Thomas & Charlotte Pitt series, William Monk series, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier… I could go on for days! It’s my favorite genre!
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Plantagenet and Tudor novels by Philippa Gregory, The Marriage game by Alison Weir, The Raven’s Widow by Adrienne Dillard, the Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, Cor Rotto by Adrienne Dillard, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, My Notorious Life by Kate Manning, This Much I Know is True and She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Watch the Lady and The Poison Bed by Elizabeth (E. C.) Fremantle, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End and A Column of Fire by Ken Follett.
*Death Comes to Pemberly *Longbourn *Half Broke Horses *Water for Elephants *The Night Circus *Death at the Manor (or any of the series) *The Forgotten Sister *Call the Midwife
Involving the polio epidemic, World War II…it is steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists! One of the few books I gave 5 stars..I could hardly put it down!..:)
A sensitive topic to some but I LOVED it! This one is also steeped in historical facts about the influenza, Spanish flu epidemic of 1918~ The funeral home aspect I guess some see as dark but it is a fact of life and did not bother me! Interesting and a very good read….:)
@Brenda ..I really enjoyed reading it! I was surprised how little I really knew about the Spanish flu until I read this book! I had no idea just how horrific this strain was, the overwhelming and unbelievable number of deaths caused and not to mention how contagious it was! It was a real eye-opener for me~ WOW
@Wendy A great read is The Hare With the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. This is memoir rather than historical fiction and is beautifully written. Compelling read.
@Pam The Source starts out in the 1960s at an archeology site in Israel and then travels back in time for each of the layers uncovered at the site. The story follows one “family” over the centuries. I remember it fascinated me when I read it in my early 20s.
This post has me searching my memory for long ago reads … I think I’ll be spending the next month revisiting some of my favorites from years gone by. First on my re-read list is “Sarum” by Edward Rutherfurd.
The Lost Girls of Paris
The Dollhouse
The Address
The Masterpiece
All by Fiona Davis.
@Bridget all great books!
Pachinko
Gone with the Wind
Thomas & Charlotte Pitt series, William Monk series, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier… I could go on for days! It’s my favorite genre!
Rebecca is great
Incredibly Loud, Extremely Close
Anne and Charlotte and Emily Bronte, plus George Eliot (aka Mary Ann Evans)
Phillipa Gregory – all of them
Chiaverini. She writes Civil War era. Very good.
Barbara Kyles Thornleigh Series. The first book is The Queen’s Lady
Outlander
The Butterfly & the Violin – Kristy Cambron
Secrets of a Charmed Life – Susan Meissner
Animal Farm – George Orwell
The Invention of Wings
Lilac Girls
Salt to the Sea
https://www.bookbub.com/blog/best-historical-fiction-books-novels-2019-editorial-blurbs
@Karen this list makes my mouth water
thx for sharing, found some more to add to my read list!
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The Book Thief
Lilac Girls!
Lilac Girls, The Nightingale
The Alice Network.
Anything by Ken Follatt.
Or James Michener.
Or Edward Rutherford.
The last days of night by Graham Moore
Not a lot of people like him, James Michener. Especially his novel Texas. Also, The Source, about the Jewish religion
@Bernadine I like him!
I love him.. He’s one of my all time favorites
Oh I just remembered his novel Hawaii..read that one twice
The Taster!!
The Ginny Dye series…..The Brendan Chronicles….. excellent!!!!!!
Oh boy do I ever agree.
I just discovered the Kopp Sister’s Series, there are 3 books in the Series, love it.
Beneath a Marble Sky
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Plantagenet and Tudor novels by Philippa Gregory, The Marriage game by Alison Weir, The Raven’s Widow by Adrienne Dillard, the Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, Cor Rotto by Adrienne Dillard, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, My Notorious Life by Kate Manning, This Much I Know is True and She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Watch the Lady and The Poison Bed by Elizabeth (E. C.) Fremantle, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End and A Column of Fire by Ken Follett.
Anything by Elizabeth Chadwick
Yes!
I love Susanna Gregory’s “Matthew Bartholomew” series. And I have found so many other interesting books from this post, thx!
Ginny Dye Bregdan Chronicles
“The sweeping historical saga that follows American history from 1860 – ?”
Nightingale, Pillars of the Earth
The Beantown Girls. Just finished.
Jacqueline Winspear’s “Maise Dobbs” series is a super read (book 1 starts just before WWI and book 14 (to be released March 26) starts at 1940)
The alice network. Circling the sun. Both strong female protagonists.
@Kimiko 2 of my favorites!
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander.
All The Light We Can Not See, a Pulitzer Prize winner. Excellent book.
The Nightingale, Devil in the White City was excellent. All The Light We Cannot See.
