This novel will appeal to many historical fiction readers—especially fans of art, architecture, miniatures, or women’s history. Author Elise Hooper interweaves the lives of two female protagonists in a dual timeline. Tildy is a modern-day curator at a museum in San Francisco who makes a serendipitous and intriguing discovery. Cora Hale is a miniaturist who designs and builds bespoke dollhouses for grown women. Both women experience tragedy within their families, keep secrets from those around them, and are transformed by the choices they make.

Readers will be quickly drawn into Tildy’s and Cora’s stories. Although the plot is somewhat complex the pace moves at a good clip.

This book could be a great introductory pick for a book club that subsequently reads historical fiction based on other notable women in history who were inspirations for characters in Library of Dollhouses.

Reading this book was entertaining and thought-provoking. No tears were shed and while there were intimate scenes they were not graphic nor gratuitous.

Thank you HarperCollins for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

This is one incredibly beautiful historical fiction novel! The characters, the plot, the history....all were written so beautifully and turned this book into a page turner!

What a beautiful page turner! The Library of Lost Dollhouses was such a phenomenal book! Don’t skip this one!

This was a beautifully done historical fiction novel, it has a great overall concept and enjoyed getting to read this. The characters were everything that I wanted and had that page-turner element that I was looking for. I was engaged with what Elise Hooper wrote and thought everything flowed together.