Books like…

Books Like The Light Between Oceans

by M.L. Stedman · about this book

Loved The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman? If its emotional, island and character-driven hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Nightingale, Hamnet and And the Mountains Echoed. 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 Light Between Oceans: Emotional · Island · Character-Driven · Historical Fiction · War and Its Aftermath

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   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah

   War and Its Aftermath · Tragic · Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Emotional

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   Hamnet

   Maggie O'Farrell

   Tearjerker · Tragic · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional

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   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   War and Its Aftermath · Tearjerker · Character-Driven · Emotional · Family Secrets

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   The Time Traveler's Wife

   Audrey Niffenegger

   Miscarriage · Infertility · Tearjerker · Tragic · Emotional

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   The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

   Holly Ringland

   Ocean and Ships · Island · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Family Secrets

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   The Last Lifeboat

   Hazel Gaynor

   Tearjerker · Bittersweet · Grief and Mourning · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

   Anthony Marra

   War and Its Aftermath · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   The Echo of Old Books

   Barbara Davis

   Family Secrets · Tragic · Bittersweet · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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   The Witch's Kind

   Louisa Morgan

   Infertility · Historical Fiction · Family Secrets · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    War and Its Aftermath · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Emotional · Slow-Paced

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11. 

    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Tragic · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Slow-Paced

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12. 

    Life After Life

    Kate Atkinson

    Infant Loss Content · War and Its Aftermath · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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13. 

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Tearjerker · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Emotional · Family Secrets

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14. 

    The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur

    Lev Grossman

    War and Its Aftermath · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Grief and Mourning · Literary Fiction

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15. 

    The Bronze Horseman

    Paullina Simons

    Tearjerker · Tragic · War and Its Aftermath · Grief and Mourning · Emotional

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    The Storm Sister

    Lucinda Riley

    Ocean and Ships · Grief and Mourning · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Family Secrets

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    All the Broken Places

    John Boyne

    War and Its Aftermath · Tragic · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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18. 

    These Silent Woods

    Kimi Cunningham Grant

    Character-Driven · Family Secrets · Bittersweet · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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19. 

    When He Was Wicked

    Julia Quinn

    Miscarriage · Infertility · Grief and Mourning · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet

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20. 

    The Bookbinder

    Pip Williams

    War and Its Aftermath · Character-Driven · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet · Slow-Paced

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