i am looking for a long historical fiction saga. any suggestions?
i am looking for a long historical fiction saga. i have read so many listing would be impossible. any suggestions?
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All the Light We Cannot See is good historical fiction.
read it
Margaret Birnie Higgins – Have you read The Nix by Nathan Hill?
no
It’s very good. Maybe give this one a try
Philippa Gregory’s Tudor series
read it
What about her Wideacre trilogy? It was her first I think, and is dark and twisty
read those loved them
Have u read the Bregdan chronicles and outlander series?
yes
There’s another thread on this page about the Rutherford books. Have you read any of them? They are long, fiction, historical, saga – meet all of your criteria. Sarum and London are both great reads.
will check out ruthrtford gave read the others
Reading Sarum now and I’m hooked ! Super good!
Ken Follett. He has a couple of long ones. The Century trilogy and the Pillars of the Earth trilogy.
read them
Did not like them at all
I liked the Century Trilogy. I also liked Pillars of the Earth, though I have not found time to read the two sequels.
Her mother’s Heart and Her Daughter’s Dream!!!! Excellent 2 book Family Saga by Francine Rivers
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is my favorite book
thx
Also by Francine Rivers The Mark of the Lion trilogy. My favorite!
The Saxon Stories Series by Bernard Cornwell
read it
At the moment I’m reading Gone With The Wind and it’s amazing ❤️
Loved it and also Scarlet the Sequel was good
read them all
If you haven’t read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, start there. Very meaty. There are two sequels as well.
i have read those loved them
Followig
Jane Smiley has a couple also.
The Icelandic Sagas!
A soldier in the great war. Mark helprin
The Invisible Bridge by Orringer, A Horseman Riding By, RF Delderfield
The Wilderness Saga series by Sara Donati is very good.
read it great!
The Magnificent Ambersons, Middlesex, the Forsythe Saga.
Trinity by Leon Uris. Set in Ireland and gives a good historical rendering of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants through the stories of two fictional families. I read it on trains all over Europe and enjoyed it. (And it’s about 3 inches fat so dig in! )
Bernard Cornwell – the last kingdom series, as well as all of his other series
Patrick obrian – the captain Aubrey books
Conn igulden – wars of the Roses, Ghengis khan etc
Simon scarrow – everything essentially
Angus Donald – the outlaw chronicles (Robin Hood theme during the time of Richard lion heart)
I’ll think of a few more ^_^
Have you read any James Michener? It’s been years, but I’ve read lots, not all, of his books, loved learning about the history of a place while enjoying the story…
all of them see my position? the ones i haven’t. read putting on list thx. will not reply
Have you read the John Jakes Bicentennial series?
lovd it
And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer It’s a doozy! It’s about a women’s book club in Ohio spanning the end of the Civil War through the Depression.
read t
Sharon Kay Penman’s trilogy about medieval Wales and England. The first one is Here be Dragons, the second is Falls the Shadow, the last is The Reckoning. I have read them several times. She also writes shorter medieval mystery novels.
Got hooked on her books!
loved those
No Angle by Penny Vincenzi, part of a trilogy
East of Eden…amazing. I know it is a stand alone, but sweeping and if you haven’t read it, you must!
These Is My Words…reminiscent of the love story of Scarlet and Rhett with grit and gumption. It is a trio.
The Kitchen House…such a fantastic story. Only a sequel with it.
The Poldark series…I haven’t made my way all the way through yet, but so good.
Ditto on East of Eden.
Just picked this up at Goodwill. Reviews look good and sounds wonderful but I haven’t delved into it yet. Looks like there are 2 in the series. First one is a good 778 pgs.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28867.The_Princes_of_Ireland?from_search=true
Century Trilogy
RF Delderfield’s A Horseman Riding By and others. Lovely series.
Oh, I loved him. The first series I read was The Avenue. He is hard to find nowadays, though.
@Dawn True. But I’m seeing some online nowadays.
Many of his books are out on kindle now.
The Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jean Auel?
This was my first thought! 🙂
@Vinija The first two are SO GOOD.
