I need a new book to read. I love historical fiction. Anyone?
I need a new book to read. I love historical fiction. Anyone?
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I need a new book to read. I love historical fiction. Anyone?
Ken Follets Century Trilogy
White Houses is great! I just started Beautiful Exiles and I can’t put it down.
I haven’t read it yet, but heard 11/22/63 by Stephen king is excellent by many…
It is great!!
I need to read it! I even own it, so no excuse for me lol.
Are mysteries ok? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/820394.The_Interpretation_of_Murder
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Butterfly and the Violin and it’s sequel A Sparrow In Terezin by Kristy Cambron
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Rent Collector!
C J Sansom is good
Philippa Gregory
Elizabeth Chadwick
3 of my favs, especially Elizabeth Chadwick
I’m about to read ‘The Constant Princess’ by Philippa Gregory for my book group, so that might be worth a try
Conn iggulden. Any of his books. Fabulous writer.
Fully agree! Fantastic, emperor series is one of my favourite of all time
The taxidermist daughter. Really good.
Wolf Hall is fabulous!
The Outlander series by @Diana!! My absolute favorite books ever.
Any of Sharon Penman but my favourite is “Here be Dragons”
The Alice network is reeeeally good, I’m half way through ?
Morland Dynasty series by Cynthia Harrod Eagles
For my daughter in France by Stephanie and Barbara Keating
The tea rose trilogy by Jennifer Donnelly
Heart of Stone by @john Jackson @John
Before we were yours & Lilac Girls
I ? agree with these two suggestions!!!!! Two great books!
Sarah’s Key….if you’re ok with crying like a baby.
The Becoming by Lilith Thorn
The Aviator’s Wife. Read it for book club and we all loved it!
The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, The Bronze Horseman Trilogy Paullina Simons, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni, The Tattowist of Auschwitz, The Hearts Invisible furies by John Boyne, Memories of a Geisha
Try anything that Elizabeth Chadwick has written, I love her books
Nicola Cornick’s The Phantom Tree.
Not sure if it counts as historical fiction (more of Victorian gothic, flitting back and forth from 16-1800s) but I’m currently reading The Silent Companions and really enjoying it!!
WW II/Holocaust:
-The Alice Network
-The Atomic City of Girls
-The Auschwitz Escape
-A Bridge Across the Ocean
-Beneath a Scarlet Sky
-Code Name Verity
-Citizens of London
-The Color of Secrets
-Everyone Brave is Forgiven
-The Echo is Twilight
-Flygirl
-House at Riverton
-The Hiding Place
-Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet
-The Kommandant’s Girl
-Lilac Girls
-The Lost Family
-The Lost Letter
-The Paris Architect
-The Secrets of Flight
-Swansong 1945
-Those Angry Days
-The Tattooist of Auschwitz
-The Women in the Castle
-We Were the Lucky Ones
-The Zookeeper’s Wife
The Alice Network
Discovery of witches by Deborah harkness
Following
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader
My Dear Hamilton. Simply fabulous!
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is absolutely amazing
I can suggest two series for you. This is also my favorite genre. The Brendan Chronicles by Ginny Dye. Set in the South pre and post Civil War. So far, 12 books in the series with more promised. Then, my all-time favorite..the Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes. It’s the story of the founding of America and beyond. Jakes is my all-time fav writer of historical fiction!
Ken Follett l just finished The Fall of Giants part one of the century trilogy. It is about World War 1 Fascinating story with real and fictional characters.
Winter of the World is even better!! Love that Trilogy!
Anything by Ellen Marie Wiseman…
Skeletons at the Feast and The Sandcastle Girls, both by Chris Bohjalian
The Nightingale
paris requiem by lisa appignanesi
Kathrine by Anya Seton
Phillipa Gregory is great historical fiction, loved Three sisters
Pen Pals by Martin Gore……. but I’m biased of course.
Wow I have just joined but already I see great choices! I am excited ?
Anyone still read Jean Plaidy?
Wow what a lot of fantastic choices, thx
I love Morgan Smith’s work – A Spell in The Country, etc.
The Echoes from the Past series
Just reading The Last Hours by Minette Walters about The Plague in 1348 very interesting. Good read
Have you read C J Samson? All set in Henry VIII time…first one is Dissolution…great books…
The Invention of Wings
Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Nasland is one of my favorites!
The Nightingale or The Book Thief
Outlander by Diana Gabbaldon
Beneath A Scarlet Sky and All The Light We Cannot See.
Agree with Sally!
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is fab.
Memoirs of a Geisha
All quiet on the western front by Remarque
Tamora pierce! !! She is wonderful!
The Source, Eye of the Needle
The Home for Unwanted Girls
peony in love by lisa see
Katherine Clements is a brilliant writer and has a couple of good historical fiction books, try The Silvered Heart or The Crimson Ribbon x
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley is considered a Historical Romance and the best book series I’ve read
Anything by Ellen Marie Wiseman… Gut wrenching but wonderful reads…
Restoration Rose Tremain