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Books like Secessia

Across Civil War Era, Family Life, Literary, and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Secessia by Kent Wascom.

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Top related books to Secessia

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

Let Us Descend (Oprah’s Book Club) A Novel — Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend (Oprah’s Book Club) A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Literary

Miss Muriel and Other Stories — Ann Petry

Miss Muriel and Other Stories

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Literary

Libertie A Novel — Kaitlyn Greenidge

Libertie A Novel

Kaitlyn Greenidge

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Literary

The Feast of the Goat A Novel — Mario Vargas Llosa

The Feast of the Goat A Novel

Mario Vargas Llosa

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Literary

Green Grasses — S. J. Berry

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

When the Jessamine Grows — Donna Everhart

When the Jessamine Grows

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

The Legend of Anne Southern First of the Legend Series — J. Rivers Hodge

The Legend of Anne Southern First of the Legend Series

J. Rivers Hodge

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters A Novel — Jennifer Chiaverini

Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

Sunflower Sisters A Novel — Martha Hall Kelly

Sunflower Sisters A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

The Bloody Ground — Bernard Cornwell

The Bloody Ground

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

When the Jessamine Grows A Captivating Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs — Donna Everhart

When the Jessamine Grows A Captivating Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

A Deeper Sense of Loyalty — C. James Gilbert

A Deeper Sense of Loyalty

C. James Gilbert

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

The Outer Banks House A Novel — Diann Ducharme

The Outer Banks House A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

The First Lady and the Rebel A Novel — Susan Higginbotham

The First Lady and the Rebel A Novel

Susan Higginbotham

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

Arms of Nemesis A Novel of Ancient Rome — Steven Saylor

Arms of Nemesis A Novel of Ancient Rome

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

Rebel — Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • Family Life • Historical

The Mapmaker’s Children A Novel — Sarah McCoy

The Mapmaker’s Children A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Marmee A Novel — Sarah Miller

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Flight to Canada — Ishmael Reed

Flight to Canada

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Cherokee America — Margaret Verble

Cherokee America

Margaret Verble

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Things Past Telling A Novel — Sheila Williams

Things Past Telling A Novel

Sheila Williams

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Horse A Novel — Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) A Novel — Jayne Anne Phillips

Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) A Novel

Jayne Anne Phillips

Themes: Civil War Era • Literary • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Civil War Era, Family Life, Literary — the same threads that run through Secessia by Kent Wascom. Among the authors featured: Jesmyn Ward, Ann Petry, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others.

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