Recommendations for some great Historical fiction and/or Fantasy books please :)
Recommendations for some great Historical fiction and/or Fantasy books please 🙂
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Recommendations for some great Historical fiction and/or Fantasy books please 🙂
Fantasy:
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
The Black Magicians Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix (I liked the original trilogy of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen best)
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (I’ve only read the first two but they were stunning, I’m actually planning to read the whole cycle in next few weeks)
Historical:
All the Light We Cannot See (WW2)
The Book Thief (WW2)
Outlander series
Just ordered the first book for the Mistborn Trilogy. Excited!! ?
@Jemaine hope you love It, I did ?
Pillars of the Earth, World without End, Column of Fire Trilogy by Ken Follett
Philippa Gregory Books War of the Roses Series all brilliant….you start and cant stop!! ?
Also Ann O’Brien books
And Jean Plaidy
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
What era Jemaine?
Conqueror series and emperor series by Conn Iggulden
One of my favourite authors. Bernard Cornwell as well. ?
I absolutely love Conn Iggulden’s work …And I am so glad to finally come across some who does as well … For a brilliant writer that he is people hardly seem to have read his work
I agree, I think you’re one of very few people I’ve ever seen mention him in any of the reading / writing groups I’m a member of!
Eloisa James and Julia Quinn are great fiction
Check out Mercedes Lackey for a combination of the two. Her “Arrows of the Queen” trilogy is a good place to start. Also, someone mentioned Jean Plaidly. It’s easy reading historical fiction, but you’ll learn a lot about history in a fun way!
Anything by Susanna Kearsley.
Beyond shades of gray and salt by the sea by Ruta Sepetys
The name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss
Historical Fiction? Definitely second Conn Iggulden books. Also, you can check out The Alexander trilogy by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Empire of the Moghul series by Alex Rutherford (Diana and Michael Preston), The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels by Philippa Gregory…
For historical fiction with a touch of magic realism try “The Water at the End of the World ” Set in Peru in the time of the Incas, it‘s a great adventure story of a young woman’s travels in search of the healing water.
Outlander! ❤️❤️
As recommnded by @Janet : Pillars of the Earth, World without End, Column of Fire Trilogy by Ken Follett
Key ? trilogy by nora roberts
Brida by Paulo Coelho.. switches between the present and the past .. in Ireland and Europe ..
Message from Nam by Danielle Steel .. US of the Viet Nam war
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, To Kill A Mockingbird and Alex Cross’s Trial
For fantasy how about The Inkheart trilogy by Cornelea Funke?
Loved this series, would recommend it but it’s a non put down type of book so be ready to pull all nighters ?? (I did ??)
I loved Secrets of a Charmed Life. Really good historical fiction.
What about historical fantasy?!? Bec by Darren Shan ticks both boxes! Set in a demon-ravaged Ireland 1600 years ago. 🙂 (Full disclosure — I write the Darren Shan books.)
The Lilac Girls, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
I adores Lilac girls ?
@Carmen writes historical fiction. The Case of the Missing Bride or A Matter of Love and Death are fab cosy reads.
The Cemetery of forgotten books by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4 books) is an amazing historical fiction saga and perfect for book lovers!
It’s fantastic.
@Carmen Marina is pretty awesome too!
For Fantasy, I strongly recommend the Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E.Schwab! The best fantasy series I’ve read so far!
I am getting ready to read FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones and he has captured my attention from page one so I would recommend it. It is part of a series of War books, which i don’t usually read but this year is all about getting out of my “usuals” and my comfort zone. Although, the book is fiction it is based on his war experiences somewhat like Hemingway and A Farewell to Arms, which is another sad but goodie! Hope you find some books you really enjoy! have a great day!
That was one of the rare instances where I saw the film first and then read the book!
@Carmen i am such an oddball. i usually ALWAYS see the film before i read the book(LOL). my brain just works that way and i have come to accept it. i love movies as well as books and i grew to the point where it did not bother me if they diverged because i grew to accept them as separate creative entities and you cannot pace a movie the way a book is paced so i enjoy both and i have found times i loved the movie more than the book but i still love them both for their unique selves(LOL) as i think we should love people for their individuality(see, told you i was strange…LOL)
That’s the secret of a good adaptation!
@Carmen so true!(LOL)
The Iron Druid Chronicles!
For fantasy I’d suggest The Faithful and the Fallen series by John Gwynne. The Greatcoats series by Sebastian de Castell and The Traitor Son Cycle series by Miles Cameron.? Add in Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames and Age of Assassins/Blood of Assassins by R J Barker and it’s a great selection.
For historical, A Mighty Dawn by Theordore Brun and the recently released Kin by Snorri Kristjansson are both quality reads.
Fantasy…
Recommend Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Discworld series, Wheel of Time, Gormenghast series, The Kingkiller Chronicles, The Earthsea Cycle, A Song of Ice and Fire, His Dark Materials, Mistborn series, Gentlemen Bastard Sequence, Percy Jackson series, Bromeliad, Magnus Chase series, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Renegades, The Dark Tower series, Avalonia Chronicles, The Inheritance Trilogy, Year One, Bartimaeus Sequence, Carpet People, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, The Sandman series, American Gods, Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book, Dresden Files, The Dark Elf Trilogy (Forgotten Realms saga), Artemis Fowl series, Pellinor series, Anansi Boys, Good Omens, Clovenhoof series, Time Quintet, Xanth series, Zeus is Dead, Zamonia series, Carpet Diem, The Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, BFG, The Phantom Tollbooth…
Outlander series
Anything by Elizabeth Edmondson
The Last Magician and Nevernight?
The Alienist, a mystery novel set in turn of the century New York City.
The tv series is wonderful too!!
What about this, set in Tudor England. Historical crime novels with a great ‘hunchback’ lawyer come, investigator, I am up to Book 4 ‘Revelation’ https://g.co/kgs/WAoLsb
Fantasy!
For Historical Fiction-The Nightingale by Kristin Hanna-started my reading of people caught under the German occupation of France-Poland-Italy(Beneath a Scarlet Sky).
LOVED The Nightingale ?
The Sun God’s Heir. Historical and Fantasy!
Historical: Orphan Train, books by Phillippa Gregory Fantasy: A court of Thorns and Roses; Harry Potter
I’ve read Orphan Train. Great book 🙂
The girl you left behind
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFJ3M3Z