Lilac Girls
@Jennifer “The Second Mrs Hockaday” and “News of The World”
@Irene what did you think of News of the World it is a recommendation for book club
Phillipa Gregory the Wideacre trilogy
I’ve read a few recently
The Kitchen House
Cold Mountain
Water for Elephants
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Book Thief
Jenny Dye series
I just read Salt to the Sea. It’s a YA, multi-perspective, end of WW2 book.
@Darlena I love that book. Brilliant writing.
Any and all of Beatriz Williams!!
Phillipa Gregory Tudor series
Following
City of women by david gillham. The kitchen house by kathleen grissom
The Nightingale. All the Light We Cannot See.
The white queen
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
America’s First Daughter, The Gown, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Love and Other Consolation Prizes.
Following
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39816076-the-lost-girls-of-paris?ac=1&from_search=true
Anything by Fiona Davis or Susan Meissner.
Memories of Violets.
Girl with the pearl earring, tulip fever, devil in the city of white, pillars of the earth….
The Edge of the Orchard-T.Chevalier
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Before we were yours by Lisa Wingate, Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
*Death Comes to Pemberly
*Longbourn
*Half Broke Horses
*Water for Elephants
*The Night Circus
*Death at the Manor (or any of the series)
*The Forgotten Sister
*Call the Midwife
The Cry and the Covenant by Morton Thomson.
A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN BY BRENDA NOVAK.
SHE ALSO HAS THESES BOOKS THAT ARE HISTORICAL FICTION- THROUGH THE SMOKE ; HONOR BOUND ; OF NOBLE BIRTH.
@Rebecca. Why are you YELLING?
The Traitor’s wife by Allison Pataki.
Belgravia by Julian Fellows.
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler.
Outlander
Lauren Willig Pink Carnation Series
Involving the polio epidemic, World War II…it is steeped in history and filled with heart-wrenching twists!
One of the few books I gave 5 stars..I could hardly put it down!..:)
@Linda I just read this too. Loved it.
A sensitive topic to some but I LOVED it! This one is also steeped in historical facts about the influenza, Spanish flu epidemic of 1918~
The funeral home aspect I guess some see as dark but it is a fact of life and did not bother me!
Interesting and a very good read….:)
@Linda I’m currently reading this. I’m half way through it and would recommend it to others
@Brenda ..I really enjoyed reading it! I was surprised how little I really knew about the Spanish flu until I read this book!
I had no idea just how horrific this strain was, the overwhelming and unbelievable number of deaths caused and not to mention how contagious it was!
It was a real eye-opener for me~ WOW
Secrets of a Charmed Life
It takes place in early 1940s England, when parents send their children away to foster homes, in order to keep them safe. I thought it was excellent
I agree I too really enjoyed “Secrets of a Charmed Life”~
I LOVE Susan Meissner books…<3
City of Thieves
Anything by Phillippa Gregory ! Never been disappointed !
Not entirely historical but set partly during WWII Poland and partly in the present- The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer. It’s brand new.
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
@Michelle loved that book
@Paula Yes, it is one of my all time favorites.
Anything by John Jakes.
Thank you everyone!! I have lots to work through now!
@Jennifer sorry I’m late, but I love everything by Jennifer Robson. xoxo
@Desneiges thank you!! I love every suggestion
Brock and Bodie Thoene
Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
In The Garden of Beasts. Erik Larson
@Wendy loved this book.
@Wendy A great read is The Hare With the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. This is memoir rather than historical fiction and is beautifully written. Compelling read.
@Lucy I’m gonna read it! Thank you for the great suggestion. Right up my alley. ?
I have an ebook – author D.S.Pais. The title is : The Spell of an iresistible woman. It’s on Kindle Unlimited.
Most anything by James Mitchner……Centennial is my favorite, runner up is Hawaii.
Yes and I remember reading “The Source” many years ago … it was amazing (I think it’s due for a re-read)
That one got past me! I loved Centennial, Hawaii and Space. What is the story in The Source?
@Pam The Haj by Mitchner is still relevant today. Great read.
@Pam The Source starts out in the 1960s at an archeology site in Israel and then travels back in time for each of the layers uncovered at the site. The story follows one “family” over the centuries. I remember it fascinated me when I read it in my early 20s.
The Alice Network
The Huntress by Kate Quinn author of The Alice Network
The Lilac Girls, The Nightingale, Under A Scarlet Sky
This post has me searching my memory for long ago reads … I think I’ll be spending the next month revisiting some of my favorites from years gone by. First on my re-read list is “Sarum” by Edward Rutherfurd.
Currently reading “the invention of wings” – loving it
@Brittany I read it recently and did not realize these sister were real abolitionist! Very good read.
@Brittany great read! Loved it.
What era do you like?
Philipa Gregory writes a lot of Tudor and Plantagenet era about the English royals. Love her books ?
https://www.free-ebooks.net/romance/Memories-of-Fanny-Hill
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Anything by Rosanne Bittner. Most of her books are in the American Old West era.
The Only Woman in the Room about Hedy Lamarr.