Start working out those arms: Ken Follett’s second installment in the Century Trilogy, Winter of the World, goes on sale tomorrow, and this epic tale is not for wimps. Weighing in at more than 3 pounds and 960 pages, this might be one book you could literally get sucked into.
Tipping the scales
If you’ve been waiting to see how World War II affects the five families who were introduced in book one, Fall of Giants, this could be your lucky day. We’re giving away a copy of Winter of the World!
TO ENTER: Tell us what your favorite historical novel is in the comments.
CONTEST DETAILS: One winner will be chosen by random.org from among entries received by 5 pm CST on Friday, September 21, to receive a copy of Winter of the World. Prize must be shipped to a North American address, and Rhode Island residents are not eligible. (Full contest rules here.) Good luck!
Fun fact: You can share your family’s World War II stories on Follett’s Facebook page, using a cool interactive map. And don’t miss our interview with Follett about Fall of Giants!
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ETA: Congratulations to our winner, Beverly! She loved Pillars of the Earth.
Thanks to all who entered! Contest is now closed.
The Follett sounds wonderful, but certainly “large” and “long”. My favorite historical novels, and there are many, have to be Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and then War and Remembrance. I loved every word, have read all his books. The Ken Follett, which I didn’t know about, sounds similar. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a wonderful novel. I have read many but one that was memorable was The Time In Between by Maria Duenas.
Without a doubt, “Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara.
My all-time favorite historical novel is Gone With The Wind.
Once We Were Brothers is a favored historical fiction that I read & enjoyed this summer
I’m currently reading two historical fiction novels set in Germany in WWII and both are great. The City of Women by David Gillham (released August 7th 2012) and The Book Thief by by Markus Zusak.
Tough one – toss up between Killer Angels and The Book Thief.
Pillars of the Earth is still my favorite historical novel.
Gone With the Winf is all time best
I thought City of Women was amazing.
Hands down, favorite historical novel is “Pillars of the Earth.”
Loved “The Winds of War” by Herman Wouk
Historical fiction can be sheer epic opera. Give me something intimate and unworldly like ‘Empire of the Sun’ or even “Hiroshima”
The Other Boelyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Too many to name but I loved Pillars of the Earth! I loved Fall of Giants and can’t wait to read to read Winter of the World. I love the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Gone with the Wind is another favorite.
I love all the same books
“The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoat” by David Mitchell was the best historical read I’ve gotten through in years.
I second Myra – Pillars of the Earth!
Historical fiction is my FAVORITE genre!!! So many good reads but I think one of my favorites is Ahab’s Wife and I also adored Cold Mountain. I have Follet’s first in the series for my hunker down read this winter and hope for the second one!!
Wow, our book club reads a lot of historical fiction so it’s hard to pick a favorite. Loved the Bronze Horseman trilogy…can’t remember author’s name!
Love Kate Morton’s historical fiction.
I become immersed within the pages of historical novels. East of the Sun by Julia Gregson was excellent. The longer and more profound the better.
My favorite historical fiction book right now is “The Other Boleyn Girl” by Philippa Gregory
Definitely To Kill a Mockingbird
Pillars of the earth would be my favorite historical novel. Just bought Fall of Giants (on sale – wuhoo!) and can’t wait to get started on this trilogy!
Katie
Gone With the Wind
Kate Morton’s The Forgotten Garden is the one that comes to mind although I really enjoy most historical fiction.
I enjoyed New York: the novel, by Edward Rutherford.
To Kill A Mockingbird
How about favorite authors (since I have so many) ? Ken Follett, Edward Rutherfurd, Diana Gabaldon, Jean M. Auel, Connie Willis, and Margaret Mitchell.
One of my favorite books is “The Crimson Petal and the White.” I also loved the recent book “Beautiful Ruins.” And “Pillars of the Earth” was a favorite also.
My favorite historical novel is Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable
Life of Harriet, Spencer, Sister of Georgiana, by Janet Gleeson. It held my interest and fascination from beginning to end.
since historical fiction is my favorite genre it’s hard to choose a favorite but I Loved pillars of the earth and Fall of Giants and cannot wait for Winter of the World
Winds of War by Herman Wouk is among my favorite historical novels. Historical fiction is an always favortie genre since I was a child. I remember fondly waiting each month for the newest book in a series of books, We Were There. This was my first introduction to this genre and cetainly encouaged my love of reading.
