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Books Like The Miniaturist

by Jessie Burton · about this book

Loved The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton? If its historical fiction, female lead and dollhouses hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Blind Assassin, The Birth of Venus and The Other Boleyn Girl. 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 Miniaturist: Historical Fiction · Female Lead · Dollhouses · Atmospheric · Arranged Marriage

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   The Blind Assassin

   Margaret Atwood

   Secret Relationship · Marriage of Convenience · Wealthy Families · Tragic · Family Secrets

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   The Birth of Venus

   Sarah Dunant

   Arranged Marriage · Secret Relationship · Sexual Orientation · Tragic · Atmospheric

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   The Other Boleyn Girl

   Philippa Gregory

   Arranged Marriage · Secret Relationship · Wealthy Families · Marriage of Convenience · Tragic

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   The Red Tent

   Anita Diamant

   Arranged Marriage · Marriage of Convenience · Tragic · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction

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   Shanghai Girls

   Lisa See

   Arranged Marriage · Family Secrets · Tragic · Wealthy Families · Historical Fiction

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   The Age of Innocence

   Edith Wharton

   Secret Relationship · Atmospheric · Arranged Marriage · Tragic · Wealthy Families

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   The Awakening

   Kate Chopin

   Secret Relationship · Wealthy Families · Tragic · Atmospheric · Character-Driven

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8. 

   Middlemarch

   George Eliot

   Marriage of Convenience · Wealthy Families · Tragic · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction

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9. 

   A Thousand Splendid Suns

   Khaled Hosseini

   Arranged Marriage · Marriage of Convenience · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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10. 

    Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Tracy Chevalier

    Secret Relationship · Atmospheric · Wealthy Families · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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11. 

    Loving Frank

    Nancy Horan

    Secret Relationship · Tragic · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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12. 

    The House at Riverton

    Kate Morton

    Tragic · Atmospheric · Wealthy Families · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction

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13. 

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Secret Relationship · Sexual Orientation · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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14. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Secret Relationship · Family Secrets · Wealthy Families · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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15. 

    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Tragic · Wealthy Families · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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16. 

    Bleak House

    Charles Dickens

    Wealthy Families · Tragic · Atmospheric · Family Secrets · Character-Driven

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17. 

    Sharp Objects

    Gillian Flynn

    Dollhouses · Atmospheric · Family Secrets · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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18. 

    Mudbound

    Hillary Jordan

    Secret Relationship · Tragic · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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19. 

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Secret Relationship · Atmospheric · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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20. 

    North and South

    Elizabeth Gaskell

    Secret Relationship · Wealthy Families · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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