My son loves Historical fiction he read all the books of Conn Iggulden. Need a book to give him.
My son loves Historical fiction he read all the books of Conn Iggulden….can anybody suggest what can I get him for Christmas this year?
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I love historical fiction as well. I have read “The Book Thief” which is my most favorite book for years. Then I also read “All the Light We Cannot See”. Another masterpiece. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” follows next. And, I’m reading “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah and I’m loving it to bits. Already added to my top favorites. Any of the above books will make him elated, I guess. ?
Great list! Book Thief is amazing…
Indeed. I love the books you always suggest. I keep adding them to my tbr. ?
@Preeti Book sisters!?
Wow thanks!
The Kingsbrige Trilogy by Ken Follett. About 3,000 pages. That’ll keep anyone busy for a while.
How old is he? There is some good stuff out there but a lot is quite dark.
College ! So that will not be a problem ?
@Alessandra ah excellent. I just finished Neal Stephenson’s “Baroque Trilogy” which is sort of “historical almost science fiction” – it covers 1640ish to 1715, and delves into politics, economics and science, but has a rollicking sex and violence pirate story through the middle of it. It was awesome.
@Rob sound intriguing….I think I will try fommyself too ?thanks
@Alessandra IT the best read I’ve had in ages. There is an earlier book, Cryptonomicon on a similar them, but set in WW2 and “now” that these are sort of prequel to. Theoretically you should read that first, but I don;t think its essential and it is very computer geeky
@Rob thank you for your input … I’m ready to try ??
If he ia a very good reader and in his teens, I suggest anything by Barbara Tuchman.
THE SICILIAN BY MARIO PUZO
I’m not really mad on historical fiction so imagine my surprise when Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel turned out to be completely immersive
The Religion by Tim Willocks. An absolute gem of a book, set during the siege of Malta, it balances great research with a zesty, sexy, swashbuckling page-turning story.
Tracy Chevalier
John Boyne, the guy who wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, also wrote other historical novels, The Boy at the Top of the Mountain, The House of Special Purpose, The Absolutist….. He has loads of other titles, but I know these are fab… ??
Try “The Book Thief” though, I’ve forgotten the authors name
Markus Zusak. ?
Thank u
I don’t know his age….someone suggested the series by Bernard Cornwall to me, starting with the Saxon series. Depending on your son’s age, may be worth looking into? My son read Stephen Pressfield in high school if I remember correctly.
Erik Larson writes really great nonfiction history books that read like fiction. Dead Wake and Devil in the White City are especially interesting. Schindler’s List is also a great nonfiction book that reads like fiction. For actual historical fiction, The Paris Architect was amazing.
Bernard Cornwell a great HF author, loved his Last Kingdom series
C.J Sansom has a great HF series set during Tudor era
Try some of Steve Barry’s work the cotton Malone series
Books by Edward Rutherford. My favorite so far was Sarum.
The Forest
London, was good too.
Spartacus: The Gladiator and Spartacus: Rebellion by Ben Kane. The Risen by David Anthony Durham. And I also loved Robert Harris’s trilogy on Cicero, first book is Imperium.
Margaret George
Dorothy Dunnett
Her 6 book series of The Lymond Chronicles starts with “The Game of Kings”
Steven Saylor
One of my absolute favorite HF authors is
Sharon Kay Penman
“Here Be Dragons” is Book 1 in her wonderful Welsh Princes trilogy.
I am reading the series ending in Column of Fire. Love them
Ken Follett. ?
I love Conn Iggulden. Has he tried First Man in Rome (Colleen McCullough)?
Yes that is a good one !
TA Barron wrote a wonderful Merlin series.
Bernard Cornwell writes several series set within different eras.
Aubrey–Maturin series By Patrick O’Brian. Incredible series about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. Much beloved by many people.
Patrick O’Brian writes a naval adventure series set during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. He wrote “Master and Commander”
The Indignities Series by N E Brown
A Higher Call by Adam Makos is actually a true story about 2 pilots in WWii who reach across war-drawn “borders” and was marvelous
Edward Rutherford books, starting with Sarum
Thank you !