Old Chevy on the Prairie: Our Journey to Visit Little House Sites
Top Ten Pioneer Books
BY TIME PERIOD
Biblical Times
A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker
Middle Ages
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
- Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi
- To Defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick
- The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
- The Irish Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
- Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
- A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick
- The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
- Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick
- The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
- The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
- The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
17th Century
- Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
- The Chocolate Maker's Wife by Karen Brooks
- Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
- Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
- Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
- Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
- Peony in Love by Lisa See
18th Century
- The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Valley by Helen Bryan America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
- My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
- The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz
- Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
- Demelza Poldark by Winston Graham
- Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
- A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
- The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
- The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
- Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
- Waverly by Sir Walter Scott
- Free Men by Katy Simpson Smith
Regency
- Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mystery #6) by Stephanie Barron
- Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mystery #12) by Stephanie Barron
- Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mystery #13) by Stephanie Barron
- Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Jane Austen Mystery #14) by Stephanie Barron
- Bride of Northanger by Diana Birchall
- Regency Gold by M.C. Beaton writing as Marion Chesney
- The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
- The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
- Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
- Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
- Sylvester by Georgette Heyer (2019 Review)
- Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
- Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
- The Clergyman's Wife by Molly Greeley
- The Heiress by Molly Greeley
- To Win Her Hand by Jen Geigle Johnson
- The Barrister and the Letter of the Marque by Todd M. Johnson
- A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen
- The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen
- The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen
- The Bride of Ivy Green by Julie Klassen
- Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen
- The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen
- The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen
- Shadows of Swanford Abbey by Julie Klassen
- The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen
- The Curiosity Keeper by Sarah E. Ladd
- Dawn at Emberwilde by Sarah E. Ladd
- A Stranger at Fellsworth by Sarah E. Ladd
- The Weaver's Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd
- The Light at Wyndcliffe by Sarah E. Ladd
- Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose by Stephanie Laurens
- Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews
- Dusk's Darkest Shores by Carolyn Miller
- Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
- Love and Friendship by Whit Stillman
- The Debutante's Code by Erica Vetsch
- Millstone of Douby by Erica Vetsch
- To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
- The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation #9) by Lauren Willig
Civil War (and directly after)
- With This Pledge by Tamera Alexander
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles
- Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
- The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (2022 Review)
19TH Century
- The Last Woman Standing by Thelma Adams
- Carolina Built by Tianna Alexander
- To Wager Her Heart by Tamera Alexander
- Isabelle and Alexander by Rebecca Anderson
- Bronte's Mistress by Finola Austin
- Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard
- The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
- Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
- The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
- Eleanor Courtown by Lucy E.M. Black
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Counterfeit Love by Crystal Claudill
- The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
- Marley by Jon Clinch
- The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper
- All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes
- Every Word Unsaid by Kimberly Duffy
- Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
- Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
- The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
- The American Adventuress by C. W. Gortner
- The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper
- The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
- Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
- The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
- The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews
- The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews
- Caroline by Sarah Miller
- In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore
- Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden
- The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki (Austria-Hungary Empire)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
- Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore
- The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Young Pioneers by Rose Wilder Lane
Turn of the Century (Pre-WWI)
- A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen
- All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes
- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- The American Adventuress by C. W. Gortner
- The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
- Rebel Sisters by Marita Conlon-McKenna (Irish Revolution)
- Courage Between Love and Death by Joseph Pillitteri (Assassination of President McKinley)Madame C.J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene Millner
- The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
- A Fine Summer's Day by Charles Todd
- A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White
WWI
- Beauty Among the Ruins by J'Nell Ciesielski
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (1918 Flu Pandemic)
- Darcy's Hope: Beauty from Ashes by Ginger Monette