I’m semi-embarrassed to say that I have read them…twenty times each….haha! They are a comfort go-to 🙂
I was just going to suggest this
Jennifer Donnelly’s Tea Rose trilogy
that was great
The thirteenth tale, mighty good.
The Sunne in Splendor. It will make you like Richard III. I just saw that you read some Phillipa Gregory. You would probably like Sunne in Splendor then. Also have you read any Elizabeth Chadwick? Her historical fiction is similar to Gregory’s and Penman’s.
yep
The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki. It’s about Sisi, the last Hapsburg Empress. I believe there is a sequel but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
There is a sequel and possibly a third.
read them
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye I re-read that annually! I love it! Set in India during the British rule.
And same author, also set in India, Shadow of the Moon.
@Burma Shadow of the Moon is one of my top ten favorite books. I need to reread.
I also love Shadow of the Moon and re-read regularly! I have all her books. .All the Death in____ books and most recently her biography!
Trade Winds is good too. She also wrote a three volume autobiography that’s very good.
Yes, I have Trade Winds and it is excellent!
yep
Lauraine Snelling the Blessing series. Janet oke has many with the mounted Canadian police. Traci Peterson has many as well.
I loved her Red River Series
Shogun by James Clavell.
loved that!! read all clavell!
Bronze horseman.
love that! there are two that i know of
If you can still find them, The Australian series by William Stewart Long
The First North Americans by the Gears
Do you suggest one of them in particular?
I would start with people of the Wolf
Check out Kate Mosse…can’t think of titles right now.
Oh and Kate Morton!
read morton
The Town House, The House at Old Vine and The House at Sunset by Norah Lofts. The Poldark series.
The Bronze Horseman
Yes!
Double yes!
Jeffrey Archer wrote the Clifton series. First book is Only Time Will Tell. There are 7 books in the series.
John Jakes
Ditto.
read those
Bernard Cornwall is one of my favorites. The Saxon Series, The Arthur Series, The Grail. His list is enormous and he is a great writer!
Epic histrionical fiction! My fave!! Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth Trilogy.
I also love James Michener and Edward Rutherfurd. Aztec by Gary Jennings was eye opening as well.
Outlander
Also Shogun, Tai-Pan and Noble House by James Clavell.
My favorite collection of books of all time–except for Any Tan’s books. Clavell is an amazing writer. My favorite was Tai-Pan.
I just ordered King Rat and Gaijin because I haven’t read them yet and they are part of his Asian saga! I missed those! Thankfully Thriftbooks has them for next to nothing. Have you read them?
@Leslie yes, I have. It’s all about the same family and the family business. King Rat is a WWII movie. Have you ever read A Town Like Alice? It’s also a WWII story. It’s a love story between a man from Australia in a woman from England who get caught up in the Japanese invasion and become prisoners of war in Thailand. And it follows them after the word what happens to them after the war after they get separated.
@Marscha and then see the ‘Town Like Alice’ with Bryan Brown in it.
I have seen the movie King Rat and have no doubt that I will enjoy the book. But I am surprised that Gaijin got away from me. It has been a long time since I read the saga.
Karen Van Drie Love it!! I’ve seen it several times. How about The Thornbirds? That movie has Bryan Brown also. Great book too.
The Thornbirds is a great book! And it was made into a wonderful miniseries!
Edward Rutherford books are gems. Sarum (about Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge) , New Forest, and others about Ireland and Paris .
new one coming out in may china
Susan Howatch, Penmarric, The Rich are Different, Cashelmara and others. I read these years ago, great books!
Loved those!
Based on Edward III and family
read all of those loved them
The Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk.
The North and The South by John Jakes
Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy. Has a little bit of everything from the WWII era. Epic!
All of Piercy. Wonderful book on the French Revolution
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Herman Soul’s Winds of War — plus War and Remembrance, if you’re interested in World War II.
That should be Herman Wouk.
Yes, those are wonderful
read those
FORSYTE SAGA by Galsworthy. SAXON TALES by Cornwell.
Susan Mae Warren has an excellent trilogy: Heiress, Baroness, Dutchess. They were very good.
Any of the Ken Follett series
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Forever Amber. All of Sharon penman’ s books
yp
The series on Alexander the Great by Mary Renault?
