Historical Fiction

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 

Old Chevy on the Prairie:  Our Journey to Visit Little House Sites
Top Ten Pioneer Books 

BY TIME PERIOD

Ancient Times

Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie

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
  
• Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

 

17th Century

• Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
• The Chocolate Maker's Wife by Karen Brooks
• The East Indian by Brinda Charry
• Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory 
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
• 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 Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
• 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 

Mexican American War

• A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande

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
• In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer
• 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 House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
• The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
•  Eleanor Courtown by Lucy E.M. Black 
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• Sons by Pearl S. Buck
• 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
• Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
• 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
• Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
• 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 Beautiful Disguise by Roseanne M. White
• A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White

WWI

• Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
• 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
• Starring Adele Astaire by Eliza Knight
• 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
• Counting Lost Stars by Kim Van Alkemade
• 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 Paris Daughter 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 Last Bookshop in Paris by Madeline Martin
• The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo  
• The Secret of the Irish Castle by Santa Montefiore
• The Enemy at Home by Kevin O'Brien
• White Bird by RJ Palacio
• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 
• The Huntress by Kate Quinn 
• Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day
• How Fires End by Marco Rafala
• Ashes in the Snow by Oriana Ramunno
• 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
• Suddenly That Summer by Lori Handeland
• 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
• A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay
• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• 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
• Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb
• 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
• The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
• 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)
• In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer
• 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
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
• After Anne by Logan Steiner
• O Little Town by Amanda Wen, Janyre Tromp, and Deborah Raney
• The Royal Windsor Secret by Christine Wells
• The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White

Spans Centuries

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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

Adler, Malka 

The Brothers of Auschwitz

Anderson, Rebecca

Isabelle and Alexander

Arlen, Tessa

A Dress of Violet Taffeta

Austin, Finola
Bronte's Mistress

Avi
Crispin:  The Cross of Lead
Crispin:  At the Edge of  the World

Balson, Ronald H.

• Defending Britta Stein

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

Beanland, Rachel

The House is on Fire

Beaton, M.C. or Marion Chesney
Regency Gold

Benedict, Marie

The Personal Librarian


Bennett Brit

The Vanishing Half

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

• Cora's Kitchen

Bryan, Helen
The Valley

Buck, Pearl S.

• The Good Earth
• Sons

Butler, Octavia E.
Kindred

Byrd, Sandra
Lady of a Thousand Treasures

Callahan, Patti

Once Upon a Wardrobe

Caudill, Crystal

Counterfeit Love

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

• Big Lies in a Small Town

Charry, Brinda

The East Indian

Chiaverini, Jennifer

• Canary Girls
• Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
•  Resistance Women

Christie, Agatha

Death Comes as the End

Ciesielski, J'Nell

Beauty Among the Ruins

Clayton - Meg Waite

• The Postmistress of Paris

Cleave, Chris
Everyone Brave is Forgiven 

 Cleefton, Chanel

• The Last Train to Key West
• The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba

Clinch, Jon
Marley

Conlon-McKenna, Marita
Rebel Sisters

Cooper, James Fenimore
The Last of the Mohicans

Cooper, Tea

The Cartographer's Secret

Correa, Armando Lucas
The German Girl

Dailey, Janet

A Calder at Heart

Davis, Fiona

The Magnolia Palace

Deibel, Jennifer

The Maid of Ballymacool

de Gramont, Nina

The Christie Affair

Dekker, Ted
A.D. 33 

Doerr, Anthony  

• All the Light We Cannot See 
• Cloud Cuckoo Land

Donoghue, Emma
The Pull of the Stars

Dray, Stephanie and Laura Kamoie
America's First Daughter
My Dear Hamilton

Duffy, Kimberly

Every Word Unsaid

Du Maurier, Daphne
Jamaica Inn

Dykes, Amanda

All the Lost Places

Eden, Sarah M. 

The Merchant and the Rogue


Erdrich, Louise
The Birchbark House

Evans, Richard Paul
Noel Street

Fajardo-Anstine, Kali

Woman of Light

Fellowes, Julian
Belgravia

Ferber, Edna
So Big

Flynn, Kathleen A.
The Jane Austen Project

 Foster, Brooke Lea

On Gin Lane

Summer Darlings

Fox, Hester
The Witch of Willow Hall

Frantz, Laura

The Rose and the Thistle

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.

