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4. 

   A Calamity of Souls

   David Baldacci

   American South · Racial Violence · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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5. 

   The Seven Daughters of Dupree

   Nikesha Elise Williams

   American South · Racism · Historical Fiction · Slavery Depicted · Emotional

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6. 

   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Racial Violence · American South · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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7. 

   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

   Mark Twain

   Slavery Depicted · American South · Racism · Historical Fiction · Rural Farm

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8. 

   Chains

   Laurie Halse Anderson

   Slavery Depicted · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Female Lead

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9. 

   The Warmth of Other Suns

   Isabel Wilkerson

   American South · Racial Violence · Racism · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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10. 

    The Miniaturist

    Jessie Burton

    Historical Fiction · Tragic · Family Secrets · Racism · Emotional

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11. 

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    Racism · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Emotional · Family Secrets

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12. 

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    American South · Tragic · Family Secrets · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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13. 

    Drums of Autumn

    Diana Gabaldon

    American South · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Female Lead · Rural Farm

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14. 

    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Tragic · Historical Fiction · Racism · Family Secrets · Emotional

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15. 

    The Stone Sky

    N.K. Jemisin

    Slavery Depicted · Racism · Tragic · Emotional · Female Lead

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16. 

    The Wolf Den

    Elodie Harper

    Slavery Depicted · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Female Lead · Sexual Assault Content

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17. 

    All the Broken Places

    John Boyne

    Tragic · Historical Fiction · Family Secrets · Emotional · Female Lead

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18. 

    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

    Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Racial Violence · Slavery Depicted · Racism · Emotional · Slavery History

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19. 

    Legendborn

    Tracy Deonn

    American South · Racism · Family Secrets · Slavery History · Female Lead

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20. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Racism · Historical Fiction · Family Secrets · Emotional · Female Lead

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