Books like The gilded hour by Sara Donati

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

In late‑nineteenth‑century England, a widowed scientist and a devout vicar investigate the legend of the Essex Serpent—a rumored sea monster that may be a new species—while their personal beliefs and relationships are deeply challenged.

A story of war, love, and unexpected connections in Chechnya, exploring the shared past of a doctor, a child, and a hospital.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

The Deerslayer: A prequel to James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, focusing on the rapid civilizing of New York and the introduction of the hero, Natty Bumppo, to the frontiersmen of the time.

Natty Bumppo's first journey into frontier life and the challenges of defending his freedom against dangerous Indians and the corrupting influence of a ruthless new lawman, setting the stage for the larger story of The Last of the Mohicans.

Set against the backdrop of the Anti‑Rent War in 19th‑century New York, this historical fiction by James Fenimore Cooper portrays the lives and struggles of Native Americans and settlers during a turbulent era.

During the Gilded Age, Anita Hemmings—an African‑American woman who has passed as white—attends Vassar College, befriends affluent classmates, and must protect her secret as friendships and romances threaten to unravel her fragile identity.

A hero is summoned to an otherworlded plane of magic, where they face a quest to challenge the demonic king in a story that blends fantasy and LitRPG elements.

A Chinese mother and her adopted daughter, raised by an American couple, discover how a rare native tea links their worlds and transforms their family's destiny across cultures.

After facing gender‑based rejection, Dr. Cheney Duvall secures a rare medical post aboard a voyage from New York to Washington Territory, where she must tend to 200 frontier brides and guard their moral integrity.

An exploration of the Harlem Renaissance through the eyes of its larger-than-life residents in a New York apartment building setting, with satirical characters and themes that intersect with Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alain Locke. This novel is a blend of historical fiction and satire, set in the vibrant world of the 1920s Harlem and bringing to life the era's vibrant culture and characters. The story is a celebration of the Harlem Renaissance's artistic and intellectual contributions, set against the backdrop of New York's vibrant cultural scene.

A historical detective mystery set in New York, following the fictional detective Pieter Tonneman as he unravels crimes in 19th‑century urban life.

A disillusioned, bitter portrait of U.S. society during the Gilded Age, offering a lurid and scandalously intimate record of the life of the rich.

A tale of the 1839-1846 Anti-rent War in New York, featuring the Littlepage Manuscripts and classic literature characters, including James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, focusing on themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, through the eyes of the Littlepage family, who uncover a secret manuscript that reveals the true power behind the anti-rent movement, and how it was suppressed by those in control, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the era through the lens of a family torn between tradition and change, amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, with the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, and the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future.

In 1472, Kathryn is appointed by the Archbishop to investigate the beatification of Roger Atworth, a friar and the confessor of Dame Cecily of York, King Edward's mother. Hathryn finds that the good friar's death was not a miracle but murder.

Cheney Duvall, a pioneering physician, must choose between a high‑society practice in New York and her lifelong commitment to medicine amid a looming cholera outbreak.

In December 2004, an abandoned Chechen hospital becomes the unlikely stage for a tender, war‑scarred tale of an eight‑year‑old girl, a resilient neighbour, and a determined doctor as they confront past wounds, betrayal, and forgiveness.