Read-alikes and related books

Books like Good Time Coming

Readers who finished Good Time Coming by C. S. Harris and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Civil War Era, Southern, Sagas, and Crime.

Civil War Era Southern Sagas Crime Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction

Top related books to Good Time Coming

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Good Time Coming.

Chenneville A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance

Paulette Jiles

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Crime

The Gone Dead

Chanelle Benz

Themes: Southern • Sagas • Crime

Soul Catcher

Michael C. White

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Mystery & Detective

Rebels of Babylon A Novel

Owen Parry

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Mystery & Detective

Overboard A V. I. Warshawski Novel

Sara Paretsky

Themes: Civil War Era • Crime • Mystery & Detective

A Heart Divided

Al Lacy

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

The Silent

Jack Dann

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

When the Jessamine Grows

Donna Everhart

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

At the Edge of Honor

Robert N. Macomber

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#10

Briarhill to Brooklyn An Irish Family’s Journey to Freedom and Opportunity

Jack Bodkin

Themes: Civil War Era • Sagas • Historical

#11

The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club) A Novel

Nathan Harris

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#12

Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#13

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#14

Blue Asylum A Novel

Kathy Hepinstall

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#15

Bitter Medicine

Sara Paretsky

Themes: Civil War Era • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#16

A Stranger in the Kingdom

Howard Frank Mosher

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#17

Cold Mountain 20th Anniversary Edition

Charles Frazier

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#18

Rebel

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • Sagas • Historical

#19

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Hariet Beecher Stowe

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#20

Night Wherever We Go A Novel

Tracey Rose Peyton

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#21

Point of Honor

Robert N. Macomber

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#22

The Midwife’s Touch

Sue Harrison

Themes: Civil War Era • Sagas • Historical

#23

Simon the Fiddler A Novel

Paulette Jiles

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

#24

Flight to Canada

Ishmael Reed

Themes: Civil War Era • Southern • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Good Time Coming by C. S. Harris. Connected by Civil War Era, Southern, Sagas. Authors featured include Paulette Jiles, Chanelle Benz, Michael C. White, Owen Parry, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.