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3 days ago · 12 books from 1984 to 1991 about a secret organization protecting history from change by time travelers. Many people and events we consider fictional are historical, and vice versa; the action of each book concerns the events of a famous work of literature.
2 days ago · Historical fiction books resonate with modern readers because they give us the chance to immerse ourselves in another time. Each of the historical fiction novels on this list tells the stories of different characters, from the plains of Ancient Greece, the dark middle ages, or the battlefields of WWI and WWII.
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1 day ago · The 25 B est Historical Fiction Books of All Time. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
2 days ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...
3 days ago · The Women by Kristin Hannah. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson. The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger.
1 day ago · The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang. It’s 1959 in L.A., and Cordelia Mai Yin is a first-generation Vietnamese American trying to become a fashion designer. But the city isn’t welcoming, and soon, Cordi finds herself renting a loft in an old building and befriending other women — Audrey, Tessa, and Silly — who seem to be struggling ...
3 days ago · Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
