This
is by no means a definitive list. I could go on and on—and
on! That said, here's just a smattering of some of the titles
that are dear to my heart.
Historical Mystery Series
The
Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander
The Laetitia Talbot series by Barbara Cleverly
The Charles Lennox series by Charles Finch
The Sebastian St. Cyr series by C. S. Harris
The Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King
The Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
The Lady Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn
The Julian Kestrel series by Kate Ross
The Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy Sayers
The Barker & Llywellyn series by Will Thomas
The Pink Carnation series by Lauren Willig
Contemporary
Mystery Series
The
Inspector Lynsley series by Elizabeth George
The Dalzeil/Pascoe series by Reginald Hill
The Commissario Guido Brunetti series by Donna Leon
The Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin
Classics
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Middlemarch by George Eliot
A Room With A View by E, M, Forster
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi
Historical Romance
Winter Fire by Jo Beverley
No True Gentleman by Liz Carlyle
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
A Duke of her Own by Eloisa James
Devil In Winter by Lisa Kleypas
To Catch a Rogue by Amanda McCabe
The Rake by Mary Jo Putney
Petals In The Storm by Mary Jo Putney
Deception by Amanda Quick
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Historical Adventure
The Three Muskateers (and all of the D’Artagnan series)
by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
The Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian
The Richard Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwall
Travel
everything by Eric Newby
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
The Kingdom the Sea by Paul Theroux
Oxford by Jan Morris
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
Shadows of the Silk Road by Colin Thebron
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayle
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Snakebite Survivors Club by Jeremy Seal
The Grand Tour by Tim Moore
Fauna and Family by Gerald Durrell
History Non Fiction
A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester
An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillebrand
Gunpowder by Jack Kelly
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Vienna, 1814 by David King
The Agee of Wonder by Richard Holmes
Spice—The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
