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Books like Heresy — S. J. Parris

Explore 24 books like Heresy — S. J. Parris by S.J. Parris — a handpicked selection united by Alternative History, Cultural Heritage, Biographical, and Medieval.

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Top related books to Heresy — S. J. Parris

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Sacrilege — S. J. Parris

S.J. Parris

Themes: Alternative History • Cultural Heritage • Medieval

To the Tower Born A Novel of the Lost Princes

Robin Maxwell

Themes: Biographical • Medieval • Crime

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

Themes: Alternative History • Cultural Heritage • Biographical

The Accident Man

Tom Cain

Themes: Alternative History • Biographical • Crime

The Rings of Saturn

Winfried Georg Sebald

Themes: Alternative History • Cultural Heritage • Biographical

Epitaph A Novel of the O.K. Corral

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Themes: Biographical • Medieval • Crime

Painted Black A Novel

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Themes: Alternative History • Crime • Mystery & Detective

The White Company

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Alternative History • Medieval • Mystery & Detective

Hungry Ghosts

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Themes: Alternative History • Biographical • Mystery & Detective

#10

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union LP

Michael Chabon

Themes: Alternative History • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#11

The Fallen Man A Leaphorn and Chee Novel

Tony Hillerman

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#12

Laughing Boy

Oliver La Farge

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#13

Black Bottom Saints A Novel

Alice Randall

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Medieval • Mystery & Detective

#14

The Shelter Cycle

Peter Rock

Themes: Medieval • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#15

The Ashes of London

Andrew Taylor

Themes: Medieval • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#16

Arthur & George

Julian Barnes

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Biographical • Mystery & Detective

#17

Coyote Waits A Leaphorn and Chee Novel

Tony Hillerman

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#18

Her Highness, the Traitor

Susan Higginbotham

Themes: Biographical • Medieval • Thrillers

#19

A Moorland Hanging A Knights Templar Mystery

Michael Jecks

Themes: Medieval • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#20

The Templar Magician

P. C. Doherty

Themes: Medieval • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#21

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: Biographical • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#22

My Sister, My Love The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Biographical • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#23

Heir to the Glimmering World

Cynthia Ozick

Themes: Medieval • Crime • Mystery & Detective

#24

The White Princess

Philippa Gregory

Themes: Biographical • Medieval • Thrillers

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Alternative History, Cultural Heritage, Biographical — the same threads that run through Heresy — S. J. Parris by S.J. Parris. Among the authors featured: S.J. Parris, Robin Maxwell, Hilary Mantel, Tom Cain, and others.