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- Julianne Douglas
- I write historical fiction set in 16th century France. An avid reader who fell in love with all things French as a teen, I went on to earn a BA in French from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D in French literature from Princeton. My stories grow from my research and my desire to make Renaissance Europe come alive for today's readers. Explore my blog and immerse yourself in this fascinating era!
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Posts on Sixteenth Century Culture
Posts about Historical Persons
- Ambroise Paré
- Anne Boleyn
- Anne d'Heilly (la Duchesse d'Etampes)
- Anne de Montmorency (le Grand Connétable)
- Boccaccio
- Bronzino
- Catherine de Medici
- Charles V (Hapsbourg)
- Claude de France
- Clément Marot
- Diane de Poitiers
- Eléonore d'Autriche
- François Clouet
- Giovanni da Verrazzano
- Henry VIII of England
- Isabella of Portugal
- Jean Clouet
- Juana la Loca
- King François I
- King Henri II
- King Louis XVI
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Louise de la Vallière
- Louise de Savoy
- Louise Labé
- Marguerite de Navarre
- Michelangelo
- Noël du Fail
- Princes in the Tower
- Princess Mary of England
- Rosso Fiorentino
Posts about Writing and Publishing
Reviews and Author Interviews
- Vanora Bennett
- Nancy Bilyeau
- Jen K. Blom
- Patricia Bracewell
- Jessica Brockmole
- Sheramy Bundrick
- LJ Cohen
- Martha Conway
- Catherine Delors
- Denise DiFulco
- Daphne Du Maurier
- Anna Elliott
- Christy English
- Hazel Gaynor
- C. W. Gortner
- Philippa Gregory
- Sandra Gulland
- Karen Harper
- Lawrence Hill
- Marci Jefferson
- Robert J. Knecht
- Jean Hanff Korelitz
- David Liss
- Katherine Longshore
- Elizabeth Loupas
- Jeanne Mackin
- Robin Maxwell
- Alice McDermott
- Susan McDuffie
- Robert Merle
- Michelle Moran
- Donna Russo Morin
- Irène Némirovsky
- Hana Samek Norton
- Karen Odden
- Maryanne O'Hara
- Priya Parmar
- Gill Paul
- Sophie Perinot
- Liza Perrat
- Lucy Pick
- Teralyn Pilgrim
- Jean Plaidy
- Donald Michael Platt
- Cindy Pon
- Kate Quinn
- Lev Raphael
- Julie K. Rose
- Aimie K. Runyan
- Vanitha Sankaran
- Mary Sharratt
- Dava Sobel
- Anne Easter Smith
- Susan Spann
- M. K. Tod
- Elena Maria Vidal
- Kris Waldherr
- Heather Webb
- Ann Weisgarber
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 2024
- 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
- 3. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
- 4. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
- 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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