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Historical Fiction
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Where to Start with Louise Erdrich: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Louise Erdrich — whether to begin with Love Medicine, The Round House, or The Night Watchman. A complete reading guide to Erdrich's novels.
Where to Start with Madeline Miller: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Madeline Miller — whether to begin with Circe or The Song of Achilles. A complete reading guide to the mythological literary fiction novelist.
Where to Start with Maggie O'Farrell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Maggie O'Farrell — whether to begin with Hamnet, I Am I Am I Am, or Instructions for a Heatwave. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Markus Zusak: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Markus Zusak — whether to begin with The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger, or Bridge of Clay. A complete reading guide to the Australian literary novelist.
Where to Start with Michael Ondaatje: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michael Ondaatje — whether to begin with The English Patient or In the Skin of a Lion. A complete reading guide to his essential fiction.
Where to Start with Pat Barker: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Pat Barker — whether to begin with Regeneration, The Ghost Road, The Silence of the Girls, or The Women of Troy. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Peter Carey: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Carey — whether to begin with Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang, or Jack Maggs. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Robert Harris: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Robert Harris — whether to begin with Fatherland, An Officer and a Spy, or Conclave. A complete reading guide to the political thriller master.
Where to Start with Rohinton Mistry: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Rohinton Mistry — whether to begin with A Fine Balance, Such a Long Journey, or Family Matters. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Sebastian Faulks: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Sebastian Faulks — whether to begin with Birdsong, Charlotte Gray, or A Week in December. A complete reading guide to his best novels.
Where to Start with Stuart Turton: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Stuart Turton — whether to begin with The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Devil and the Dark Water, or The Last Murder at the End of the World.
Where to Start with Taylor Jenkins Reid: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Taylor Jenkins Reid — whether to begin with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six, or Malibu Rising. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Thomas Keneally: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Thomas Keneally — whether to begin with Schindler's List or The Daughters of Mars. A complete reading guide to the Australian Booker Prize winner.
Where to Start with Umberto Eco: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Umberto Eco — whether to begin with The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, or his essays. A complete reading guide to Eco's novels.
Where to Start with Victor Hugo: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Victor Hugo — whether to begin with Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, or The Man Who Laughs. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Willa Cather: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Willa Cather — whether to begin with My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, or Death Comes for the Archbishop. A complete reading guide to Cather's novels.
Where to Start with William Styron: A Reading Guide
Where to start with William Styron — whether to begin with Sophie's Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner, or Darkness Visible. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Yaa Gyasi: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Yaa Gyasi — whether to begin with Homegoing or Transcendent Kingdom. A complete reading guide to the essential Ghanaian-American novelist.
Small Things Like These: A Reading Guide to Claire Keegan's Novella
A reading guide to Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan — the historical context of the Magdalene Laundries, Keegan's craft, the Cillian Murphy film, and discussion questions for book clubs.
Arthur Golden Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
Arthur Golden has published one novel — Memoirs of a Geisha (1997). This guide covers the book, its context, and what to read if you loved it.
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