Historical y.a. with strong female leads

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Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1)
Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 29,403 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,069 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,755 ratings
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 225,105 ratings
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,016 ratings
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Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 111,722 ratings
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The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)
The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 73,024 ratings
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Jacob Have I Loved
Jacob Have I Loved 3.69 avg rating — 35,647 ratings
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,619 ratings
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A Theory of Expanded Love
A Theory of Expanded Love 4.23 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Mara, Daughter of the Nile 4.25 avg rating — 13,372 ratings
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,958 ratings
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Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating — 131,290 ratings
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The Midwife's Apprentice
The Midwife's Apprentice 3.73 avg rating — 43,211 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,948 ratings
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In the Eye of the Storm (Storm and Silence, #2)
In the Eye of the Storm (Storm and Silence, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 16,238 ratings
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Witch Child (Witch Child, #1)
Witch Child (Witch Child, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 19,708 ratings
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Tsarina
Tsarina 3.53 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
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The Robber Knight (The Robber Knight Saga #1)
The Robber Knight (The Robber Knight Saga #1) 4.37 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
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Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,758 ratings
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The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart, #3)
The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 13,407 ratings
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The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart, #2)
The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 16,116 ratings
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The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1)
The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 29,968 ratings
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Sing Down the Moon
Sing Down the Moon 3.76 avg rating — 8,740 ratings
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Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story
Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story 3.77 avg rating — 2,854 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,892 ratings
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
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Stones for My Father
Stones for My Father 3.60 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Escape from Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1)
The Escape from Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1)
by: Avi
3.83 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
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A Breath of Eyre (Unbound, #1)
A Breath of Eyre (Unbound, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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Yeshu: A Novel for the Open-Hearted
Yeshu: A Novel for the Open-Hearted 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Next Together (The Next Together, #1)
The Next Together (The Next Together, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 5,890 ratings
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Cold Blood: A Yamabuki Story
Cold Blood: A Yamabuki Story 3.87 avg rating — 106 ratings
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And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 52,919 ratings
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Assassin (Lady Grace Mysteries, #1)
Assassin (Lady Grace Mysteries, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
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Loose Gravel
Loose Gravel 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,251 ratings
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Beneath the Sand
Beneath the Sand 3.47 avg rating — 707 ratings
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The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond
The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond 3.82 avg rating — 2,031 ratings
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They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom 4.67 avg rating — 4,688 ratings
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This Thing Called the Future
This Thing Called the Future 3.70 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Lord Kirkle's Money (Beyond the Western Sea, #2)
Lord Kirkle's Money (Beyond the Western Sea, #2)
by: Avi
3.91 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
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Cold Rain - Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince
Cold Rain - Yamabuki and the Warlord Prince 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings
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A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys 4.03 avg rating — 2,224 ratings
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Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)
Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 23,126 ratings
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 119,400 ratings
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds
In the Shadow of Blackbirds 3.85 avg rating — 13,415 ratings
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What I Saw and How I Lied
What I Saw and How I Lied 3.53 avg rating — 15,029 ratings
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Calico Captive
Calico Captive 3.99 avg rating — 6,576 ratings
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Cold Heart: Yamabuki vs. the Shinobi Priest (Sword of the Taka Samurai #3)
Cold Heart: Yamabuki vs. the Shinobi Priest (Sword of the Taka Samurai #3) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Foreshadowing
The Foreshadowing 3.80 avg rating — 2,372 ratings
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The Third Witch
The Third Witch 3.72 avg rating — 685 ratings
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The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree 3.84 avg rating — 28,008 ratings
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The Illyrian Adventure (Vesper Holly, #1)
The Illyrian Adventure (Vesper Holly, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
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Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, #1)
Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 4,197 ratings
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Cold Sake: Yamabuki vs. the Undead
Cold Sake: Yamabuki vs. the Undead 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,383 ratings
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Cleopatra's Moon
Cleopatra's Moon 4.01 avg rating — 4,514 ratings
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To Catch a Pirate
To Catch a Pirate 3.77 avg rating — 7,424 ratings
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A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
by: Y.S. Lee
3.79 avg rating — 18,095 ratings
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The Stolen One
The Stolen One 3.54 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
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The Season
The Season 3.78 avg rating — 12,786 ratings
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Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices, #1)
Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 8,358 ratings
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Gwyneth and the Thief
Gwyneth and the Thief 3.82 avg rating — 779 ratings
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Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 4.01 avg rating — 6,921 ratings
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Ivy
Ivy 3.36 avg rating — 1,569 ratings
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Victoria and the Rogue
Victoria and the Rogue
by: Meg Cabot
3.63 avg rating — 9,778 ratings
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Of Monsters and Madness (Of Monsters and Madness, #1)
Of Monsters and Madness (Of Monsters and Madness, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
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Samantha and the Cowboy
Samantha and the Cowboy 3.72 avg rating — 854 ratings
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A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 4.18 avg rating — 5,682 ratings
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 28,412 ratings
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Daughter of Venice
Daughter of Venice 3.73 avg rating — 3,240 ratings
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 101,044 ratings
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Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 18,396 ratings
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Out of the Easy
Out of the Easy 4.03 avg rating — 70,093 ratings
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 51,389 ratings
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Escape from Warsaw
Escape from Warsaw 4.02 avg rating — 9,178 ratings
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 866,393 ratings
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Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1)
Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 17,122 ratings
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Chain of Fire
Chain of Fire 3.67 avg rating — 229 ratings
81.
Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth
Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth 4.14 avg rating — 893 ratings
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A Company of Swans
A Company of Swans really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,539 ratings
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Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 26,640 ratings
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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons 4.25 avg rating — 5,664 ratings
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Goldie Vance Vol. 1
Goldie Vance Vol. 1 3.91 avg rating — 5,999 ratings
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 3.94 avg rating — 10,799 ratings
88.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
The Trumpeter of Krakow 3.75 avg rating — 7,773 ratings
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Girl About Town (Lulu Kelly Mystery #1)
Girl About Town (Lulu Kelly Mystery #1) 3.27 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Mother Earth Father Sky (Ivory Carver, #1)
Mother Earth Father Sky (Ivory Carver, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 8,713 ratings
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Razorhurst
Razorhurst 3.55 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
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Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 27,481 ratings
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Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1)
Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 174,889 ratings
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The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 42,403 ratings
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The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1)
The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,810 ratings
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The Prophecy (Reign, #1)
The Prophecy (Reign, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 626 ratings
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The Girl Is Murder (The Girl is Murder, #1)
The Girl Is Murder (The Girl is Murder, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,877 ratings
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Girl in the Blue Coat
Girl in the Blue Coat 4.03 avg rating — 44,910 ratings
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Velvet Undercover
Velvet Undercover 3.74 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
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Violins of Autumn
Violins of Autumn 3.79 avg rating — 897 ratings
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