Johnny Tremain
Work of historical fiction written in 1943 by Esther Forbes that is set in Boston prior to and during the outbreak of the American Revolution
historical
The Glass Palace
2000 historical novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh
The Name of the Rose
1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco
Absalom, Absalom!
Novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen.
The Three Musketeers
French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas
The Dew Breaker
Collection of linked stories by Edwidge Danticat, published in 2004. The title come from Haitian Creole name for a torturer during the regimes of Franois “Papa Doc” and Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier.The book can read either as a novel or collection of short stories
Invisible Cities
Novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino
The Birthday Boys
Novel by Beryl Bainbridge
Things Fall Apart
Debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist born in Brussels, Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Acadmie franaise, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3.