[nomorelurker]

Moby Dick. Sometimes I read just a random chapter. Dragon’s Egg by Robert Forward very hard science sci-fi no wizards magic spells. Kinda historical fiction in the future.

[punknpuss]

Lonesome Dove

[Freedomlibertyjustice]

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.

[Scarpetta]

“The Cat Who” series by Lillian Jackson Bruin. Utterly charming.

[SisterK]

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

[MtnClimber]

Not a western. An excellent book!

[Psalm 73]

Ahh - you've awakened all of the Freepin' book readers!

I just love threads like these.

[Scarpetta]

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.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Try any of Kenneth Roberts’s historical novels.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Robert Lewis Taylor has written some good and amusing historical fiction as well.

[NetAddicted]

READ LATER

[matthew fuller]

Undaunted Courage, by Stephen E. Ambrose, or any of his other historical books. Undaunted Courage is about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.