The Wilderness Series starting with Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati. Early northeast America with a hint of Last of the Mohicans and even Outlander. Also newer series connected with extended family starting with The Gilded Hour. Love the lifestyle, food, medical and diversity interwoven history. Aka author Rosina Lippi.
Poldark
Edward Rutherford.
Jewel in the Crown series by Paul Scott
The books of Taylor Caldwell, the Morland series by Cynthia Harris-Eagles which follows one family from the 14th Century through 36 books and 1931. It is an amazing, and very readable, series.
Following!
Livy’s history of ancient Rome.
If not fiction, it’s not all fact!
The son by Phillip Meyer.
Texas.
Very interesting
Pillars of the Earth!
War and Peace
We the Drowned, cant remember the author
❤️Loved We The Drowned, by Carsten Jensen
@Margaret Philippa Gregory’s Plantagenet and Tudor novels, 15 in all, should keep you busy for a little while, if you didn’t already read them ?
did
London By Edmund Rutherfurd is a good read.
There are four fantastic books about the life of Josephine Bonaparte- wife of Napoleon. EXCELLENT
Ken Follett
An Intimate Look: Mary Todd LIncoln.
I am currently reading The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez by Ann Swinfen. Set in Elizabethan England, there are, so far, 9 books in the series. The Oxford Medieval Mysteries series by the same author is also very good.
Pillars of the Earth, Jeffrey Archer Clifton Chrinicles, Outlander
I haven’t read them since I was a kid (and they are definitely NOT kids books) but The Emigrants, a four-book series by Vilhelm Moberg tells the story of Swedes coming to the U.S. in the 19th century.
The Travels of Jamie McPheeters…..won the Pulitzer Prize and deserved it. Fun, raucous, and just an amazing read.
I am currently listening to The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. I’ve read posts that many here have difficulty with audio versions but this one is incredible – so much so that I think you may miss some nuances if you read the printed word instead of listening to the wonderfully narrators. It deals with WWII and the stories of one Concentration Camp survivor. If you’ve ever considered an audio book – I highly recommend this one!
Her books are a saga! 🙂 Love it.
How many storytellers do you think there were?
Oh my! Including Josef? What an excellent question! The book had so many levels. There are times I struggle with the audio books but this time it was such a treasure – the narrators were amazing. I think I might like to go back and read the book now and look for things I’ve missed! Do you count the Grandma as an adult and as Minka one storyteller, or two?
@Betty And, I finished it a bit ago… so bitter sweet. Couldn’t wait to see how the story resolved itself but then disappointed that it was over.
Shogun and Gaijin by Clavell
The Circle of Ceridwen and the rest of the 6 book saga by Octavia Randolph – amazingly written 9th Century Danes and Anglo-Saxons.
You can download the first, large, book for free at http://octavia.net/
Thanks for that. Downloaded.
Believe it or not, I loved “Forever Amber”…..
The Kingsbridge Trilogy by Ken Follett. Definitely long enough.
Outlander
Bernard Cornwell – the Arthur trilogy and the Grail trilogy
Have you read any Bryce Courtenay? The series that starts with The Potato Factory is great. https://www.amazon.com/Potato-Factory-Bryce-Courtenay/dp/0143004565
I’m loving Steven fry mythos
Try Conn Iggulden trilogy “Wars of the Roses” I’m currently reading the second one”Ravenspur, Rise of the Tudors”. Awesome writing.???
Love Alison Weir!
Sharpe’s Rifles (#1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RAK4U4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_w3AJAbZMSZEFP
I agree all the Sharpe series were great.???
And Sean Bean played it pretty well in the film series.
Everything Brave Shall Be Forgiven by Chris Cleave, anything by Kate Morton or Sarah Waters. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Atonement. The Shadow of the Wind trilogy. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. The Bear and the Nightingale series!
Some of these aren’t sagas (missed that part) but many of them are trilogies or have related titles if you like them…
America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Pachinko
Outlander
Outlander and the Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry.
Dead Mans Walk. One of my faves. <3
A Town Called Alice.
