1asukamaxwell
1) Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
2) Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
3) Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
4) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
5) The Witch and the Tsar by Olesky Gilmore
6) A Venetian Affair by Andra Di Robilant
7) True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
8) A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
9) The Prestige by Christopher Priest
10) The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
11) Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
12) Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell
13) Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk
14) Mozart's Sister by Nancy Moser
25) Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
26) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
27) Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
28) A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox
29) The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas
30) Weyward by Emilia Hart
31) The Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
32) In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
33) Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
34) Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
35) The Grenadillo Box by Janet Gleeson
36) Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
37) The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington
38) Embers by Sándor Márai
39) The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes by Stephen Marlowe
40) The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
41) City of Incurable Women by Maud Casey
42) The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
43) The Judge Hunter by Christopher Buckley
44) The House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan
45) The Alienist by Caleb Carr
46) The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
47) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
48) City of Silver by Annamaria Alfieri
49) A Surfeit of Guns by P. F. Chisholm
50) Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
Bonus:
Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
*The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
*Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
*A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin
*Death and the Maiden by Samantha Norman
*Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass
*The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
*Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese
*The Plague Letters by V.L. Valentine
*The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
*The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke
*The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
*Lone Women by Victor LaValle
*Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
2) Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
3) Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
4) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
5) The Witch and the Tsar by Olesky Gilmore
6) A Venetian Affair by Andra Di Robilant
7) True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
8) A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
9) The Prestige by Christopher Priest
10) The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
11) Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
12) Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell
13) Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk
14) Mozart's Sister by Nancy Moser
25) Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
26) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
27) Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough
28) A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox
29) The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas
30) Weyward by Emilia Hart
31) The Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
32) In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
33) Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
34) Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
35) The Grenadillo Box by Janet Gleeson
36) Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
37) The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington
38) Embers by Sándor Márai
39) The Death and Life of Miguel de Cervantes by Stephen Marlowe
40) The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
41) City of Incurable Women by Maud Casey
42) The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
43) The Judge Hunter by Christopher Buckley
44) The House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan
45) The Alienist by Caleb Carr
46) The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
47) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
48) City of Silver by Annamaria Alfieri
49) A Surfeit of Guns by P. F. Chisholm
50) Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
Bonus:
Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
*The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
*Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
*A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin
*Death and the Maiden by Samantha Norman
*Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass
*The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
*Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese
*The Plague Letters by V.L. Valentine
*The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
*The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke
*The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
*Lone Women by Victor LaValle
*Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
2mnleona
I got Lucia, A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon by Andrea Di Robilant at a library sale and reading it now. I was curious about your 2026 post and looked at the books you want to read.