I have many favorites so I will list my first favorite “Johnny Tremain”
Just reread as an adult and still think it is a great book!
Sharon Kay Penman has always been one of my favorite historical fiction authors.
Any of Edward Rutherford’s six historical novels! He has been called the modern James Michener but to me he is much much better! If you haven’t read him, you should.
Pillars of the Earth is my all time favorite!
Robert Ludlums The Tristan Betrayal.
I like the massie Dobbs series by winspear
I love Dennis Lehane’s Given Day, as well as Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books, along with Pillars of the Earth, and World Without End, of course.
It’s a toss up between Pillars of The Earth and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova!
“The Book Thief” and Maise Dobbs series.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!
Pillars of the Earth
I have lots of favorites because this is a favorite genre of mine. Sarum London and New York by Edward Rutherford are great. Pillars of the Earth and Gone With Wind Wolf Hall and anything by Phillippa Gregory is the best!
So many favorites, but The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, and People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks are a couple of them:)
The Outlander series by Galbadon
This is a difficult one because I love historical fiction. One of my most recent favoritie historical fiction reads was The Invisible Bridge.
Madame Tussaud, by Michelle Moran.
But I also loved the 1st volume of this series, and so i’m really looking forward to this 2nd book!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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There are so many – and lots of them have been mentioned above, but I have to go with Pillars of the Earth as my # 1 favorite.
My favorite historical novel is James Michener’s Hawaii. Why? Because it was the first I read and my first introduction to fiction that re-created another time and place. I’ve been hooked ever since.
I enjoyed reading “Dissolution” by C.J. Sansom. It’s a mystery that takes place during Henry VIII’s reign, and involves a hunchbacked lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, who works for Thomas Cromwell! Well worth the read!
I truly enjoy historical fiction. Some of my favorites include, A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, and anything by Bernard Cornwell!!
Pillars of the Earth, Outlander & The Sunne In Splendor by Sharon Kay Penman…please don’t make me choose!
TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens is still my favorite.
I loved A Mother’s Secret by Carolyn Haddad. It is out of print now, but spanned time from WWII Europe to present day America-present day being the 1980′s. Not as historical as some, but a great read.
I agree with the reader above, James Michener, but disagree on the title. My favorite was “The Source” and second was “Centennial”, both of which I read numerous times. Now that I think about it, it might be time to read them again. This just made me think of Leon Uris and ” Exodus” and “Milia 18″. So many good Books…So little time!!!
Thank you for the contest. Look forward to reading the book. I’ve never read Ken Follett. Sounds like a wonderful trilogy. Favorite historical novel is, Gone With The Wind.
Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. I received them as a gift from my Mom when I was in high school and have read them several more times since then. Still love them.
I enjoy anything that has to do with World War II. I like the John Russell series that is written by David Downing that takes place in Berlin just before and during World War II. Herman Wouk’s “Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance” are great but are so long that it is hard to read them regularly. I have Ken Follett’s “Fall of Giants” but have not read it as I am waiting for all three books so I can read them all at once.
I liked War and Peace,and the movie was good also..little long but never mind a long great story to read.
I Gave My Heart to Know This by Ellen Baker. It’s a great historical fiction novel that takes place during WWII in Wisconsin. It was researched very well and is a very moving novel. I highly recommend!
I’d have to say Dr. Zhivago,but Gone With the Wind also,but I love historical books…nonfiction or fiction..but it’s good to read true history in any era.Thanks,I need a great book for this winter.
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. Fantastic book.
The Sunne in Splendour, and daughter of time.
There many books mentioned that I had read and some that I hadn’t. So hard to choose. Gone With the Wind is still my favorite.
Usually whatever I’m currently reading. This past month it’s Fall of Giants so winning would really be awesome.
I always look forward to Tracy Chevalier’s historical novels starting with Girl With the Pearl Earring.
“A Good American” by Alex George
My favorite historical novel is Here Be Dragons by Sharon K Penman.
