Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers create their own lists based on the chosen topics and post links to our lists. It’s a way of all sharing our thoughts and our love of books. And who doesn’t love lists??
So this week’s challenge was to list the top ten books in a specific genre. I chose historical fiction since it’s a genre that I never thought I really liked until it quickly became one of my favorites over the past couple of years.
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – The most touching book I have ever read, it takes place during WWII in Germany and provides unique perspective and an even more unique narrator.
- The Son by Philipp Meyer – The history of Texas, from 1836 through the present day, from the attack of Native Americans through the rollercoaster of the oil industry.
- Belle Cora by Phillip Margulies – From early-1800s New York City to the farms of upstate NY to San Francisco during the Gold Rush this is the story of a woman and her life.
- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys – A coming of age story in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1950.
- Codename Verity by Elizabeth Wein – The story of two women, two friends, a pilot and a spy, during WWII.
- Brewster by Mark Slouka – A beautifully written story of friends growing up in upstate New York in 1968.
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent – The last public beheading to take place in Iceland in the early 1800s. A devastatingly beautiful story.
- A Good American by Alex George – The story of immigrants to America in 1904 and their lives, and the lives of their descendants, as told by their grandson.
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson – Ursula’s story allows you to travel through various scenarios throughout the early to mid-1900s as she is born and dies again and again.
- Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert – Epic in scope, from the mid-1700s through most of the 1800s, this story also travels the globe, from England and American and Amsterdam to Tahiti and the jungles of the world.
Watching the Words 
I really enjoy Historical Fiction. I should check out The Son. I often see it recommended.
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An old favorite of mine is The World is Not Enough by Zoe Oldenbourg.
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Gosh, I definitely need to read more historical fiction – I loved The Book Thief and Out of the Easy. The premise of Burial Rites sounds interesting – I’ll have to add it to my TBR. Codename Verity as well. I’ve heard so many great things about that book.
Great list!
My Top Ten Tuesday
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I did HF also- I need to read Gilbert’s latest- heard great things about it!
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I used to love historical fiction but for some reason haven’t read much of it lately. Your post has given me some nice titles to start with to get back into the genre!
Here’s my TTT if you’d like to check it out.
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Great list. The only one that I have read from your list is The Book Thief. I read it a few years ago now and remember absolutely loving it, such a brilliant book. I will definitely need to add a few of the others to my TBR list, it’s been far too long since I read a good historical fiction. My TTT 🙂
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