https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 14:25:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-2020937 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:26:01 +0000 caitlanc 2020937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sounds like we have really similar taste in books! The ones you listed are all my favorites. Devil in the White City is definitely on my "to read" list. Going to have to check out Katherine and Blackout as well. I"ll try and remember my other favorites but preggo brain is really kicking my butt these days. </p> <p>Haven't read them yet but have been recommended to me:<br /> All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr<br /> I Am Forbidden - Anouk Markovitz<br /> The Rosie Project </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-2020860 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:21:34 +0000 hellobeeboston 2020860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: oh good!! So glad you liked it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-2020848 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:15:23 +0000 Torchwood 2020848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@keepcalmcarrie: Read Katherine, and now have several others of hers on hold at the library! I really liked it. :)</p> <p>@Ms.Pumpkin: Read Blackout and loved it, and was too impatient to wait for the second one from the library so I just bought it for my kindle! :)</p> <p>@Bluebonnet: @Fronkinzankinsbride: @hellobeeboston: Read Devil in the White City, it was also great! Hard to believe it was all nonfiction. </p> <p>And thanks again for all the other recommendations! I have several more of them on hold at the library. I should have thought to ask here sooner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996838 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:54:09 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 1996838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Devil in the White City always gets my vote!</p> <p>I just finished One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson and really liked that, too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996776 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 01:58:05 +0000 bpcmarj 1996776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Or The Big House by George Colt Howe about a summer home and those who livedin it and the history of where it was built. It's non-fiction but reads a lot like fiction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996732 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:40:27 +0000 Jess1483 1996732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996722 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:10:53 +0000 fancyfunction 1996722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ragtime, City of Dreams, Time and Again, the Alienist and Lovers at the Chameleon Club are some good ones that come to mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996688 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:19:04 +0000 Torchwood 1996688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much for all the great suggestions! Now to figure out where to start! But I just discovered Kindle Unlimited (basically like Prime for books), and it does a free 30 day trial, so I can try out a few of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996648 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:46:15 +0000 hellobeeboston 1996648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another recommend for Devil in a White City. So so good.</p> <p>I just read the Art Forger and that was entertaining, a fast read too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996643 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:41:59 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1996643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: Not too long ago I saw a commercial for the TV adaptation of that book. @mrsjazz: ha! literary celebrities!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996639 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:39:13 +0000 BananaPancakes 1996639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure exactly what you're looking for, but since you're headed to florida you should look into A Land Remembered. I really enjoyed it, especially since I had family members who lived it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996632 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:32:53 +0000 simplyfelicity 1996632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jess1483: Daughter of Fortune and Portrait in Sepia...you should read it in a certain order...let me look into that. :happy:</p> <p>Eta: Read Daughter of Fortune first and then Portrait in Sepia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996619 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:12:36 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1996619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluebonnet: seconded. I really enjoyed devil in the white city. Wife is a Chicagoan and bibliophile so she recommended this one.</p> <p>Read the given day by dennis lehane (author of shutter island, mystic river)<br /> Also recommend cane river by lalita tademy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996609 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:03:46 +0000 sera_87 1996609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Book of negroes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996606 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:01:19 +0000 Jess1483 1996606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Those sound good. I'm going on a trip in January and was looking for something new. My local "book exchange" (like a library, but you can keep them if you want, and "purchase" on credit) has the following. Any recommendations to start with (maybe 2?)</p> <p> DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE ALLENDE<br /> EL REINO DEL DRAGON DE ORO ALLENDE<br /> HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS ALLENDE<br /> INES OF MY SOUL ALLENDE<br /> KINGDOM OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON ALLENDE<br /> MY INVENTED COUNTRY ALLENDE<br /> PAULA ALLENDE<br /> PORTRAIT IN SEPIA </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996592 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:52:56 +0000 meredithNYC 1996592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: whoa - that's awesome! I really learned so much from that book. It's a shame schools teach so little about the great migration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996566 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:33:53 +0000 loveisstrange 1996566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Yeah, its definitely more historical fantasy. </p> <p>Its set in Ireland, pre-christianity, and based off of the fairy tale "The Six Swans". