what are some good books?

Question

I already asked this question, but I just want to get some more answers.
I really like historical fiction/nonfiction, like
Devil in the White City
Gone with the wind
Joy Luck Club


Please recommend some, kind of like these! Thanks!

Answer 1

Cain River, by Lalita Tademy
Rapture of Canann, by Shery Reynolds
are two of my personal faves.
Oh, and if you liked "Gone with the Wind," then you'll looooove the "black" version titled: "The Wind Done Gone," forgot the auther however.

Answer 2

Well I think, possibly, this may be your cup of tea:
The Historian-Elizabeth Kostva
( it would proabably be labeled as horror,or perhaps suspense,but it blends fictional/non-fiction history together nicely)
Also, Jonathan Strange and Mr.Norell
(fantasy, but again a blend of fictional/non-fictional history,brilliant)

And then of course their are classics such as "Hard Times-Dickens, All Quiet On the Western Front-Erich Maria Remarque,
ahh they're are so many...

Answer 3

I would suggest1984, or anything by George Orwell for that matter. Also, James Michener writes Historical fiction, my mother was once a fanatical fan of his, but I have not personally read any of his books as of yet.

Answer 4

If you're into some suspense, try Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum (Ludlum, when he was alive), Leon Uris, Frederick Forsythe, Ken Follett, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Homes mysteries).

Answer 5

Carol Shields - Stone Diaries. Fannie Flagg, all of her books. Kaye Gibbons - Charms for the Easy Life. Janet Evanovitch - all of her books. Ann Arensburg - Incubus. Anita Shreve - all of her books. What I do is search online for books that made bestseller lists, and then I check them out in the library. I've found lots of good books and great authors that way.

Answer 6

The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson

Answer 7

Snow fallling on Cedars
Cold mountain
Gone with the Wind
North and South
Malayan Trilogy

Answer 8

Here book I finish reading and the other one I start.
The Other Twin by Hunter Morgan
A "rehabilitated" serial killer appears to be on the loose again in this debut romantic suspense novel from Morgan (who writes romances as Colleen Faulkner: Shocking Request, etc.). Horrors from the past invade the idyllic beachfront home of newly divorced writer Sydney MacGregor and her feisty teenaged daughter when Sydney learns that her twin sister's murderer, serial killer Charles Eshey, has been released. Her fears intensify after the child of a fellow survivor disappears. Thirty years earlier, Sydney's testimony locked up the Twin Murderer, whose MO involved killing one twin and leaving the other alive. Now Sydney fears that the newly released Eshey, a twin who fathered twins and killed his own brother simply because they "couldn't both exist on this earth," will target her child. The suspense wanes while Sydney tries to prove that Eshey, a wheezy old ex-con with a heart condition, is still dangerous. Desperate, she teams up with true crime author Marshall King. Meanwhile, an unfortunately named lesbian FBI agent, Jessica Manlove, pursues Eshey on her own. All the threads come together in a taut, surprising climax, but even this final twist fails to offset the book's sluggish middle and tepid romance.


Silent Snow by Steve Thayer
In this quirky and complex suspense novel, Thayer entangles some of the main characters from his debut thriller, The Weatherman, in a re-creation of the Lindbergh kidnapping in present-day Minnesota. While it begins with a provocative premise, the plot loses its edge in an overload of historical detail and an unconvincing conspiracy theory. The kidnapped child is Dylan Beanblossom, son of the famous, stunning ("beauty incarnate") Twin Cities news anchor (and former police officer) Andrea Labore, and star newspaper reporter Rick Beanblossom, an ex-Marine who, in a gothic flourish, wears a sky blue mask to cover a napalm-scarred face, a legacy of Vietnam. Dylan vanishes during a snowstorm on March 1, the anniversary of the Lindbergh kidnappingAthe same day Rick receives a mysterious parcel purporting to hold the missing Lindbergh ransom money. Predictably, Andrea and Rick investigate on their own when many people fall under suspicion: Jasmine, the baby's troubled nanny, who comes from the inner city; Stephanie Koslowski, the FBI agent with a tainted record; Les Angelbeck, a retired city cop; Dr. Freda Wilhelm, the hulking county coroner; Katherine Howard, the grande dame who owns Rick's newspaper; and newspaper pressman Swede Bjorenson, whose wife had ties to the Lindbergh kidnapping. As suspects and subplots accumulate, Thayer inserts a long section set in the 1930s, following Minneapolis reporter Grover Mudd (protagonist of Thayer's first book, Saint Mudd) as he investigates the Lindbergh case. Mudd's excellent analysis of the crime and the beguiling possibilities he raises about its perpetrator are enticing, but just when Mudd's tale gets interesting, readers are jolted back to the present-day events. Yet Thayer manages to pull off his somewhat unwieldy narrative on several fronts. The kidnapper's identity and the links between past and present crimes are real surprises, the laconic dialogue has a true Midwestern flavor and the atmospheric details of Twin Cities weather and landscape are rendered with biting clarity. True thriller fans will probably demand more action and livelier pacing, but history buffs will be intrigued.

Answer 9

This is a thriller but it is really good.

Thre3 by Ted Dekker