Pillars of the Earth!
Lincoln by Gore Vidal
I have too many favorites to count, but here are a few: Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind (also my first historical read back in 6th grade), and The Forgotten Garden .
Killer Angelsby Michael Shaara, Pillars of the Earth and Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, anything by James Mitchner and of course Gone With the Wind which I read for the first time when I was about 13 years old.
Love books by Nancy Zaroulis (“Massachusetts”) !
Gone with the wind, outlander series, pillars of the earth. Have read fall of giants, eagerly waiting for Winter of the world.
Herman Wouks’ Winds of War and War and Remembrance
The Game of Thrones
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
I read it a very long time ago but it was Herman Wouk’s Winds of War.
Also War and Remembrance was the favorite. Fantastic books.
I loved The Source by James Mitchner, And Ladies of the Club , by Helen Santenmeyer.
I thought the Fall of Giants was a grand epic. Therefore, I’m looking forward to the second tome in the trilogy.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. I’ve recommended it to so many people and everyone has loved the book. I listened to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. Great narrator. Beautiful story.
My favorite historical novels are the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
My favorite historical novel was The Crimson Petal and The White.
I thought the story was compelling, but what I loved the most was the author’s (Michael Faber) attention to the details of life in Victorian England. The minutia of everyday life, as well as the life of prostitutes, was fascinating.
My favorite historical novel is a series: John Jake’s Kent Chronicles. A big slice of American History .
I thoroughly enjoyed Fall of Giants, and look forward to reading Winter of the World. My favorite historical fiction author is Sharon K. Penman, with her outstanding books – Hear Be Dragons; The Reckoning; The Sun In Splendour; and Falls The Shadow.
Children and fire by Ursula hegi
How to pick just one? Julie Orringer’s The Invisible Bridge; Simon Mawer’s The Glass Room; Debra Dean’s The Madonnas of Leningrad; David Benioff’s City of Thieves; Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities; and Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I’d add anything by Jane Austen, but of course her novels weren’t considered historical fiction when they were written.
Oh, by far, Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth is my favorite historical novel. Just fascinating! I got attached to the characters, worried about their future (such as it was), and bit my fingernails. Good stuff!
It’s a toss-up between Gone With the Wind and Quo Vadis.
I have read Ken Follett before and loved his books
To kill a Mockingbird and Pillars of the Earth!
I loved Fall of Giants and confess that I tore my paperback copy into sections so I could read it without lugging it.
My favorite hisorical novel is Gone with the wind and I have to say that’s because not only was it epic and riveting and all that but I learned more about the civil war era than in any classroom.
maybe it should be used as a text for history classes? maybe not.
LOVED Pillars of the Earth! and would love to win this!
My favorite historical novel of all time is of course The Pillers of the Earth!!
Loved Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth – would love to dig into his new book.
There are so many historical novels that I’ve loved reading…one book about the Civil War, now out of print, that I loved many years ago was HOUSE DIVIDED by Ben Ames Williams, and the novel that I just finished about the Japanese-Canadian internment during WWII, REQUIEM, by Frances Itani has become a favorite.
Ken Follet’s “Pillars of the Earth” is my all-time favorite historical novel……a close second would be any other Ken Follet historical novel!
Moses, Prince of Egypt by Howard Fast
My favorite historical novel is one I read many years ago but still remember vividly – “Desiree”.
A Town Like Alice
Fall of Giants
My favorite historical novel is Ragtime by Doctorow. I loved the book, then the movie and then the Broadway show by the same title.
My two favorite WWII books are: Atonement Ian McEwan and
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks
No doubt~GONE WITH THE WIND!
Pillars of the Earth by K Follett, the Outlander Series by D Gabaldon, Killer Angels by M Shaara, and Anne Perry…..her descriptions of life in Victorian England, first series with Insp Monk and later series starring Thomas Pitt are fascinating!
My favorite is still Pillars of the Earth…there are so many but I couldn’t put this one down.
Pillars of the earth is my favorite .
Herman Wouk’s Winds of War and War and Remembrance have got to be my favorite books of all time………I was absolutely lost in them….even had my father-in-law make me a martini (gasp..choke…retch) but I just had to try it, you know?? Just great stories!
GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY FAVORITE
My favorite would have to be The Red Badge of Courage.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY PILLERS OF THE EARTH AND GONE
WITH THE WIND ARE 2 OF MY FAVORITES
The Black Rose, the first historical novel I read as a teenager.
I LOVE historical fiction. I remember racing through “Pillars of the Earth” one summer weekend on my back deck. Also enjoy all books by Tracy Chevalier and Geraldine Brooks.
Like so many others here, I have a long list, but possibly my favorite is not one title but a series–Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs mystery series, which does a wonderful job of portraying social life in England in the aftermath of the First World War.
John Jakes the Kent Family Chronicles and James Clavell’s Shogun. I read them as a teen and they got me into historical fiction.
I also enjoy historical fiction. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory is my favorite, although I love everything she has written.
I just love the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
pillars of the earth
The first big historical novel that I read and still love to this day was Jeffrey Archers “As the Crow Flies” It sounds very similar to Ken Folletts book as far as following several families.I have also read many of Mr Folletts books and I am anxious for this follow up book!
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Not as “epic” as some, certainly not as “heavy” as Follet’s, but captures the flavor of the times perfectly.
I loved Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Ahab’s Wife, The Grapes of Wrath, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, Candide by Voltaire, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, The Crimson Petal and the White, Tobacco Road, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End–and many others.
Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs mystery series
My favorite historical novel is another Ken Follett one — Pillars of the Earth. What a fabulous read.
From all the comments, I think I am going to have to start reading more historical works. Definitely will start with Fall of the Giants and then move onto Winter of the World.
New York by Edward Rutherford. What a great historical novel that takes you up to modern day New York.
After looking through the list of comments I was reminded of so many historical novels I’ve read and loved. Also took down some names to look for in the future! I’d still have to agree that ‘Pillars of the Earth’ was my favorite.
I enjoyed the World War II series by Jeff Shaara. I haven’t read his Civil War books yet but I have them on the list.
Thanks to all your comments, guys and gals. I’ve added a lot more to my “to read” list
I loved Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading these comments as a great jog down memory lane. So many greats! For me, Pillars of the Earth still stands as #1 with the Outlander series just next to it.
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Definite favorite is “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It’s history, the medical study of disease, and a love story, also.Also, a story called The Wide Sargasso Sea comes to mind, but it’s been so long that I now forget the author’s name. Both are fabulous stories!!
Pillars of the Earth, my all time favorite. I am still recommending it to friends.
So many fantastic historical fiction choices! Loved the Sally Gunning series (Widow’s War, etc.). Dennis Lehane’s The Given Day was fabulous, especially for those of us in the greater Boston area!
One of my favorite historical novels is Rutherford’s NEW YORK.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Pillars of the Earth and Gone With the Wind.
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende was memorable. I also read a lot of YA books and would have to mention Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. Amazing book!
Ken Follett’s “Pillars of The Earth” and “World Without End” are 2 of my favorites. Also love Diana Gabaldon and the “Outlander” series.
Really enjoyed Herman Wouk’s WAR AND REMEMBRANCE and WINDS OF WAR. Also, EXODUS by Leon Uris.
I’ve always enjoyed Ken Follett’s books and I’m looking forward to reading Winter of The World. My most favorite historical novel through the years would be Gone With The Wind; it really stirred my interest in the genre and has led to my enjoying books by Herman Wouk, Diana Galbadon, James Michener, Leon Uris, Kate Morton and many more.
I remember loving Rifles for Watie as much as any historical novel I’ve read.
Message from Nam by Danielle Steele. The only book I have read twice.
Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres. It’s hard to pick just one, but I guess I would say James Michener’s Centennial , which is of such broad scope. I also have enjoyed more recent historical fiction such as Sarah’s Key and The Book Thief.
I just finished the Garment of Shadows, by Laurie R. King, and I have to say that I am fascinated by the historical situations in these Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books.
Favorite – The mysteries of Suzanne Arruda
Pillars of the Earth – the history was informative, the characters delightful and the names intriguing.
I love historical fiction. I think some of my favorite authors are James Mitchner and Diana Gabaldon. Love to start reading this series!
