Looking for some good books, maybe you can suggest some

[Orangeandwild]

I love to read and I especially love historical books or series of books about several differnt generations of the same family as time passes. Mostly I read library books so it does not matter if they are old or new books but I do prefer books set here in the US.

Would love to hear your suggestions for any books I might enjoy..thanks in advance for your help

 

[pat fan]

Have you read the "Mitford" series by Jan Karon? I think that series is my favorite! Follows a priest who is thinking of retiring but winds up with a 10 year old boy to raise instead. I think the boy is in college in the last books. I laugh out loud, I cry like crazy....good books

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Have you read anything in the Aubrey/Maturin series? Most addictive historical fiction saga ever.

 

[clarabelle]

Pillars of the Earth -Ken Folliet -but it is set in England

 

[powellrj]

I have been reading A Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Its about Boston during labor uprisings in 1919. Its by the same author who wrote Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone.

 

[Orangeandwild]

Sound like good suggestions, appreciate all of you who posted will be going to the library tomorrow and see what they have.

Keep the suggestions coming, I am really enjoying good suggestions

 

[SDFgirl]

Pillars of the Earth -Ken Folliet -but it is set in England

I second this - Pillars of the Earth is fabulous. I'm currently reading the sequel, World Without End, and it's just as good!

One of my favorite books is Evergreen by Belva Plain. It's a story of a woman named Anna who is born in Poland but immigrates to America around the turn of the century. From her childhood to old age, the book chronicles her marriage, kids, grandkids, etc. It spans many historical periods (Immigration era, depression, 50's "suburban sprawl" etc.) It's a fabulous book, I highly recommend it!

http://www.amazon.com/Evergreen-Bel...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247278613&sr=8-1

 

[My sister's princess]

I started the Wagons West series, never finished it though Wish I had, the library I had access to then was only missing one, and being crazy like I am I wanted to read them exactly in order

You have inspired me I think I will go to the library tomorrow!!

 

[CowboyCO]

I love to read and I especially love historical books or series of books about several differnt generations of the same family as time passes. Mostly I read library books so it does not matter if they are old or new books but I do prefer books set here in the US.

Would love to hear your suggestions for any books I might enjoy..thanks in advance for your help

"Founding Brothers" is a history book about the relationships between the foundinf fathers of the country. Fascinating.

 

[traces7]

I read The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent not too long ago and really liked it.
It's about a family that is involved in the Salem Witch Trials.

 

[ontariomonkey]

the featherbed by john miller

When an elderly jewish-american woman dies, her daughters discover her diaries and learn all kinds of things about their mother and themselves. GREAT!!!

 

[DisneyBlonde]

Danielle Steel's Thurston House is not a new book, but it's one of my all time favorites.

The Thirteenth Tale

The Owl and Moon Cafe

 

[Christine]

I liked Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. There are about 7 HUGE books in this series with the next one due out in September.

It starts out with a woman named Clare and her husband who, if I remember correctly, travel to Scotland for a vacation as they were both involved in the War (was is WWI or WWII--I can't remember). She goes out exploring one day and comes to a sacred area and "time travels" by accident and ends up in 17th century Scotland, where it was QUITE barbaric. (Excuse me to anyone if I get the details screwed up). She has many challanges there and the historical aspects are pretty good. She ends up falling in love, of course, and leading a life there. But she also comes back to the present and has to deal with that.

At times, the story is VERY good and LOTS of historical stuff. I think that by the last book I read, Clare has progressed up through the early-America days before the Revolution--leaving on the East Coast and the Carolinas with the Indians.