I enjoy historical fiction and classics: Memoirs of a Geisha, The Kite Runner, The God of Small Things and Perfume. Looking for a recommendation please:)
Looking for a recommendation please:)
I enjoy historical fiction and classics. I have loved Memoirs of a Geisha, The Kite Runner, The God of Small Things and Perfume. Thanks so much!
Pachinko, The Nightengale, America’s First Daughter
My in person book club just did America’s First Daughter, and everyone seemed to like the pace, effective incorporation of the research into the novel, creation of characters, and and interesting and unexpected depiction of President Jefferson. We all wished she had spent more time on the White House years. Worth reading
Wolf Hall
America’s First Daughter, The Perfume Collector
The Paris wife and the Secret Wife. 2 best historical fictions I remember reading!
The Moonstone
The Thirteenth Tale
This is a spectacular book!
Half of a Yellow Sun
A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Good Earth
Outlander
The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society!!?❤❤❤
A Song of Ice and Fire series
Books by Phillipa Gregory starting with Lady of the Rivers
Nightingale and Outlander
Irena’s Children and Lilac Girls
Thank you guys! This is so helpful!
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Redeeming Love by Francine
The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.
CS Harris or CJ Sansom series. Start at the beginning. Ken Follet. Any thing Davina Porter narrates
The Book Thief, Sarah’s Key, The Reader, News of the World…
The Terror
The Other Einstein was good. My next book I plan to start is Carnegie’s Maid by the same author -Marie Benedict.
Up for Indian historical fiction?
I am!
Try the Shiva Trilogy.. It has 3 books. I was searching for years to find a good indian historical fiction written in english n finally found this gem.
@Sneha , thank you.
Totally! Spent five months in India. And I really enjoyed god of small things
Try « A Thousand Splendid Suns » from Khaled Husseini
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel is brilliant
The Dove Keepers
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey, The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Varnia
Women in the Castle and A Thousand Splendid Suns and Unbroken
Loved Women in the Castle.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a great one!
I loved that book.
Gone With The Wind
Based on the books you listed, I recommend A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Anything by Tracy Chevalier. Remarkable Creatures is my favorite.
Have you tried her new one – The Ministry of Utmost Happiness?
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Wow thanks guys! I have enough books here for a decade! LOL
Wow thanks guys! I have enough books for a decade! LOL