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- T.I.M. WirkusInterview
I used to have a pretty fixed personal canon of favorites, but these days my taste feels much more fluid. At the moment, I’d say the books most shaping/reflecting what I like are Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, The Case for Rage by Myisha Cherry, The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer novels, Iris…
- The Best Historical Mystery BooksReading list
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters is a historical mystery novel set in Victorian England. The story follows the life of Sue Trinder, an orphan who is taken into Mrs Sucksby’s household. A dichotomous place, that homes infants and thieves. Sue ends up getting wrapped up in a plan to become the maid to Maud Lilly who has a…
- The Best Historical Romance BooksReading list
Fingersmith is a historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters, first published in 2002. The story is set in Victorian England and follows the lives of two young women, Sue Trinder and Maud Lilly. Sue is an orphan who has been raised among a group of criminals, while Maud is a sheltered young woman from a wealthy family…
- Gina Marie GuadagninoInterview
At the end of the day, I prefer fiction, although reading non-fiction is deeply important to me as a writer of historical fiction, and as a scholar (see below). My favourite types of fiction tend to be similar to what I write myself: carefully and detailedly researched historical fiction. I specifically crave the type…
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