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996532 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:11:02 +0000 mrsjazz 1996532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: </p> <p>Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (non-fiction) is amazing!</p> <p>These others are on my to-read list:<br /> Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott (non-fiction)<br /> Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (fiction)<br /> I've heard good things about All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (fiction)</p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @meredithNYC: I haven't read the book yet (also on my list) but my maternal family makes a small appearance in it. My great aunt and her sister are mentioned because they moved from North Carolina to Brooklyn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996509 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:55:10 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1996509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: yes, I'm loving it so far- about 3 hours in! I have already learned so much about Florida history, which is my adopted "home" state. Both sets of my grandparent's were part of the Great Migration in the 1940s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996507 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:54:05 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1996507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if time travel science fiction is your cup of tea, but Connie Willis is an amazing author. I've actually been re-reading some of her novels lately because I love them so much! </p> <p>I love her 2 book series Blackout and All Clear, it mostly tales place in WWII London.</p> <p>To Say Nothing of the Dog is hilarious and is set in Victorian England. </p> <p>The Doomsday Book is heartbreaking and beautiful, set in England during the Black Death. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996492 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:48:04 +0000 Ra 1996492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This may be a little out there, but I looooved the Discovery of Witches/All Souls Trilogy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996485 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:45:42 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1996485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Katherine by Anya Seton - highly, highly recommend! It's along the same lines as Margaret George and Philippa Gregory (not as depressing as PG though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996484 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:45:41 +0000 pregnantbee 1996484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- The Distant Land of My Father, by Bo Caldwell<br /> - Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand<br /> - (This one is a memoir) Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression, by Mildred Armstrong Kalish </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996479 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:43:34 +0000 shellio 1996479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I'm going to look these up now! I love historical fiction. </p> <p>Highly highly recommend:<br /> These is my words</p> <p>I loved the book so much and can't say enough good things about it. It has a female protagonist but even my husband read and loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996478 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:43:19 +0000 Bluebonnet 1996478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Devil in the White City - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Devil-White-City-Madness/dp/0375725601" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Devil-White-City-Madness/dp/0375725601</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996471 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:37:56 +0000 meredithNYC 1996471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: The Warmth of Other Suns is SO good. Strongly recommended! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996455 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:32:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1996455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jubilee by Margaret Walker<br /> Summary:<br /> Jubilee is a semi-fictional account of "Vyry Brown," based on the life of author Margaret Walker's grandmother, Margaret Duggans Ware Brown. Vyry Brown is a mixed-race slave—the unacknowledged daughter of her master—who is born onto the Dutton plantation in Georgia. The novel follows her experiences from early childhood to adult life.</p> <p>I just started this one on Audible (22 hours total):<br /> The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of the Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson</p> <p>Summary:<br /> It is about the The Great Migration and the Second Great Migration, the movement of blacks out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West between 1915 and 1970.[1][2] The book intertwines a general history and statistical analysis of the entire period, and the biographies of three persons: a sharecropper's wife who left Mississippi in the 1930s for Chicago, named Ida Mae Brandon Gladney; an agricultural worker, George Swanson Starling, who left Florida for New York City in the 1940s; and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, a doctor who left Louisiana in the early 1950s, for Los Angeles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996449 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:28:17 +0000 tinyperson 1996449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like Kate Morton and second @loveisstrange: Sevenwaters recommendation (although that leans towards fantasy IMO) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996427 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:08:33 +0000 loveisstrange 1996427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Sevenwaters books by Juliet Marillier. The first one is my favorite book ever. I've read it like 100 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/historical-fiction-recommendations#post-1996406 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:55:31 +0000 simplyfelicity 1996406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.isabelallende.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.isabelallende.com/</a></p> <p>Love. Her. </p>