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24 titles for readers of The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty, selected for shared themes: Biographical and Historical.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to The Chaperone.

Little A Novel — Edward Carey

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese’s Book Club A Novel — Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese’s Book Club A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Shakespeare for Squirrels A Novel — Christopher Moore

Shakespeare for Squirrels A Novel — Christopher Moore

CHRISTOPHER. MOORE

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Deathwind of the Border — Irv Lampman

Deathwind of the Border

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Heresy — S. J. Parris

Heresy — S. J. Parris

Themes: Biographical • Historical

A Clearing in the Wild — Jane Kirkpatrick

A Clearing in the Wild

Jane Kirkpatrick

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Marlene A Novel — C. W. Gortner

Marlene A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Only Woman in the Room — Marie Benedict

The Only Woman in the Room

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Secret War of Julia Child A Novel — Diana R. Chambers

The Secret War of Julia Child A Novel

Diana R. Chambers

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Collector’s Daughter A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb — Gill Paul

The Collector’s Daughter A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Half Life A Novel — Jillian Cantor

Half Life A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Heart Specialist A Novel — Claire Rothman

The Heart Specialist A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Lioness of Boston A Novel — Emily Franklin

The Lioness of Boston A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Cilka’s Journey A Novel — Heather Morris

Cilka’s Journey A Novel

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man — James Weldon Johnson

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

James Weldon Johnson

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette — Sena Jeter Naslund

Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette

Sena Jeter Naslund

Themes: Biographical • Historical

An American Tragedy — Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Camille — Alexandre Dumas Fils

Alexandre Dumas fils

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Of Mud and Honey — Roxana Trabulsi

Of Mud and Honey

Roxana Trabulsi

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer — Wesley Stace

Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The Painted Girls A Novel — Cathy Marie Buchanan

The Painted Girls A Novel

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Themes: Biographical • Historical

John Brown’s Women A Novel — Susan Higginbotham

John Brown’s Women A Novel

Susan Higginbotham

Themes: Biographical • Historical

Falstaff — Robert Nye

Themes: Biographical • Historical

A Friend of Mr. Lincoln — Stephen Harrigan

A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

Stephen Harrigan

Themes: Biographical • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Biographical, Historical — the same threads that run through The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Among the authors featured: Edward Carey, Pip Williams, CHRISTOPHER. MOORE, Irv Lampman, and others.

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