Posted on 05/16/2021 10:41:07 AM PDT by LilFarmer
I hope it’s ok to post this vanity -
I am headed on vacation and I want something to read that is not political, PC, preachy or self-help. I just want to read something that is well-written, light and interesting. I already read the Bible daily so this is in addition to that.
I don’t mind romance added in, but I prefer historical fiction. I don’t like historical fiction that has been edited to the point of being unrealistic or or with a liberal agenda. I don’t mind action, mystery or drama, but not a fan of murder mysteries or anything gory.
For the past year, I have read nothing but political news and message boards, informative books, self-help and inspirational, but I am looking for just a good story I can loose myself in and unplug for a while at the beach.
Ideas?
There are actually four books in that series, too.
These are all excellent suggestions, thank you all! :-)
> There are actually four books in that series, too. <
Thanks. I didn’t know that! I just checked Amazon. By golly, you’re right: All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, and The Lord God Made Them All.
I guess I’ve got a bit of shopping to do.
(Fortunately I’ve got some money left over from my last stimulus check.)
Lonesome Dove
Not alternate history but invented characters in the context of real history.
Add “On the Beach” by Neville Shute to this
If you like historical fiction, read Steven Pressfield (Gates of Fire, A Man-at-Arms, Tides of War). He’s a terrific writer and his books are well researched and accurate. I also loved Mark Twain’s Joan of Arc.
Monty Dick is a good read! Long but not painfully so. I also recommend the three books that make up the Deptford Trilogy by the late Canadian writer, Robertson Davies. I believe the first book is called Fifth Business. I read them over 30 years ago based on the annual book recommendations published in the American Spectator, which was then in its prime.
“The Cat Who” series by Lillian Jackson Bruin. Utterly charming.
Remains of the Day was an excellent book
Joshua by Joseph Girzone
Price of a Horse by Ralph Cotton
Louis L’Amour for super light westerns
Frank O’Rourke westerns
anything Pearl S. Buck
Arthur W. Upfield for light but excellent mysteries (Australia)
anything Thomas Hardy
most excellent
I inherited part of a library with a copy of your uncle's book.
Look forward to reading it.
agree
The Source is excellent on many levels
Braun. Curses, autocorrect!
I just love threads like these.
All Things Bright and Beautiful was even better, IMHO.
If you’re a foodie, The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola is a fascinating fictional story set in the very grand Les Halles food market built in the mid-19th century.
The Source is one of my absolute favorites by Mitchener. Anything by Mitchener is a great read. Sweeping, epic and spell binding. I’d also recommend Texas, Chesapeake, and Hawaii.
In the same vein as Mitchener are the novels of Edward Rutherford. He’s an English writer and writes he same sweeping dramas, based on history. My favorite of his is Sarum — about the settling of the Salisbury Plain and the building of Stonehenge. He has also written novels about Russia, Ireland, and England (The Forest, London (which goes back to the founding by Rome), Paris, New York, etc.)
I highly suggest Michener an Rutherford if you just want to be “swept away”......
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