• The American Adventuress

Graham, Winston
Ross Poldark 
Demelza Poldark 
Jeremy Poldark 

Grande, Reyna

• A Ballad of Love and Glory

Gratz, Alan
Refugee 

Greeley, Molly

• The Clergyman's Wife
• The Heiress

Gregory, Philippa 
Earthly Joys

Grissom, Kathleen

Crow Mary

Gyasi, Yaa

Homegoing

Hadlow, Janice

The Other Bennet Sister

Handeland, Lori

Suddenly That Summer

Hannah, Kristin

• The Four Winds
• The Great Alone
• The Nightingale

Harmel, Kristin

•  The Book of Lost Names
• The Forest of Vanishing Stars
• The Paris Daughter
• The Room on Rue Amelie

Harper, Karen
American Duchess
The Royal Nanny

Harvey, Kristy Woodson

• The Wedding Veil

Hawthorne, Nathanial

• The Scarlet Letter

Heyer, Georgette
The Corinthian
Sylvester

Hlad, Alan

The Book Spy

Hoffman, Alice

Magic Lessons

 

Hooper, Elise

The Other Alcott

Hornby, Gill

Godmersham Park

Miss Austen

Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Remains of the Day

Jaeger, Meredith
Boardwalk Summer 

Jenner, Natalie

• The Jane Austen Society
• Bloomsbury Girls

Jiles, Paulette

• News of the World
• Simon the Fiddler

Johns, Ana
The Woman in the White Kimono

Johnson, Jen Geigle

To Win Her Hand

Johnson, Sadeqa

The House of Eve

The Yellow Wife

Johnson, Todd M.

The Barrister and the Letter of the Marque

Joshi, Alka

The Henna Artist

Kearsley, Susanna
A Desperate Fortune
The Firebird 
Mariana 
The Rose Garden 

Kelly, Julia

• The Last Dance of the Debutante

Kiste, Gwendolyn

Reluctant Immortals

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

Knight, Eliza

Starring Adele Astaire

Knowles, John

A Separate Peace

Kortchik, Lana

Sisters of War

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, Kate

Gilded Mountain

Manning, Kirsty
The Song of the Jade Lily

Marsh, Beezy

Queen of Thieves

Martin, Madeline

The Last Bookshop in London

Matthews, Mimi

• Gentleman Jim
• The Siren of Sussex
• The Belle of Belgrave Square

Maxwell, William
So Long, See You Tomorrow


McCoy, Sarah

• The Mapmaker's Children
• Marilla of Green Gables
• Mustique Island

McCrumb, Sharyn
Prayers the Devil Answers

Messineo, Teresa
The Fire by Night

Meyer, Gabrielle

In This Moment

Miller, Carolyn

• Dusk's Darkest Shores

Miller, Sarah
Caroline

 Millner, Denene

Madame CJ Walker Builds a Business

Mitchell, Margaret

• Gone With the Wind
• Gone With the Wind (2022 Review)

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.

• In the Shadow of a Queen

Morrow, Jill
Newport

Murray, Victoria Christopher

• The Personal Librarian

Nack, Leslie Johansen

• The Blue Butterfly

O'Brien - Keith

The Enemy at Home

Odden, Karen

Under a Veiled Moon

Page, Sharon
The Worthington Wife

Palacio, RJ

White Bird

Pataki, Allison
The Accidental Empress

Paul, Gill
The Lost Daughter 

Penner, Sarah

• The Lost Apothecary

 Pike, Signe

The Lost Queen

The Forgotten Kingdom

Pillitteri, Joseph
Courage Between Love and Death

Quinn, Kate
The Alice Network 
The Huntress

Rader - Day, Lori

• Death at Greenway

Rafala, Marco
How Fires End

Ramunno, Oriana

Ashes in the Snow

Reay, Katherine

• The London House
• A Shadow in Moscow

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

• Carrie Soto is Back
• Daisy Jones and the Six

Richardson, Kim Michele

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

The Book Woman's Daughter

Riley, Vanessa

Island Queen

Murder in Westminster

Rimmer, Kelly

The Things We Cannot Say

Rindell, Suzanne
The Other Typist 

Robotham, Mandy

The Resistance Girl

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 

Scott, Anika

The German Heiress

Scott, Sir Walter

Waverly

See, Lisa

• The Island of Sea Women 
• Lady Tan's Circle of Women
• Peony in Love
• Shanghai Girls 
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

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 

Steiner, Logan

After Anne

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

• O Little Town
• Shadow in the Mind's Eye

Tully, Daniela
Hotel on Shadow Lake

van Alkemade, Kim

• Counting Lost Stars
• Orphan Number Eight 

Veletzos, Roxanne

• The Girl They Left Behind
• When the Summer Was Ours

Vetsch - Erica

The Debutante's Code

Millstone of Doubt

Waters, Martha

To Love and to Loathe

Webb, Heather

• Last Christmas in Paris
• Strangers in the Night

Weiner, Jennifer
Mrs. Everything

Wells, Christine

The Royal Windsor Secret

Wen, Amanda

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

• The Lost Summers of Newport
• The Summer Wives

Wingate, Lisa
Before We Were Yours

White, Karen

• The Lost Summers of Newport

White,Roseanna M.

• A Beautiful Disguise
• A Name Unknown 

Whitehead, Colten

Harlem Shuffle

Wood, Shelley
The Quintland Sisters

RIVETING NON-FICTION

• Valiant Women:  The Extraordinary American Servicewomen who Helped Win World War II by Lena Andrews
• 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 Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftis
• 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
Finding the Hero's Journey: Or How Shadows and Strongholds Came to Be Written by Elizabeth Chadwick
Why do Books have Name Changes? by Elizabeth Chadwick
Writing about the Marshals by Elizabeth Chadwick 

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