- Rilla of Ingleside by LM Montgomery
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
- Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
- Wolf by Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter
1920's
- Cora's Kitchen by Kimberly Garrett Brown
- A Calder at Heart by Janet Dailey
- The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
- So Big by Edna Ferber
- So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
- Newport by Jill Morrow
- The Worthington Wife by Sharon Page
- The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
- Orphan Number Eight by Kim van Alkemade
- Tiffany Blues by M.J. Rose
1930's
- The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleefton
- The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Prayers the Devil Answers by Sharyn McCrumb
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- Wolf by Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood
1940's
- Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
- Boardwalk Summer by Meredith Jaeger
- The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
- The German Heiress by Anika Scott
WWII
- The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara Ackerman
- The Brothers of Auschwitz by Malka Adler
- Defending Britta Stein by Ronald H. Balson
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
- The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
- The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
- The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
- The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
- The Book Spy by Alan Hlad
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Sisters of War by Lana Kortchik
- The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning
- The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo
- The Secret of the Irish Castle by Santa Montefiore
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day
- How Fires End by Marco Rafala
- The London House by Katherine Reay
- The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
- The Resistance Girl by Mandy Robotham
- The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
- Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
- The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman
- Jacob's Bell by John Snyder
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- The Second Midnight by Andrew Taylor
- Hotel on Shadow Lake by Daniela Tully
- The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos
- When the Summer Was Ours by Roxanne Veletzos
- Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
Post WWII
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
- Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
- Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans
- On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster
- Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
- The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
- The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
- The Last Dance of the Debutante by Julia Kelly
- Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
- The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
- Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh
- Mustique Island by Sarah McCoy
- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Gown by Jennifer Robson
- The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons
- Shadows in the Mind's Eye by Janyre Tromp
- Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
- Harlem Shuffle by Colten Whitehead
- The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
20th Century
- The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
- Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
- The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
- Refugee by Alan Gratz
- American Duchess by Karen Harper
- The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1920s-1950s)
- The Blue Butterfly by Leslie Johansen Nack
- The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul
- The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
- O Little Town by Amanda Wen, Janyre Tromp, and Deborah Raney
- The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
BY AUTHOR
Ackerman, Sara
The Lieutenant's Nurse
Adams, Thelma
The Last Woman Standing
Alexander, Tianna
Carolina Built
Alexander, Tamera
To Wager Her Heart
With This Pledge
Austin, Finola
Bronte's Mistress
Avi
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Balson, Ronald H.
Barron, Stephanie
- Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mystery #6)
- Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mystery #12)
- Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mystery #13)
- Jane and the Year Without a Summer (Jane Austen Mystery #14)
Bayard, Louis
Courting Mr. Lincoln
The Black Tower
The Pale Blue Eye
Mr. Timothy
Beaton, M.C. or Marion Chesney
Regency Gold
The Personal Librarian
Bennett Brit
Benjamin, Melanie
The Aviator's Wife
The Children's Blizzard
Black, Lucy E.M.
Eleanor Courtown
Blume, Judy
In the Unlikely Event
Bohjalian - Chris
Hour of the Witch
Boyne, John
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Brooks, Karen
The Chocolate Maker's Wife
Brown, Kimberly Garrett
Bryan, Helen
The Valley
Butler, Octavia E.
Kindred
Byrd, Sandra
Lady of a Thousand Treasures
Callahan, Patti
Caudill, Crystal
Chadwick, Elizabeth
- To Defy a King
- The Irish Queen
- The Greatest Knight
- Lady of the English
- A Place Beyond Courage
- The Scarlet Lion
- Shadows and Strongholds
- The Summer Queen
Chamberlain, Diane
Chiaverini, Jennifer
Ciesielski, J'Nell
Clayton - Meg Waite
Cleave, Chris
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Cleefton, Chanel
Clinch, Jon
Marley
Conlon-McKenna, Marita
Rebel Sisters
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Last of the Mohicans
Cooper, Tea
Correa, Armando Lucas
The German Girl
Dailey, Janet
Deibel, Jennifer
de Gramont, Nina
Dekker, Ted
A.D. 33
Doerr, Anthony
Donoghue, Emma
The Pull of the Stars
Dray, Stephanie and Laura Kamoie
America's First Daughter
My Dear Hamilton
Duffy, Kimberly
Du Maurier, Daphne
Jamaica Inn
Dykes, Amanda
The Merchant and the Rogue
Erdrich, Louise
The Birchbark House
Evans, Richard Paul
Noel Street
Fajardo-Anstine, Kali
Fellowes, Julian
Belgravia
Ferber, Edna
So Big
Flynn, Kathleen A.
The Jane Austen Project
Fox, Hester
The Witch of Willow Hall
Frantz, Laura
Garmus, Bonnie
Lessons in Chemistry
Gaynor, Hazel
The Cottingley Secret
Last Christmas in Paris
Gilman, Susan Jane
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
Gortner, C.W.
Graham, Winston
Ross Poldark
Demelza Poldark
Jeremy Poldark
Grande, Reyna
Gratz, Alan
Refugee
Greeley, Molly
Gregory, Philippa
Earthly Joys
Hannah, Kristin
Harmel, Kristin
Harper, Karen
American Duchess
The Royal Nanny
Harvey, Kristy Woodson
Heyer, Georgette
The Corinthian
Sylvester
Hlad, Alan
Hoffman, Alice
Hooper, Elise
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Remains of the Day
Jaeger, Meredith
Boardwalk Summer
Jenner, Natalie
Jiles, Paulette
Johns, Ana
The Woman in the White Kimono
Johnson, Jen Geigle
Johnson, Sadeqa
Johnson, Todd M.
