 | The Kadin by Bertrice Small
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.21 Now I understand how this is more of a historical fantasy than a work of historical fiction. After my own research into the Ottoman Empire and Turkish culture, I realized that the circumstances of this novel were most likely impossible. But sometimes, what the heck? It's a great story with superb texture.
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 | Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.50 When I first read this it was unlike any vampire novel I'd ever enjoyed before--and now, so many years later, it's still unlike anything else.
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 | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 Welcome to a very different kind of vampire tale!
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 | Final Arrangements: A Novel by Miles Keaton Andrew
Buy used from: $0.01 You might not expect a novel like this to have much in the way of humor, but that's just one way the tale will take you by surprise.
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 I didn't read this until after I had seen the movie, while though not all that great it piqued my interest. That the novel is better than the film doesn't begin to cover it.
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 | The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.04 This is my favorite of Gregory's Tudor novels, but in reality all of the novels are worth a read, especially if you love all things Tudor.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $9.79 / Used from: $4.55 Every time I go back for a fresh reading of this, I discover a little more about myself.
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 | Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.49 I don't go in for romance novels once, but this one is an exceptional historical as is its sequel, The Iron Rose.
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 | The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.67 The story is engrossing, but the writing is like a finely woven piece of the best silk.
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 | The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novel by Stephen King
Buy new: $19.44 / Used from: $9.99 I don't even know what to say, I was so moved by this.
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 | Antony and Cleopatra: A Novel (Masters of Rome) by Colleen McCullough
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.59 I've read a lot of historical fiction, but nothing that brings these familiar characters to vibrant life like this does.
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