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Historical Fiction
Triumph
Historical Fiction
I love historical fiction because you get to learn while being entertained. It is especially nice when you can visit the places that you read about.
This was the first long book I had ever read when I was younger and it was EPIC! I could not put it down. I recommended it to so many people it was being help together with duct tape!
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge Series #1) by Ken Follett ...
After reading Pillars of the Earth I was hooked on Ken Follet! I have read every single book he has written but this trilogy was so well done it does not leave my mind. It is historcal fiction so I was able to learn and be entertained at the same tim...
The Century Trilogy Trade Paperback Boxed Set: Fall of Giants; Winter ...
This is the first book of the Fall of the Giants series by Ken follet. If you do not want to buy the whole series then just start with this one. You will not be able to put it down!
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1) - Ken Follett
I started reading Jeffrey Archer after I finished reading every Ken Follet book. They are very similar, in a good way. The Clifton Chronicles came out at the same time as the Ken Follet Trilogy. SO I was going back and forth between them. It was very...
The Complete Clifton Chronicles, Books 1-7: Only Time Will Tell, The Sins of ...
If you do not want to buy the whole 7 book series, start with this one. It is the first book and you will not be able to put it down!
Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles Series #1) by Jeffrey Archer, Paperback
Kristen Hannah is a new favorite author of mine. This was the first book of hers I read. I still think about it regularly and it has been YEARS since I read it. Almost everyone I know has also read it. This is another historical fiction, told by the ...
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Paperback
This was a slow start and I didn't know what it was about before reading it. But once I figured it out I finished it in a weekend. The best part was that right after I read the book there was an exhibit to honor Belle da Costa Greene at the J.P. Morg...
The Personal Librarian (GMA Book Club Pick)
Triumph
Sometimes people are down in their luck and they keep pushing until they overcome it. It might not be that generation, it might be later, but it will happen.
There are many traditions in cultures, but there are also traditions within families. Sometimes the tradition needs to be broken so that good things can happen. That is the case with this novel. I don't want to give it away but I cried in a good way ...
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Women always know best. In this novel Martha Ballard is the star and she shines. Helping women no matter what the men do to try to stop her.
The Frozen River (GMA Book Club Pick)
This novel spans two time periods. It is the women who always save the day. And before women were “doctors” they were herbalist. This is an amazing tale of how women always help women to survive the men.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, Paperback
When I botanist becomes a detective in a murder of a colleagues wife you can not put the book down. Especially when the botanist is a woman surrounded by men in 1923.
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari, Paperback