Ken Follet’s Century Trilogy or Jeffrey Archer Clifton Chronicles
Outlander series
I’m currently on book 2 of this series 🙂
Following
Look up the bronze horseman series
John Jakes
It’s been years since I read them, but I really enjoyed The Zion Covenant series by Bodie Thoene. It follows the stories of a few fictional families, leading up to and during WWII. All the books were hard to put down!
Definitely following this. I was thinking this same thing yesterday.
Forsyte saga by Galsworthy was recommended to me
I watched the screen version on PBS – very good!
Outlander? ??
Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
Have you read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett?
I was going to suggest this as well
The screen version miniseries was quite good.
Gone With The Wind.
Before we were yours by Lisa Wingate. Not a saga but an excellent historical fiction.
Good book!!!
River of time series. It’s YA but I loved the books.
Would you consider a historical trilogy that in book three, the bloodline is book 3? Book 1 begins in 1890. Book 2, 1914. http://Www. Dianabaxternovels. Com. Check out reviews!!
Either of Ken Follett’s triology – The Century Triology or the Pillars of the Earth trilogy. Both great series.
Bregdan Chronicles by Ginny Dye. Civil war. At least 10 books so far
The Forsythe Saga
I’d recommend author Edward Rutherford who has written lovely thick hist fic novels about Russia, England, Ireland, Paris and New York.
l have read and enjoyed all but Paris, which is on my to read list http://www.edwardrutherfurd.com/edward-rutherfurd-books.html There is a trilogy of ones on Ireland. Great books. Really enjoyed London. And the others.
How about this standalone title about people being disappeared during the Stalin years: ‘Children of Arabat Street.’ Also, Robert Massie’s incredible biography of ‘Nicholas and Alexandria’ reads like historical fiction.
Any Michner? The Far Pavillions by M.M. Kaye? Old, but excellent.
‘Half a Yellow Sun’ is my favorite book of the last ten years! Historical fiction stand -alone. Also, how about ‘Homegoing?’
The Eagle series by Simon Scarrow or the Winter King series by Bernard Cornwall
The Heart’s Invisible Furies, Homegoing, Pachinko
James Clavell. Shogun. I have not read it, but have it on my TBR. I remember when this mini-series was on TV as a kid, my parents made sure we were home every night so they could watch it. (I think they usually made us go to bed before it was over each night it was on!) Back before VHS and DVD, TV Mini-Series were hot items.
Loved Shogun! As well as all of James Clavell’s Asian Saga. I believe there are six of them in all.
Here is an interesting link about Shogun. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/20/english-seaman-samurai/
Any of Conn Iggulden’s or Bernard Cornwell’s various series.
Stephen Pressfield is good too
First Man in Rome series also Here Be Dragons trilogy set in Wales
Bregdan Chronicles, the John jakes series starting with The Bastard.
Have you read Ken Follett’s trilogy? And many years ago I remember a series by R.F. Delderfield, a saga of an English family ; the Phillippa Gregory ‘ series of British Monarchy; and John Jakes’ series starting with North and South.
Delderfield novels are great – God is an Englishman is the first one – about the Swann Family –
Loved, loved, loved!
Steven Saylor
So you really like him?
Have you tried the one with Gordanious (spelling name wrong) the finder series? Those are awesome.
The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Passing Bells trilogy by Philip Rock, the very old Williamsburg novels by Elswyth Thane
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
Seems if you’ve read A LOT of Historical Fiction is might have been helpful to list some of the common book titles so people don’t waste their time providing suggestions just to be met with a “Read It” response.
Seems like a waste of time for everyone. Just saying.
A Land Remembered about 3 generations of one family settling in Florida – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Land_Remembered
LOVE this book!
Any books by Leila Meacham. They are doorstoppers, but SO easy to get into and devour.
Love Pillars of the Earth and the book that follows.
Dr Zhivago
“They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees, and the clouds, and the sky over their heads, and the earth under their feet.”
I just started it today
The Source by Mitchener. I don’t have many “favorites” but this hits my list.
Also Centennial, Hawaii, Chesapeake etc
And the Spoils of Time trilogy by Penny Vincenzi
Steven Saylor: ROMA SUB ROMA
The Hearts Invisible Furies OR A Gentleman in Moscow depending on your interest
Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett remains one of my all-time favorite books… 🙂
Centennial by James Michener
Or Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Any of James Michener’s books, really, but I especially enjoyed “Centennial”, “Texas”, and “The Source”.