My favorite WAR AND PEACE. Read it with a friend and then discussed each part. Everyone should read it once.
My favorite is The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly. How fortunate for me that it’s over 700 pages of remarkable reading, and it’s also a series (Wild Rose and Winter Rose).
Without a doubt my favorite is The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
To Kill a Mockingbird
I guess one of my all time favorites was Cold Mountain. It carried me back to a time in our colorful history when this great country was torn apart giving insight to a man tired of fighting for a cause he never believed in and longing for his home at Cold Mountain, North Carolina and you just know that he was not the only one who had these feelings and just wanted it to end and to return home. It was so full of strong feelings and emotions and just swept you up and transported you to the exact place and you felt like you were there watching it unfold
I found a copy of Geraldine Brook’s Caleb’s Crossing, and am enjoying it very much.
“A Tale of Two Cities”: I was required to read this in high school and recently read it again to see what I thought of it as an adult reader who chose it. Just wonderful! “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is remarkable as it compelled me to research Vermeer and go to see “Woman Holding a Balance” recently shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
My favorite historial author is Thomas Costain, he wrote “Below the Salt”, “The Black Rose”, The Silver Chalice and so many more. You can find his books in used book stores or Amazon. These are all wonderful books and contain so much historial information. Some of his books became movies in the 40′s and 50′s. If you really love historical books read just one and you will be hooked!!!!!!!!!!!
There have been many all time favorites including Lonesome Dove.
I have loved Gore Vidal’s historical novels, particularly Julian and Burr
My favorite is still the first historical novel that I read as a teenager. It was the story of the PT boats that MacArthur used to leave the Phillipines. It was called “They Were Expendable” A great story of a group of guys who fought against overwhelming odds depending on speed and surprise to win battles. Courage and determination; only that generation!
City of Thieves by David Benioff
I loved The Long Walk by Slawomir Rawctz. I cannot judge whether it is completely historically accurate or not judging from all the criticism it received, but I loved it as a great read.
The Pillars of the Earth, as so many others have said.
Well it’s a tie for my favs – between Michener’s Hawaii and The Far Pavilions by MM Kaye
The Emancipator’s Wife, by Barbara Hambly.
Read “The Emancipator’s Wife” some years ago and loved it. I’m now a big fan of her historical mysteries.
I very much enjoyed reading”Galway Bay” by Mary Pat Kelly, great insight on what the Irish families dealt with during the potato famine, and emigrating to America. A fun historical/fiction novel is “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter”.
How could I pick just one? For starters, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite.
Hard to name a favorite, but Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”, Edwards Jones’ “The Known World” , Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Poisonwood Bible”, Geraldine Brooks’ “People of the Book”, Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall”, and Frances Itani’s “Requiem” are all wonderful!
Too many “historicals” to count! “Madonnas of Leningrad”; “GWTW”;
“Cold Mountain”; “White Doves at Morning” by James Lee Burke; and on and on!
My favorites are “Little women” and “Celia Garth”, about a young woman who becomes a spy for Francis Marion in Revolutionary War Charleston. Celia especially taught me a lot about being brave through adversity, not to mention the history lesson.
So many readers have mentioned so many wonderful novels! It’s really difficult choosing just one, but I would like to add Rohinton Mistry’s magnificent, heart-breaking “A Fine Balance.”
I enjoyed Tracy Chevalier’s Remarkable Creatures for its historical details which were obviously well-researched, but when it comes down to plot and writing, Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief is the most compelling historical novel I’ve ever read and will become a classic, I think.
I of course loved War & Remembrance as well as other H. Wouk novels and Gone With the Wind. But I can’t believe that no one has mentioned From Here To Eternity. Maybe because the movie was so great that people didn’t read the novel. If you haven’t please do so!
John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, because this left such a mark on my memory.
I really like historical fiction and my favorites are anything by James Clavell and Pillars of the Earth (of course!).
Mists of Avalon-Marion Zimmer Bradley. Arthurian history told from the women’s point of view.
Second choice would be The Once & Future King-T.H. White. Pure magic.
Any Phillipa Gregory novel.
