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BKLYN BookMatch: Historical Fiction and Generation-Spanning Sagas

Fiction with a sense of history, and sagas that span generations. Recommended for fans of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Liz Trenow, Isabel Allende, Ann Brashares, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Eric-Emmanuel Schmidt, Jorge Semprun, and Breyten Breytenbach. This list was created by a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library for a reader. Would you like your own personalized list of reading suggestions? Visit Bklyn BookMatch here: www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/readers-advisory

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9 items

Sacred hunger
Barry Unsworth.
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Another country
James Baldwin.
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The lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri.
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A fall of marigolds
Susan Meissner.
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel.
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How green was my valley
Richard Llewellyn.
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