Off the Shelf: Like Historical Fiction? Library has You Covered from Plains of Troy to Glitter of Broadway
By Sharon Saye on September 15, 2021 from Off the Shelf
Historical fiction has been a mainstay of the best-seller lists forever. Just scan any bookstore shelves or the top fiction lists on Amazon, and they are loaded with historical fiction. Just take Kristin Hannah’s reign with “The Nightingale” about two sisters in Nazi occupied France or “Four Winds” about the reality of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
So here are some possibilities that cover the centuries from the plains of Troy to the glitter of Broadway.
Maggie Shipstead’s “The Great Circle” follows a woman determined to be a pilot in the 1920s while “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid focuses on an epic summer bash in 1983 that gets completely out of hand.
“Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell has won numerous prizes with its story of Shakespeare’s life and family he left behind to pursue success in London.
“Songs of Ursa Major” by Emma Brodie takes a look at fame, music, and love in 1969 America while Lisa Scottoline’s latest novel, “Eternal,” covers one family’s life in Mussolini’s Italy.
Pat Barker brings a new vision of the legend of Troy by concentrating on “The Women of Troy.” “The Show Girl” by Nicola Harrison also focuses on women, but from a far different time and venue, the Ziegfeld Follies.
Two newer authors are garnering a great deal of praise. “Damnation Spring” by Ash Davidson focuses on the reality of life in a Pacific Northwest logging town while “The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois” by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers is an Oprah selection in the journey of one American family through slavery and beyond.
Leave a Comment
Log in or create an account to post a comment.