Fantastic Books!

[andtckrtoo]

I've loved Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Historical fiction with time travel. OK, some bodice- (or kilt-) ripping, but not so much that it stopped my generally conservative MIL from getting addicted too (maybe she just skipped those parts). Lots of adventure. They're big fat books too, so they keep you busy for a while.

I wanted thank you for recommending this series. I'm about 200 pages into the first nice fat book (I LOVE fat books) and am enjoying it a lot!

[Flybye]

I'm partial to historical fiction particularly anything having to do with the Holy Land, the templars, WWII (but not a war book per se) Christianity in general.

Favorite authors of mine in this regard are Bodie and Brock Thoene - great historical fiction, WWII, and with a slight Christian perspective. Zion Chronicles are the ones that cover this.

[OakLeaf]

I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction, but I like the kind of historical fiction that's a counterpoint to the truism that "history is written by the winners" - novels that give a voice to history's losers.

The Valiant and the Damned by Roy Clews, about the Luddites - I'll never use that word as an insult again.

There was a book about the Catiline rebellion that I read several years ago and just can't remember the author or title.

Another one by Sheri Holman that I just finished: The Dress Lodger, about a factory worker/prostitute and a doctor in 1830s England.