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Favorite Historical Novels

Accidents of Providence by Stacia Brown
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
Forever by Pete Hamill
Gardener to the King by Frederic Richaud
The Gold Eaters by Ronald Wright
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Half Wives by Stacia Pelletier
The House of Niccolo by Dorothy Dunnett
Kristin Lavransdattir by Sigrid Undset
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
The Master of Hestviken by Sigrid Undset
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
Pure by Andrew Miller
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy and Becky Hepinstall
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer
West by Carys Davies
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Books Read in 2025

14. Isola by Allegra Goodman
13. The Queen's Companion by Lucy Pick

12. What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama

11. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

10. A Voice from Japan: An Outsider Looks In by Carolyn Meyer

9. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

8. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

7. Long Island by Colm Tóibín

6. The Chair and the Valley by Banning Lyon

5. The Schubert Treatment: A Story of Music and Healing by Claire Oppert

4. The Flight Attendant by Chris Bojhilian

3. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

2. The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict

1. Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun

Books Read in 2024

26. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

25. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

24. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles

23. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

22. The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

21. North Woods by Daniel Mason

20. Hiroshima by John Hershey

19. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

18. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

17. Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare

16. Absolution by Alice McDermott

15. Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

14. Samurai William by Giles Milton

13. Baumgartner by Paul Auster

12. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

11. Dayswork by Chris Bacheleder and Jennifer Habel

10. Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

9. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukagawa

8. Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson

7. A True Account: Hannah Masury's Soujourn Amongst the Pyrates by Katherine Howe

6. The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian

5. The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney

4. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

3. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

2. A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago

1. Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie

Books Read in 2023

25. Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

24. Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Ondau

23. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

22. The Lost Wife by Susannah Moore

21. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

20. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

19. The Poetics of Passion by Delphine Ross

18. Enter the Body by Joy McCullogh

17. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

16. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

15. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

14. The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis

13. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

12. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley

11. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier

10. Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

9. Fires of Edo by Susan Spann

8. Bellewether by Susannah Kearsley

7. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

6. Twenty-One Nights in Paris by Leonie Mack

5. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

4. Requiem by Frances Itani

3. Natural History by Andrea Barrett

2. Chemistry by Weike Wang

1. Joan by Katherine Chen

Books Read in 2022

12. The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

11. Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth

10. The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

9. Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

8. The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

7. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

6. Home Reading Service by Fabio Morábito

5. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

4. Mr. Cadmus by Peter Ackroyd

3. The Last Ship Home by Heather Webb

2. The Unknown Woman of the Seine by Brooks Hansen

1. Unnatural Creatures by Kris Waldherr

Books Read in 2021

35. The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg

34. The Armada Boy by Kate Ellis

33. The Silk Vendetta by Victoria Holt

32. The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis

31. To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin

30. The Shadow of the Lynx by Victoria Holt

29. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

28. The Performance by Claire Thomas

27. Outlawed by Anna North

26. Freedom by Sebastian Junger

25. The Paris Hours by Alex George

24. The Professor's House by Willa Cather

23. Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo

22. In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson

21. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan

20. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

19. Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio

18. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

17. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

16. The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M. Shaffer and A. Barrows

14. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

13. Zorrie by Laird Hunt

12. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

11. Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

10. Weather by Jenny Offill

9. The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

8. Climb by Susan Spann

7. The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister

6. The Glassblowers by Daphne DuMaurier

5. The Steel Beneath the Silk by Patricia Bracewell

4. The Walworth Beauty by Michele Roberts

3. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

2. Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

1. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Books Read in 2020

44. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

43. The Silence by Don DeLillo

42. How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

41. Revelations by Mary Sharratt

40. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

39. The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews

38. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

37. A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews

36. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonyous

35. Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

34. The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

33. Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

32. Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

31. Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe

30. A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden

29. To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek

28. The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell

27. Marguerite by Marina Kemp

26. Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit

25. Lord of the Flies by William Golding

24. String of Pearls: On the News Beat in New York and Paris by Priscilla L. Buckley

23. Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

22. Call Upon the Water by Stella Tillyard

21. Light Changes Everything by Nancy Turner

20. The Eight by Katherine Neville

19. East of the Sun by Julia Gregson

18. The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber

17.The Giant by Laura Morelli

16. Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith

15. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

14. A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden

13. Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer

12. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

11. Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell

10. Sugar Money by Jane Harris

9. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

8. The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams

7. The Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt

6. Varina by Charles Frazier

5. Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey

4. The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

3. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Gowar

2. Drowning With Others by Linda Keir

1. Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau

Books Read in 2019

36. The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

35. Ribbons of Scarlet by K. Quinn, S. Dray, L. Kamoie, S. Perinot, H. Webb, and E. Knight

34. Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

33. Circe by Madeline Miller

32. The Night Tiger by Yangtze Choo

31. The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman

30. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund

29. Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan

28. The Warehouse by Rob Hart

27. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

26. Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

25. Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

24. Beautiful Boy by David Scheff

23. Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

22. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

21. Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain

20. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

19. The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm by John Connell

18. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

17. Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison

16. Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell

15. The Huntress by Kate Quinn

14. The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell

13. Unplanned by Abby Johnson

12. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

11. Educated by Tara Westover

10. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch

9. Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis

8. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

7. The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber

6. The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader

5. Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan

4. West by Carys Davies

3. Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín

2. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

1. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

Books Read in 2018

39. The Lake House by Kate Morton

38. The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar

37. The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans

36. Little by Edward Carey

35. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

34. The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau

33. The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse

32. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

31. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

30. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

29. The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor

28. Room by Emma Donoghue

27. Skylark by Dezso Kosztolanyi

26. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

25. 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro

24. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

23. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

22. Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

21. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

20. Longbourn by Jo Baker

19. The Verdun Affair by Nick Dybek

18. The Underground River by Martha Conway

17. Trial on Mount Koya by Susan Spann

16. The Balcony by Jane Delury

15. Versailles by Kathryn Davis

14. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

13. Ecstasy by Mary Sharratt

12. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

11. News of the World by Paulette Jiles

10. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman

9. The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay

8. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner

7. The Portrait by Antoine Laurain

6. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

5. Pure by Andrew Miller

4. The Phantom's Apprentice by Heather Webb

3. The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr

2. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald

1. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Books Read in 2017

21. The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

20. The Brethren by Robert Merle

19. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

18. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

17. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

16. Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

15. The Half Wives by Stacia Pelletier

14. My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul

13. The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks

12. Lilli de Jong by Janet Benton

11. Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker

10. The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo

9. March by Geraldine Brooks

8. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

7. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

6. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

5. The Floating City by Pamela Ball

4. Duty to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan

3. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

2. The Penalty Area by Alain Gillot, trans. by Howard Curtis

1. The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

Books Read in 2016

20. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

19. The Dark Lady's Mask by Mary Sharratt

18. Time and Regret by M.K. Tod

17. The Ninja's Daughter by Susan Spann

16. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

15. Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran

14. Redeployment by Phil Klay

13. Paris Is Always A Good Idea by Nicolas Barreau

12. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

11. Finding Fontainebleau by Thad Carhart

10. Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn

9. At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole

8. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

7. The Gold Eaters by Ronald Wright

6. Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan

5. The Serpent's Crown by Hana Samek Norton

4. Fall of Poppies by Heather Webb et al.

3. The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny

2. The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline

1. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Books Read in 2015

33. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

32. Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart

31. Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas by John Baxter

30. Médicis Daughter by Sophie Perinot

29. Twain's End by Lynn Cullen

28. The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain

27. House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure

26. The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

25. The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer

24. The Remains of the Day by Kazoo Ishiguro

23. The Crazed by Ha Jin

22. Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann

21. Enchantress of Paris by Marci Jefferson

20. Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler

19. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

18. 1906 by James Dalessandro

17. The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock

16. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

15. The Trembling Hills by Phyllis Whitney

14. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg

13. Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy and Becky Hepinstall

12. The Thing about December by Donal Ryan

11. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

10. Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran

9. West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan

8. The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson Smith

7. Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner

6. Flight of the Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown

5. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

4. The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau

3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

2. The Price of Blood by Patricia Bracewell

1. Rodin's Lover by Heather Webb

Books Read in 2014

27. Neverhome by Laird Hunt

26. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

25. The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit

24. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

23. Oleanna by Julie K. Rose

22. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

21. Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar

20. My Wish List by Grégoire Delacourt

19. The Tudor Vendetta by C.W. Gortner

18. Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith

17. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

16. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

15. The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki

14. Blade of the Samurai by Susan Spann

13. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

12. Pilgrimage by Lucy Pick

11. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

10. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

8. The Accident by Chris Pavone

7. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

6. Longbourn by Jo Baker

5. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

4. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

3. Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen

2. The Fountain of St. James Court by Sena Jeter Naslund

1. Girl on the Golden Coin by Marci Jefferson

Books Read in 2013

26. Becoming Josephine by Heather Webb

25. Fever by Mary Beth Keane

24. Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III

23. An Unexpected Guest by Anna Korkeakivi

22. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

21. The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman

20. Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

19. The Study of Murder by Susan McDuffie

18. The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers

17. Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

16. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

15. The Promise by Ann Weisgarber

14. Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole

13. Song of the Scaffold by Gertrud von le Fort

12. Claws of the Cat by Susan Spann

11. The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan

10. The Tudor Conspiracy by CW Gortner

9. The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

8. The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau

7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

6. A Corner in the Marais: Memoir of a Paris Neighborhood by Alex Karmel

5. Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham

4. House of the Hunted by Mark Mills

3. The Girl at the Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks

2. The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis

1. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Books Read in 2012

25. Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall

24. The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer

23. Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat

22. Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell

21. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall

20. The Second Empress by Michelle Moran

19. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

18. The Expats by Chris Pavone

17. The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life by Dinty W. Moore

16. The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland

15. 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.

14. North River by Pete Hamill

13. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

12. How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

11. Cascade by Maryanne O'Hara

10. The Odds by Stewart O'Nan

9. Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones

8. The Awakening by Kate Chopin

7. My Antonia by Willa Cather

6. The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot

5. The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas

4. The Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton

3. Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinor Pruitt Stewart

2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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