So many good ones here, either that I’ve read or on my TBR!! I also loved The Great Alone, The Book Thief, Lovely War, The Warsaw Orphan, Anatomy: A Love Story, and Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 😊

@kirstynb

3 ай бұрын

Ahhhh adding most of these to my TBR right now! Thank you. The Great Alone sounds so good. I need to read that one too.

@LibrariesandLattes

3 ай бұрын

@@kirstynb Yay! Yeah, The Great Alone is a heavy one but so good. And I highly recommend the audiobook!

Heather Morris actually has 2 other books about world war 2 the three sisters and sisters under the rising sun,Also the tattooist is being turned into a show, not sure who’s streaming it though

Great recommendations! I read Saving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry, The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor and The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry last year. I loved all three!

Sarah’s Key, Unbroken

I am still new to Historical Fiction but I honestly love it.. I have recently read The Book Thief by Markus Zusack and The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes..A lot of the books you mentioned are already on my shelves and the only one you did not mention that I own is A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles i haven't read it but i have high hopes for it

@kirstynb

3 ай бұрын

Such good picks! I haven’t read a Gentleman in Moscow but I’ll have to add it to my tbr now! Thank you!

The orphan train!!!

Only occasionally does a historical fiction novel transcend genre and receive the accolades reserved for great literary fiction. One that has done that, and probably my favorite HF novel is "The Year of the French" by Thomas Flanagan. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the NBCC (National Book Critics Circle) literary fiction award. If you're fond of beautiful, descriptive writing along with memorable characters and fine pacing this is an HF book for you.

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton sits as my favorite right now next to The Nightingale. For something that has more of a fantasy feel, I love Wolf of Wessex by Matthew Harffy. The works I’ve read from Ken Follett have all been fantastic. For historical fiction with a clean romance as a huge plot point, I loved Beyond the Lavender Fields by Arlem Hawks.

@kirstynb

3 ай бұрын

Great recs! I'll have to add some of these to my TBR. I actually own the Luminaries but haven't picked it up. Thank you! :)

to be honest the only one that I have ever read was kind of interesting and had to do with religion and the catholic church called "Pope Joan". She is suppose to have been a Pope around 12-13-or 1400. There was a section that I had a little trouble with and I had to remind myself as to that was the norm for that time period, But it might be worth a shot.

The little liar by Mitch Albom I think u will love it

I could never list all of my favorite historical fiction as the list would go on and on. My most recent favorite is Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See. I’m currently reading The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon and really enjoying it. Next up is Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon.

@kirstynb

3 ай бұрын

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is on my tbr as well! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it ☺️

I love reading historical fiction books these are great reccomendations.

Pachinko was great!

You should check out Dinah Jeffries. I have read two of her novels; The Silk Merchant's Daughter and The Tea-Planter's Wife.

I loved the Four Winds

I don’t know how you can possibly call Hamnet “lighter” fiction.

@kirstynb

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t 😊 I said that about the 7 husbands! The video chapters were automatically generated as well.

Historical fiction has to be within the last 50 years. Where did that come from - quite bizarre. CJ Sansom, Bernard Cornwall, Umberto Eco …..

@kirstynb

2 ай бұрын

Apparently there isn’t a clear definition of what counts as historical fiction but a decent rule of thumb is the events should have occurred at least 50 years ago. ☺️ So weirdly, The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo does fall under the historical fiction genre!

@georgeoliver4342

2 ай бұрын

CJ Sansom's 'Shardlake' series was a great read

@johnthebiker300

2 ай бұрын

@@georgeoliver4342 He died in the last few days. Just as the Shardlake series comes to TV - Apple

Chiquita -a story about a woman who measured in height less than a newspaper full page.

Girl with the Pearl Earring?