I could go on and on with historical fiction! The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson and The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian are both WWI-era. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross, Serena by Ron Rash, Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, anything by Geraldine Brooks.
I can almost say it’s my very favorite book. It starts off a little slow, I almost stopped reading. It was the first “grown up” book to make me ugly cry! It was so beautiful though.
Also for historical, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain is excellent as well.
Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad series by Alex Grecian – set in the Victorian era immediately after Jack the Ripper. Victorian equivalent of modern day homicide detectives, early forays into forensics and how that changed how crime scenes are processed. All that tied up with a bow of excellent storytelling. Five published books. The first two can be read as stand alones, but books 3-5 have a continuous storyline.
Sigma Force series by James Rollins – interesting mysteries from history turned into edge of your seat archeological hunts tangled up in espionage. I’m about to start book 5 out of 12 (with the 12th book to be released in December, I think). Even though it’s a series, each book can be read as a stand alone, you just don’t get all of the characters’ backstories.
I’m starting The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.
I’ve probably asked before, but what are some of your favorites books and authors?
I just finished Light Between Oceans and cried like a baby
I don’t have a favorite. I bounce around. If had to pick one Beverly Lewis. But I’ve read every one of her books.
@Chrissy have you read Francine Rivers? Redeeming Love is wonderful. Also Leota’s Garden and The Last Sin Eater.
What kind of books do you like?
I like historical fiction, mystery, fiction, dystopian, I don’t have a favorite just not into romance and sifi
@Chrissy I just read a great new book called The Education of Dixie Dupree by @Donna.
@Chrissy I tend to hang out at the public libraries when in search of new authors to read.
@Susan, love the sound of this one. Just put a hold on it at the library!
A mix of historical fiction and thriller: The One Man by Andrew Gross
Try Brenda Novak’s Hanover house and Her darkest nightmare
the nightingale by kristin hannah or if you like historical fiction almost anything by ken follett, especially pillars of the earth or fall of giants
I could go on and on with historical fiction! The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson and The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian are both WWI-era. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross, Serena by Ron Rash, Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, anything by Geraldine Brooks.
How do I share my good reads? Might give a better idea of what I’ve read.
lilac girls if you are in a historical fiction mood
Danielle Steel ALWAYS comes through for me. I am reading The Award right now. Very good so far.
Have you read Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah?
Haven’t
I can almost say it’s my very favorite book. It starts off a little slow, I almost stopped reading. It was the first “grown up” book to make me ugly cry! It was so beautiful though.
Also for historical, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain is excellent as well.
Do you like YA? This is on sale today and I enjoyed it as much as E & P ??
https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Three-Things-Julie-Buxbaum-ebook/dp/B011G3HBFQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1462557850&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=summerreading15-20&linkId=fd15a9a38611d440eef1392a19665347
Yes I primarily read young adult because I steal them from my teenage daughter
Anything by Eric larson
Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad series by Alex Grecian – set in the Victorian era immediately after Jack the Ripper. Victorian equivalent of modern day homicide detectives, early forays into forensics and how that changed how crime scenes are processed. All that tied up with a bow of excellent storytelling. Five published books. The first two can be read as stand alones, but books 3-5 have a continuous storyline.
Sigma Force series by James Rollins – interesting mysteries from history turned into edge of your seat archeological hunts tangled up in espionage. I’m about to start book 5 out of 12 (with the 12th book to be released in December, I think). Even though it’s a series, each book can be read as a stand alone, you just don’t get all of the characters’ backstories.