Not sure they qualify as sagas, but Margaret George has several wonderful historical fiction novels about different real life historical figures, Henry VIII, Mary Scots, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, etc. They are all really well researched and very long! Great reads!
Or Robert Harris’ Cicero trilogy, historically accurate from everything I’ve read
Must be ‘Outlander’ series.
Gone with the Wind
The Poldark series by Winston Graham. Haven’t read them, but I love the PBS series.
The Shardlake series by C.J.Sansom. Excellent novels set in Henry VIII’s England.
Pachinko by Mon Jin Lee is outstanding and a National Book Award finalist. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29983711-pachinko?ac=1&from_search=true
Just finished Pachinko! Good one.
Very good!! I love reading about places and people from other cultures..this really said a lot about Korean Culture!
Loved this book. It’s actually part of a Trilogy.. #2. The third Is still in the works. The first is “Free Food for Millionaires “. Haven’t started it yet tho
The winds of war by Herman Wouk
One of my new favorites is the Vengeance Road series. Takes all of the fake glamour out of the wild west but stays true to the rebellious spirit, independence and survival instincts that are ingrained in the history of the west. And it is action packed. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23719270-vengeance-road
The white queen (etc)
Archer’s “The Clifton Chronicles”
The Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brian
Shogun
Outlander. Diana Gabaldon. Clan of the Cave Bear. Jean Auel
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, SO Good
The finest & most effective example of protest literature ever written. The book that started a mighty war & changed a nation. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Ms. Stow.
Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Dead Man’s Walk, Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
Earth’s Children Series by Jean M. Auel.
Look up Sharon Kay Penman. She has several series and each boook is long, wonderful and true!???
Definitely!!!! I meant to mention her!!!
Anything my James Michener or Ken Follett
Century Trilogy Ken Follett
James Michener books are perfect!
I’ve just started Shadowbrook by Beverly Swerling. So far-good!
Centennial by James Michener— or his others
The Crystal Cave series by Mary Stewart
Check out series by Ken Follett (I know some of his have already been mentioned), Bernard Cornwell, Jeff Shaara, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. James Michener’s books are long enough to qualify as epic sagas!
I’ve learned more world history through Ken Follett’s books than I learned in school.
So many times I’ve finished a book and said that’s how history should be taught!!!
Yes!
I liked the North and the South series by John Jakes.
Hanta Yo was really good, too. By Ruth Beebe Hill. Native American saga.
It looks like we’ve read a lot of the same series. I like you already! ?
I haven’t seen authors Sarah Dunant, Robin Maxwell, or Jean Plaidy mentioned. Or there’s always Amy Tan, Ursula Hegi, or Tracy Chevalier.
Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch.
I loved Wolf Hall; Katherine; many of Phillipa Gregory’s novels; Pillars of the Earth, etc. etc.
I really liked Hild by Nicola someone there is at least one more coming
James clavell
Sara Donati
Edward @Rutherford
“El Paso” by Winston Groom! 400 pages and very good (I’m reading it now).
I loved that book???
Kristin Lavransdatter is very good. Also, Dorothy Dunnet has two sagas, the Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo. Wilbur Smith has a series set in ancient Egypt.
Loved the Kristin Lavransdatter books!
The Physician by Noah Gordon; The Plague Tales by Ann Benson
Moreland Dynasty Series by Cynthia Eagle-Harrod
The other Boleyn girl
I enjoyed Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett & As The Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer.
Jean Auel series Clan of the Cavebear
Period? Location preferences?
any
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer.
Poldark series. It’s phenomenal!!
The trilogy that begins with Thomas Flanagan’s “The Year of the French.”
Diana Galabadon!! The Outlander series is great. Jeffery Archer is amazing, too.
New York
American heiress daisy godwin
Outlander
The Bregdan Chronicles, Clan of the Cave Bear
Grantchester
James Michener
London, by James Rutherford! He has several others that are also good, but London is the best!!
