Books like “Katherine”

What to read after “Katherine” by Anya Seton: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
The Greatest Knight
Elizabeth Chadwick · 2005
Same genre: “Historical fiction” and “Romance”
- Medieval Setting
William Marshal, a landless younger son, wins renown on the tournament circuit of twelfth-century Europe. Sworn to kings and queens, he serves through rebellion and shifting alliances, and his loyalty is tested as often as his skill at arms.
2
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
Same genre: “Historical fiction” and “Romance”
A young magazine reporter is chosen to write the life story of a fading film star, Evelyn Hugo. Over days of interviews Evelyn reveals seven marriages, a long-hidden love and the cost of the fame she built.
3
The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons · 2000
Shared in the plot: forbids, survive
In Leningrad in 1941, as the German army tightens its siege, Tatiana meets Alexander, a young officer with a secret. Their love is forbidden by her family and by the war, but through hunger, loss and the frozen winter they hold on to each other and to the hope of survival.
4
World Without End
Ken Follett · 2007
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
- Forbidden Love
Two centuries after The Pillars of the Earth, four children in Kingsbridge witness a killing that binds their fates together. As plague sweeps the land, they struggle with love, ambition and the harsh rules of their age.
5
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett · 1989
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
- Forbidden Love
In twelfth-century England a stonemason named Tom Builder dreams of raising a great cathedral. Around its construction gather a cunning prior, a noblewoman and a ruthless lord whose ambitions and feuds shape the lives of an entire town.
6
The White Queen
Philippa Gregory · 2009
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
- Forbidden Love
Elizabeth Woodville, a widowed commoner, secretly marries King Edward IV and is crowned in a court that dislikes her family. Through the wars between Lancaster and York she and her relatives rise, scheme and lose ground to rivals who will not accept a commoner as queen.
7
Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset · 1920
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
- Forbidden Love
In fourteenth-century Norway the headstrong Kristin defies her devout father to marry the charming Erlend. Their life together brings seven sons, guilt and hardship as the world shifts around them and her early choices return to weigh on her.
8
The Sunne in Splendour
Sharon Kay Penman · 1982
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
A retelling of the life of Richard III, from his boyhood in a divided England to his brief reign. Set against the Wars of the Roses, it follows the Yorkist claim to the throne, the loyalties that bind Richard, and the rumour and betrayal that surround his name.
9
The Bride
Julie Garwood · 1989
Similar setting: “Medieval Setting”
- Medieval Setting
- Slow Burn
The Scottish king orders laird Alec Kincaid to take an English bride, and spirited Jamie is sent north to marry a warrior she has never met. Wedded for peace between two suspicious peoples, the stubborn pair battle for control of their marriage until respect and tenderness take root.
10
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough · 1977
Similar plot moves: “Star-Crossed Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
On a sheep station in the Australian outback, Meggie Cleary grows up in the shadow of a family curse. She falls in love with Ralph de Bricassart, a priest whose ambition pulls him towards Rome, and the two stay bound to each other for decades by a love they can never openly have.
11
Azincourt
Bernard Cornwell · 2008
Same genre: “Historical fiction”
- Medieval Setting
Outlawed archer Nicholas Hook joins Henry V's army as it invades France. Mired in a brutal siege and heavily outnumbered at Azincourt, he and his comrades face a battle that will decide the fate of a kingdom.
12
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
Same genre: “Romance”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Slow Burn
Patroclus, a prince in disgrace, is sent to train under Achilles, the golden boy destined for glory. Their friendship deepens into love as the Trojan War calls them both toward a fate only one of them will regret.