Historical fiction genre books (1700)


1321.

The Lieutenant of Kouta by Massa Makan Diabaté EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Mali flag Mali
Description:
The Lieutenant of Kouta is the first novel in Massa Makan Diabaté’s award-winning trilogy. Featuring an introduction by leading Diabaté scholar Cheick M. Chérif Keïta and Shane Auerbach, it tells the story, part tragicomic and part hagiographic, of an African lieutenant in the French Army who returns as a decorated hero from the battlefields of Europe to Kouta, a fictionalized version of the author’s own birthplace, the Malian town of Kita. Upon his return, Siriman Keita finds it difficult to adjust to village life as he navigates traditional customs in his attempts to create his place in the ... continue

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The Lightning Dreamer

The Lightning Dreamer : Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle EN

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Newbery Honor-winner Margarita Engle tells the story of Cuban folk hero, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda in this powerful YA historical novel in verse.

1323.

The Lincoln Highway: A Read with Jenna Pick : A Novel by Amor Towles EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers’ Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal jou... continue

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The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Asia / Turkey flag Turkey
Description:
From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with ... continue

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The Little Duke

The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
An inspiring story of Richard the Fearless (943-996) who became Duke of Normandy at the age of 8. Relates the perils of his childhood, both at home in Normandy and during his captivity at the court of France, and how at long last he came to embrace the values his father espoused. Suitable for ages 9 and up.

1326.

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
After being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house.

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The Living Statue : A Legend by GUNTER. GRASS EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
A newly discovered and translated jewel of a story from the Nobel laureate


1329.

The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s

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The Longest Memory by Fred D'aguiar EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
The story of the life of Whitechapel, a slave on an 18th century Virginia plantation; Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award.