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Elizabeth Barnhill - Our Historical Fiction Favorites

Elizabeth Barnhill - Our Historical Fiction Favorites

In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some of our favorite books in the historical-fiction genre.

In this episode, Elizabeth and I chat about some of our favorite books in the historical-fiction genre.

Elizabeth’s selections:

  1. The Light Between Oceans by ML Steadman
  2. The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
  3. Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes 
  4. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  5. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
  6. The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
  7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
  9. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
  10. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
  11. The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani 
  12. Roses by Leila Meacham
  13. The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh
  14. Mudbound by Hilary Jordan
  15. Follow The River by James Alexander Thom

Cindy’s selections:

  1. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
  2. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
  3. The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little
  4. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
  5. Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
  6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
  7. The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
  8. The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
  9. The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
  10. Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees
  11. The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
  12. News of the World by Paulette Jiles
  13. The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
  14. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
  15. The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull

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