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Music in Historical Fiction
Historical fiction with musical themes
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La's Orchestra Saves the World
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Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
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Corelli’s Mandolin
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The Violinist of Venice
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Alyssa Palombo (Goodreads Author)
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Marrying Mozart
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Stephanie Cowell (Goodreads Author)
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Vivaldi's Virgins
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Barbara Quick (Goodreads Author)
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Music & Silence
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The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice
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Laurel Corona (Goodreads Author)
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Mozart's Sister
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Rita Charbonnier (Goodreads Author)
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
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Queen's Soprano
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Carol Dines (Goodreads Author)
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A Note Yet Unsung (Belmont Mansion, #3)
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Tamera Alexander (Goodreads Author)
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Émilie's Voice
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Susanne Dunlap (Goodreads Author)
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And After the Fire
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Lauren Belfer (Goodreads Author)
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The Lost Stradivarius
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The Musician's Daughter (Theresa Schurman #1)
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Susanne Dunlap (Goodreads Author)
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Clara
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In Mozart's Shadow: His Sister's Story
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Carolyn Meyer (Goodreads Author)
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The Bells
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Richard Harvell (Goodreads Author)
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Unshakeable
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Molly MacKenzie (Goodreads Author)
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The Noise of Time: A Novel
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
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Fiddle Fever
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Playing the Part (A Class of Their Own, #3)
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Jen Turano (Goodreads Author)
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The Conductor
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Windy City Blues
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Renée Rosen (Goodreads Author)
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The Secret Chord
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Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
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Under the Greenwood Tree
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Ecstasy
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Mary Sharratt (Goodreads Author)
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A Trumpet Sounds: A Novel Based on the Life of Roland Hayes
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Symphony
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Love Is Blind
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Sacred Hearts
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The Jazz Palace
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Mary Morris (Goodreads Author)
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Liszt's Kiss
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Susanne Dunlap (Goodreads Author)
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The Woman in the Moonlight
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Patricia Morrisroe (Goodreads Author)
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The Woman Who Wouldn't
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Rhapsody
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Mitchell James Kaplan (Goodreads Author)
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The Jazzman's Trumpet: A Kit Mystery
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Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 188 ratings
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The Songbook of Benny Lament
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Amy Harmon (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 9,100 ratings
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Simon the Fiddler
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Mozart's Last Aria
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Matt Rees (Goodreads Author)
3.22 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
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While the Music Played
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Symphony of Secrets
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The Pianist in the Dark
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The Reluctant Heiress
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Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice
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The Devil in Music (Julian Kestrel Mysteries, #4)
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The Spanish Bow
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The Instrumentalist
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Harriet Constable (Goodreads Author)
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A Song for Nero
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Melodia Clandestina
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The Rainaldi Quartet (Castiglione and Guastafeste, #1)
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The Student Conductor
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A House Near Luccoli
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D.M. Denton (Goodreads Author)
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A Song for Bellafortuna
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Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco (Goodreads Author)
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El reino secreto (Los hermanos Mozart, #1)
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Sofía Rhei (Goodreads Author)
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Jazz Moon
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Joe Okonkwo (Goodreads Author)
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Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence (The Troubadours Quartet #1)
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Jean Gill (Goodreads Author)
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Verführung
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O Violinista
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The Virtuoso (Duke's Obsession, #3; Windham, #3)
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La ragazza italiana
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The War in Our Hearts
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Eva Seyler (Goodreads Author)
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The Language of the Heart: A musical, fantastical journey through a land of magic
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Joel Epstein (Goodreads Author)
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Revolution
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The Gustav Sonata
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Letters to Horseface: Young Mozart's Travels in Italy
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Dead, Mr Mozart
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The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)
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Diva
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Daisy Goodwin (Goodreads Author)
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The Dream Lover
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The Song of the Abbey (The Abbey Girls, #37; Kentisbury, #6)
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To A Strange Somewhere Fled
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Tempesta's Dream
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Cajun Waltz
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Robert H. Patton (Goodreads Author)
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The Butterfly and the Violin (Hidden Masterpiece, #1)
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Kristy Cambron (Goodreads Author)
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Mas é Bonito
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Geoff Dyer (Goodreads Author)
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Loving Lieutenant Lancaster (The Lancaster Family, #4)
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The Year the Music Changed
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Diane Thomas (Goodreads Author)
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Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart
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The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
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Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
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Conversations with Beethoven
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Music In My Heart: My Journey with Melody
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Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen
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No Ordinary Sound: A Melody Classic (American Girl: Melody #1)
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Lily's Crossing
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Never Stop Singing: A Melody Classic 2
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Mozart's Journey to Prague
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The Haunted Opera: A Marie-Grace Mystery
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Graceland
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Songs for the Cold of Heart
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Éric Dupont (Goodreads Author)
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The Vexations
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Caitlin Horrocks (Goodreads Author)
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Sepulchre (Languedoc, #2)
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Until I Find You
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John Irving (Goodreads Author)
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An Unofficial Marriage: A Novel about Pauline Viardot and Ivan Turgenev
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Joie Davidow (Goodreads Author)
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Exile Music
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Jennifer Steil (Goodreads Author)
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Groupies
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The Great Passion
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James Runcie (Goodreads Author)
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Maddalena and the Dark
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Julia Fine (Goodreads Author)
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How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
