Historical Fiction
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The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Riveting story about a boy raised in South Africa during the apartheid. I’m not a boxing fan but this story…
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
I’m going to break my normal policy of not issuing spoilers when writing a book review. I found The Fountainhead…
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The Inner Circle by Brad Melzer
This story just didn’t work for me. I’ve been sitting here for several minutes trying to put my finger on…
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel when I first started reading it, but quickly…
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A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
This historical novel is about the fall of a bank owned by the Pilaster family in the late 1800’s intertwined…
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The Fire by Katherine Neville
I was so looking forward to this sequel to The Eight. Unlike its predecessor, The Fire is confusing and gets…
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The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
To be honest, I have mixed emotions about this novel. It intertwines to historical mysteries: the Bible’s murder of Abel…
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The Last Secret of the Temple by Paul Sussman
Excellent plot involving an Israeli, Egyptian, and Palestinian hunting for a lost Jewish relic. Sussman goes to great lengths to…
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The Eight by Katherine Neville
The plot of this novel centers around a legendary chess set once owned by King Charlemagne and flips between the…
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The Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury
This novel was a much better read than Khoury’s first. But I still think it would probably make a better…
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The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
This book started out great and its action-packed opening caught me right away. But as the story progressed, the plot…
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World Without End by Ken Follett
I just finished World Without End and found it just as good as The Pillars of the Earth. It takes…
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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
I tend to gravitate towards the mystery/thriller genre and have enjoyed Ken Follett’s books so I decided to give this…
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