Top Ten Historical Novels
I have chosen ones that are set in the past and not necessarily all breaming with facts about history, they all do include information about the period that is very well researched.
1. The Somnambulist - Essie Fox
2. The Report - Jessica Francis Kane
3. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
4. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
5. The Other Bolyen Girl - Phillipa Gregory
6. Mirror Image - Danielle Steel
7. Atonement - Ian McEwan
8. Wings - Danielle Steel
9. Random Acts of Heroic Love - Danny Schiennman
10. By The Light of The Silvery Moon - Tricia Goyer
I read Wings years ago, I use to love reading Steel. I think one day I will have to reread a few of my favorites
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I've only read Water for Elephants and Memoirs of a Geisha, which I really loved. I don't read much historical fiction, but I'm interested in checking out your Danielle Steel titles. It's been years and years since I've picked up a book of hers.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you haven't yet read The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, I highly highly recommend it. Even though HF isn't my go-to genre, Crimson Petal immediately became my all-time favorite novel after I'd read it and it's still my #1 six years later. I should let you know that it's a chunkster (894 pages), but well worth it and not a single page is wasted, I swear.
I loved The Other Bolyen Girl and the others in that series. However, I found Gregory's other novels less than stimulating. I think it was just that the time periods weren't nearly as exciting or murder-filled.
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