Anonymous
Post 12/20/2022 21:09     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
I just read Shrines of Gaiety and enjoyed it. Also, if you are into historical mysteries, the Maisie Dobbs series is really good.
Anonymous
Post 12/17/2022 09:00     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
I have the Rose Code sitting on my kindle and I said “oh I’ll go read it” and then I said “hmm maybe not” 😂
Anonymous
Post 12/17/2022 06:19     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:Love, love, love “The Golum and the Ginni”. This year really enjoyed “The Rose Code”. They’re YA but I love revisiting Elizabeth George Spear (The Witch of Blackbird Pond and Calico Captive)


I absolutely loved Golum and the Ginni. Didn’t enjoy Rose Code.

I’ll add The Marriage Portrait.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 17:44     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
Love, love, love “The Golum and the Ginni”. This year really enjoyed “The Rose Code”. They’re YA but I love revisiting Elizabeth George Spear (The Witch of Blackbird Pond and Calico Captive)
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2022 20:20     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2022 12:07     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:The Winds of War and it's sequel War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk. Navy family during WWII. Epic. Two of my favorite books ever, I read them years ago and more recently listened to the audio versions. Probably available at the library but also worth buying because I found each time I reread or listened I got a lot more out of it, so much to digest!


I was surprised by how much I loved these as well!

Anonymous
Post 12/11/2022 09:32     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the very good time travel historical fiction category are Connie Willis books (doomsday book, to say nothing of the dog etc). Also Time After Time.


+1


+1 Love Connie Willis
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 19:49     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Anonymous wrote:In the very good time travel historical fiction category are Connie Willis books (doomsday book, to say nothing of the dog etc). Also Time After Time.


+1
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 18:43     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Daughter of War by Dinah Jeffries. Pretty much anything by Dinah Jeffries.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 16:45     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
In the very good time travel historical fiction category are Connie Willis books (doomsday book, to say nothing of the dog etc). Also Time After Time.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 16:44     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
The Winds of War and it's sequel War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk. Navy family during WWII. Epic. Two of my favorite books ever, I read them years ago and more recently listened to the audio versions. Probably available at the library but also worth buying because I found each time I reread or listened I got a lot more out of it, so much to digest!
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 16:41     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
All the Light We Cannot See
The Nightingale
The Four Winds
Daisy Jones and the Six
A Discovery of Witches
Geraldine Brooks’ novels
Edward Rutherford’s novels
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 16:31     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Flight of the Heron. It's about Scotland in 1745 and Diana Gabaldon acknowledges it as an inspiration for her Outlander series. The hero is even a red-headed Scot called Jamie. My Scottish grandmother gave it to me when I was 13 or 14.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 12:29     Subject: Great historical fiction books?
Pachinko
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2022 09:04     Subject: Re:Great historical fiction books?
House Divided (by Ben Ames Williams)