The Barrister and the Letter of the Marque
Joshi, Alka
Kearsley, Susanna
A Desperate Fortune
The Firebird
Mariana
The Rose Garden
Klassen, Julie
- A Castaway in Cornwall
- The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill
- The Ladies of Ivy Cottage
- The Bride of Ivy Green
- Lady Maybe
- The Painter's Daughter
- The Secret of Pembrooke Park
- Shadows of Swanford Abbey
- The Sisters of Sea View
Ladd, Sarah E.
- The Curiosity Keeper
- Dawn at Emberwilde
- A Stranger at Fellsworth
-
The Weaver's DaughterThe Light at Wyndcliffe
Lane, Rose Wilder
Young Pioneers
Laurens, Stephanie
Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose
Lippman, Laura
Lady in the Lake
Macneal, Elizabeth
The Doll Factory
Macomber, Debbie
The Christmas Spirit
Manning, Kirsty
The Song of the Jade Lily
Marsh, Beezy
Matthews, Mimi
Maxwell, William
So Long, See You Tomorrow
McCoy, Sarah
McCrumb, Sharyn
Prayers the Devil Answers
Messineo, Teresa
The Fire by Night
Miller, Carolyn
Miller, Sarah
Caroline
Mitchell, Margaret
Moggach, Deborah
Tulip Fever
Monette, Ginger
Darcy's Hope: Beauty from Ashes
Montefiore, Santa
The Secret of the Irish Castle
Montgomery, LM
Rilla of Ingleside
Moore, Heather B.
Morrow, Jill
Newport
Murray, Victoria Christopher
Nack, Leslie Johansen
Page, Sharon
The Worthington Wife
Pataki, Allison
The Accidental Empress
Paul, Gill
The Lost Daughter
Penner, Sarah
Pillitteri, Joseph
Courage Between Love and Death
Quinn, Kate
The Alice Network
The Huntress
Rader - Day, Lori
Rafala, Marco
How Fires End
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Rindell, Suzanne
The Other Typist
Robson, Jennifer
The Gown
Rose, M.J.
Tiffany Blues
Russell, Mary Doria
The Women of the Copper Country
Ryan, Jennifer
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Echo
See, Lisa
The Island of Sea Women
Peony in Love
Shanghai Girls
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Setterfield, Diane
Bellman and Black
Once Upon a River
Shipman, Viola
The Heirloom Garden
Simonson, Helen
The Summer Before the War
Skenandore, Amanda
Between Earth and Sky
Smith, Katy Simpson
Free Men
Snyder, John
Jacob's Bell
Solomons, Natasha
The Song of Hartgrove Hall
Stern, Herbert J. and Alan A Winter
Wolf
Stillman, Whit
Love and Friendship
Taylor, Andrew
The Second Midnight
Todd, Charles
A Fine Summer's Day
Tromp, Janyre
Tully, Daniela
Hotel on Shadow Lake
van Alkemade, Kim
Orphan Number Eight
Veletzos, Roxanne
Waters, Martha
Webb, Heather
Last Christmas in Paris
Weiner, Jennifer
Mrs. Everything
O Little Town
Wiggs, Susan
Map of the Heart
Willig, Lauren
- Band of Sisters
- The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation #9)
- The Lost Summers of Newport
- The Summer Country
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Old Chevy Truck on the Prairie: Our Journey to Visit Little House Sites
Williams, Beatriz
Wingate, Lisa
Before We Were Yours
White, Karen
White,Roseanna M.
A Name Unknown
Whitehead, Colten
Wood, Shelley
The Quintland Sisters
RIVETING NON-FICTION
- Washington's Farewell by John Avlon
- The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
- Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolph Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper and Travis Thrasher Beyond Valor by Jon Erwin & William Doyle
- Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
- Reaching for the Moon by Katherine Johnson
- Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers by Claudia Kalb
- The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
- The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
- The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterfly
- Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
- "The President Has Been Shot!" : The Assassination of John F. Kennedy by James L. Swanson
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- Movie Nights with the Reagans by Mark Weinberg
- Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner
- Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
- I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Talaban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
GUEST POSTS
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Why do Books have Name Changes? by Elizabeth Chadwick
Writing about the Marshals by Elizabeth Chadwick
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
Elizabeth Chadwick on the Scarlet Lion
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