Hawaii by James Michener; probably any Michener. I love John Jakes and am working on “Fall of the Giants”. Excellent!
I loved FALL OF GIANTS. Anxious to read WINTER OF THE WORLD.
I discovered historical novels as a teen by reading Thomas Costain. I loved them all…The Black Rose, The Darkness and the Dawn, The Silver Chalice… I love Phillipa Gregory’s books now, and of course Ken Follett. It’s a wonderful way to get a sense of another time.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Ragtime- a very vivid recreation of its period.
I enjoy historical fiction that covers America and have found such works as E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, and Don Delillo’s Underworld to be those that quickly come to mind. Also enjoy historical thrillers set during 18th century England such as The Sherlockian or The Pale Blue Eye. I also found David Benioff’s City of Thieves to be gripping as well as Ian McEwan’s Atonement.
I love Ken Follett and I have read almost all of his books. I have the first book in this trilogy and would love to win the second
My favorite is Madame Tussaud, by Michelle Moran!
The Robe is a favorite “older” historical novel. Also Gone With the Wind.
Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth and some of his aviation novels are great also.
Pillars of the Earth
Strangers and Brothers by C.P. Snow
Jane Eyre
“Hawaii” by James Michener is my all-time favorite, but I love all his novels. Also have to mention “The Sunne inSplendour: A Novl of Richard III” by Sharon Kay Penman.
My favorite genre! The Frontiersmen. Centennial. Rainwater. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I gave my Heart to Know This, the Thorn Birds.
Oh my — favorite?? I loved Wolf Hall!!! But I haven’t read Bring up the Bodies yet.
“Stones from the River” by Ursula Hegi. It does a great job helping you understand how the average German citizen could get swept up by Hitler. “The Swan Thieves” is also excellent. It gives a wonderful view of prewar and WWII Vienna.
Gone with the Wind.
Loved Pillars of the Earth, of course, and Herman Wouk’s books but very my favorite, perhaps because I’m a Texan, was Real Women by Janice Woods Windle.
A Tale of Two Cities by master storyteller Charles Dickens hits all of the notes a great book should – good vs. evil, passion, loyalty, sacrifice, intrigue and even a little romance. David Benioff’s City of Thieves comes in a close second.
My favorite genre; of course the Winds of War trilogy and anything Michener. More recently, I loved New York by Rutherford.
Do I need to choose just one? I love historical fiction. I don’t think I have a favorite. I have just read 1. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, 2. The Loom by Shella Gillus 3. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson just to name a few.
Pillars of the Earth! Hands down!
Some of my favorites are Potato Factory, Child 44, Hawaii & last but not least Pillars of the Earth.
My favorite historical novel is probably Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery.
My favorite historical fiction novels include “The Pillars of the Earth” (Ken Follett), “World Without End” (Ken Follett), “The Book Thief” (Markus Zusak), and, to name one that hasn’t already been mentioned, “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Arthur Golden).
My favorite historical novel is Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
James Michner’s historical novels have always been favorite reading, especially Texas and Hawaii.
How about The Chase by Clive Cussler which introduced Isaac Bell?
The most recent historical novel that I fell head over heels is Amor Towles’ Rules of Civility. Actually just met him tonight at his reading at Parnassus here in Nashville.
‘Stone’s Fall’ by Iain Pears.
“The Naked and the Dead” by Norman Mailer.
I do enjoy just about every category of historical fiction, though.
My very favorite genre!
So many COLD MOUNTAIN. LONESOME DOVE , RED TENT. So many good books to read.
Favorite historical novel – either and both of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell books.
I have many “favorite” historical fiction novels that I reread often, but number one on the list is “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. (Number two is “Gone With the Wind.”
Pillars of the earth, no contest!
My daughter and I share a special love for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen….
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
I read “Gone with the Wind”, as my first “adult” novel, in 5th Grade and have reread it every 10 years or so. I never miss a novel by Ken Follett and looking forward to reading his latest soon.
I loved Pillars of the Earth.
Pillars of the Earth and recently Unbroken.
Can’t wait to read this one!
“Gone With the Wind”
One of my favorite historical fiction novels was The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory was probably my favorite historical novel.
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