Ooh some of my fellow Crooked Cat Authors write historical fiction. John Jackson is one and I believe Nicola Slade. There are loads more. Really good reviews x
1.Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum 2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 3. The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron and its sequel A Sparrow in Terezin 4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 6. Second Hand Smoke by Thane Rosenbaum 7. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 8. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 9. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Non ww2 historical fiction:
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 3. Before We Were Yours by @Lisa 4. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson 5. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The nightingale, lilac girls, Victoria by daisy Goodwin, the Kennedy debutante, the royal nanny by Karen Harper, A well behaved woman (about the Vanderbilts), women and children first by gill Paul, the girl who came home: a novel of titanic by hazel gaynor, and the girl in the castle, daughters of Ireland and the last secret of the deverills (last 3 mentioned is a trilogy about Ireland)
John Jake’s has good historical fiction The Kent Family Chronicles and the North and the South series. Herman Wouk is another author to look into. Ken Follett has two different historical series.
Katherine by Anya Seton – it tells the story of the historically important, 14th-century love affair in England between the eponymous Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of King Edward III. It’s fab.
Ooh some of my fellow Crooked Cat Authors write historical fiction. John Jackson is one and I believe Nicola Slade. There are loads more. Really good reviews x
I recently read The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
WWll fic: The Nightingale, Between Shades of Grey, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Salt to the Sea. Non-WWll: Before We Were Yours and Orphan Train.
As Bright as Heaven
Code Name Verity
Pachinko
News of the World
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Before We Were Yours
Monica Olinger Clinard it is based on true events. Some if the characters are real also.
White Chrysanthemum
Nefertiti or Cleopatra’s daughter by Michelle Moran
@Tamera, Roseanna White, Susan Sundin
Forever by Pete Hamill
The Last Runaway and Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. Anything by Kate Morton is amazing
Celtic Brooch Series… is Awesome.
Have you read anything from Fiona Davis? The Address and the Masterpiece are fabulous.
@Debra no i haven’t
I have just recently, maybe past year or so, ventured into historical fiction and I love these.
@Sydney @Fiona‘ book are really good!
@Tonni ok
The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
The Underworld USA Trilogy, by James Ellroy.
Anything by James Michener!
WW2 Historical Fiction:
1.Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
3. The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron and its sequel A Sparrow in Terezin
4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. Second Hand Smoke by Thane Rosenbaum
7. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
8. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
9. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Non ww2 historical fiction:
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
3. Before We Were Yours by @Lisa
4. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I just rereleased my first YA alt-history! It’s called Threadbare The Traveling Show. I’d love to get some feedback on it.
https://www.amazon.com/Happened-Negro-Mountain-Jeff-Carroll/dp/0692255656
Before We Were Yours by @Lisa has been my answer for over 18 months!
Anything by @Camille, @Jamie, Kate Morton, @Aimie, @Alison
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
Thank you!!
What grade level?
Sharon Draper’s Copper Sun is an end to end slave narrative unparalleled in its genre. Middle school.
@Steve adult
Try Outlander
Icon by Federick Forsyth
Speaks the Nightbird: A Novel (Matthew Corbett Book 1)
by Robert R. McCammon
The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett is great
James Michener.
Just read the Librarian of Auschwitz and it was fantastic! It’s YA.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_White_City
Amazing book
lilac girls
I really liked The Invention of Wings.
The Nightingale or The Lilac Girls
The one man was very good
Poldark
Karen Maitland is excellent. The Company of Liars and The Owl Killers
Circe
The song of achilles
The nightingale, lilac girls, Victoria by daisy Goodwin, the Kennedy debutante, the royal nanny by Karen Harper, A well behaved woman (about the Vanderbilts), women and children first by gill Paul, the girl who came home: a novel of titanic by hazel gaynor, and the girl in the castle, daughters of Ireland and the last secret of the deverills (last 3 mentioned is a trilogy about Ireland)
China dolls by lisa see
The romanov empress by c.w gortner
The Outlander series
The Pillars of the Earth
Phillipa Gregory. The white queen Lisa see. Diana bretherick.?.
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
Outlander
The Nightingale, The Girl You Left Behind, The Storyteller, The Wonder
Brothers of Baseball
Devil In The White City
La catedral del mar/ The Cathedral of the Sea by Idenfonso Falcones.
Do you like Arthurian / Dark Ages historical fiction?
http://getbook.at/avalon
John Jake’s has good historical fiction The Kent Family Chronicles and the North and the South series. Herman Wouk is another author to look into. Ken Follett has two different historical series.
Another good Dark Ages HF novel is “Hild”
The Book Thief or Number the Stars
Katherine by Anya Seton – it tells the story of the historically important, 14th-century love affair in England between the eponymous Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of King Edward III. It’s fab.
Try C J Sansom’s Shardlake series. 1500’s London
The Whiskey Rebels by David Bliss.
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Following
Autobiography of Henry VIII
To kill a mockingbird
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Also My Lady Jane & My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi meadows. They’re hilarious.
Oh! And The Book thief.