I really liked Paris too. 🙂
I found this series fun. “1632 ” is the initial novel in the best-selling[1] alternate history 1632 book series written by American historian, writer and editor Eric Flint published in 2001. The flagship novel kicked off a collaborative writing effort that has involved hundreds of contributors and dozens of authors. The premise involves a small American town of three thousand, sent back to May 1631, in an alternate Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War.
I really enjoyed Prescott Pioneers by Karen Baney, and Carolina Rain by Nancy B. Brewer. I think both have 4 books in the series
Yes, Michener
Outlander, the bronze horseman
Ken Follett
Shayne Parkinson’s Mud and Gold series are amazing. A harsh reality of those times – I thoroughly enjoyed the series! If I am not mistaken she normally offers her first book for free and that is how I got ‘hooked’
I’ve been wanting to read the Poldark series after watching the screen version series on PBS.
Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Centennial by James A. Michener
I also liked his “Hawaii”
signature of All things by Elizabeth Gilbert, the weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, any book by Sarah dunant
I like the Philippa Gregory books on the Tudors. There’s a book for each one of Henry viiith’s wives. They are all entertaining and quite historically accurate.
Agree. I’ve read a few and really like the pace of the narrative.
@Savita – Well off-subject: you have a beautiful name.
Thank you very much!
This isn’t a series but The Book of Night Women by Marlon James would fit the bill
The bronze horsemen series (its a trilogy)
I’m reading it now. I love it. ??
@Adrienne I read it 3 years ago while I was pregnant. It’s long but totally worth it.
The Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy.
Molakai
Look up Dorothy Dunnett! 7 books, I think, plus a companion, and a genealogy chart.
A friend of mine is obsessed with these books! THey changed her life :). So I will offer a secondhand recommendation for them 🙂
War and Peace 🙂
Shōgun, James Clavell
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset
I’m nearly finished the bronze horseman by paulina Simons. Beautiful story. It was recommended to me here.
Sharon Kay Penman writes amazing epic novels about medieval England and France. My favorite is “sunne in splendour” followed closely by the “when Christ and his saints slept” series
Diana Gabaldon Crosstitch (now named outlander )
Ken Follett Century Trilogy – the best! Also truly enjoyed the first 2 of the his Pillar of the Earth trilogy. I’m working on the third book now.
I haven’t watched the series but I am currently reading Game of Thrones and once u get over how many characters there are and u file them in order ?it’s actually a good story
@Lizel — I started to watch the series years ago but it was too gory for my taste. I hadn’t thought about trying the books. Thanks for the idea Lizel.
@Julie I have to say from what I have heard the film is very hectic. Although there are battles and a few gruesome things – it’s left to the readers imagination which I like – rather than watching blood spurting etc ?
I’ve only read Pillars of the Earth but I loved it!!!!
I read four GOT books. I prefer the tv series—on DVD. I can skip the worst bits. What’s left is less gruesome to me than the books. Just my 2 cents. 😉
@Mari – thanks for the heads up!
Roberta Gellis. She was an historical fiction writer and wrote about England from 1022 through ou
Out the middle ages. I collected them & then read them back to back. Fascinating.
The Benjamin January series by Barbara Hambly
Troy trilogy by David Gemmell
Anyone for alternate histories? I’m listening to Farthing by Jo Walton and my next one is gonna be Roma Eterna by SF giant Robert Silverberg. My personal best is Fatherland, although 1984 might be considered AH by now. And there’s The Man in the Castle.
It depends upon what time. You are interested in I would suggest Massimo Manfredi for historical ancient Roman fiction
I loved Pachinko – historical Korea; brand new subject area for me.
I’ve just bought this! Looking forward to reading it 🙂
The cemetery of forgotten books by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is really really good, and a treasure for book lovers! Also, the fourth book will be published this autumn! Totally recommend 🙂
I strongly suggest that you get on Amazon and Search for R. Delderfield under books. Read the descriptions of his books. I read them many many years ago and loved them. They take place mainly during world war one in England and after if I recall correctly. Check them out. I think you might be enjoy them.
Bernard Cornwell, would satisfy every longing.???
Legacy of Silence or Evergreen by Belva Plain. Zoya by Danielle Steel, House At Riverton by kate Morton.