Best Historical Fiction Books to Read on Maternity Leave

Me Before You

      Jojo Moyes

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair spring after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he's pretty sure he cannot live the style he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—only Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness ways more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to prove him that life is all the same worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green'sThe Error in Our Stars,Me Before Y'all brings to life 2 people who couldn't accept less in mutual—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks,What do yous practise when making the person yous beloved happy likewise means breaking your own heart?

All the Light Nosotros Cannot See

      Anthony Doerr

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instantNew York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a High german boy whose paths collide in occupied French republic as both endeavor to survive the devastation of Globe State of war 2.

Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the primary of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood then she tin memorize it by touch and navigate her style home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall business firm past the sea. With them they carry what might exist the museum'southward most valuable and dangerous gem.

In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they discover. Werner becomes an good at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, so a special assignment to runway the resistance. More and more enlightened of the human being price of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure'southward converge.

Doerr's "stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist,All the Calorie-free We Cannot Run across is a magnificent, deeply moving

The Little Prince

      Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Footling Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a footling boy who leaves the safe of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a serial of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.

Lord of the Flies

      William Golding

William Golding'southward archetype tale about a group of English language schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just equally spooky and relevant today equally when it was beginning published in 1954. At commencement, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain indicate fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, "the boy with off-white hair," and Piggy, Ralph's chubby, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the isle'southward wild squealer population. Soon Ralph's rules are existence ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest adversary is Jack, the redheaded leader of the hog hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to autumn away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: "He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet." Golding'south gripping novel explores the boundary between human being reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. --Jennifer Hubert

The Shining

      Stephen Rex

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect adventure for a fresh start. Equally the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll accept plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. Only equally the harsh winter conditions sets in, the idyllic location feels e'er more remote...and more sinister. And the just one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted 5-year-one-time. ©1977 Stephen King; (P)2005 Random House Audio

The Diary of a Young Daughter

      Anne Frank

The diary as Anne Frank wrote it.

At concluding, in a new translation, this definitive edition contains entries almost Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is amidst the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, information technology has been a dear and deeply admired monument to the indestructible nature of the human spirit, read past millions of people and translated into more than l-five languages. Doubleday, which published the first English translation of the diary in 1952, now offers a new translation that captures Anne'south youthful spirit and restores the original material omitted by Anne's father, Otto—approximately thirty per centum of the diary. The elder Frank excised details about Anne's emerging sexuality, and about the oft-stormy relations betwixt Anne and her mother.

Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation forces, hid in the dorsum of an Amsterdam office building for two years. This is Anne's tape of that time. She was thirteen when the family went into the "Secret Annex," and in these pages, she grows to be a young adult female and proves to be an insightful observer of human nature besides. A timeless story discovered past each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For young readers and adults, it continues to bring to life this young adult female, who for a time survived the worst horrors the modern earth had seen—and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human being throughout her ordeal.

Outlander

      Diana Gabaldon

Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon'south work. HerNew York Timesbestselling Outlander novels take earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started information technology all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating gamble with a love story for the ages.

OUTLANDER

Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a onetime British gainsay nurse, is merely dorsum from the war and reunited with her hubby on a 2nd honeymoon when she walks through a standing rock in i of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an "outlander"—in a Scotland torn by state of war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.

  Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her middle. Marooned amidst danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her but chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent demand, and Claire finds herself torn betwixt ii very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

Then There Were None

      Agatha Christie

A PBS Great American Read Peak 100 Pick

One of the about famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie!  More than 100 million copies sold and at present a Lifetime Television set picture show.

10 people, each with something to hibernate and something to fright, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cutting off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. 1 by 1, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die…

Which among them is the killer and will whatsoever of them survive?

Wonder

      R. J. Palacio

I won't draw what I look like. Whatever y'all're thinking, information technology's probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, upwardly until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to exist treated every bit an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can't go past Auggie's extraordinary face up. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Honour master list, begins from Auggie'south point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her fellow, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one customs's struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

"Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Civilisation of Bullying and Rediscovering the Ability of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel "a meditation on kindness" —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple backbone of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you tin can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

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Fahrenheit 451

      Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature prepare in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fire-eater. In his world, where goggle box rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen showtime fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of bolt, the printed volume, forth with the houses in which they are subconscious. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her tv "family." But and then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a by where people didn't live in fright and to a present where one sees the earth through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of tv set. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse all of a sudden disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has e'er known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fire fighter has to run for his life. **

The Alchemist

      Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life'south path, and, most chiefly, to follow our dreams.

The Moving picture of Dorian Gray

      Oscar Wilde

In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and immoderacy on a young aesthete in tardily-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the volume centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Grey sinks into a life of law-breaking and gross sensuality, his trunk retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day past day into a hideous tape of evil, which he must keep hidden from the globe. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. Information technology ranks equally 1 of Wilde's most important creations and amidst the classic achievements of its kind.

In Bed with a Highlander

      Maya Banks

Maya Banks' beguiling new trilogy features three unforgettable brothers risking everything to save their association and their legacy—and to surrender their hearts to love. Ewan McCabe, the eldest, is a warrior determined to shell his enemy. Now, with the time ripe for battle, his men are fix and Ewan is poised to accept back what is his—until a blue-eyed, raven-haired temptress is thrust upon him. Mairin may be the salvation of Ewan's clan, only for a homo who dreams only of revenge, matters of the heart are strange territory to conquer. The illegitimate daughter of the king, Mairin possesses prized property that has fabricated her a pawn—and wary of beloved. Her worst fears are realized when she is rescued from peril only to exist forced into marriage by her charismatic and commanding savior, Ewan McCabe. But her attraction to her ruggedly powerful new husband makes her crave his surprisingly tender touch; her trunk comes alive under his sensual mastery. And equally war draws almost, Mairin's strength, spirit, and passion challenge Ewan to conquer his demons—and embrace a dearest that means more than revenge and land.

After You

      Jojo Moyes

"You lot're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a flake. But I promise you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Only alive well. Just alive. Beloved, Volition."

How do y'all motility on after losing the person you loved? How do you lot build a life worth living?

  Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. Subsequently the transformative half-dozen months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary blow forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't assistance but feel she'due south right back where she started.

  Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kicking-started back to life. Which is how she ends upwards in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will'south past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very unlike time to come. . . .

  For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor ways learning to autumn in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, every bit existent every bit our ain, whose joys and sorrows volition impact you lot deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.

Murder on the Orient Express

      Agatha Christie

What more can a mystery addict want than a much-loathed murder victim constitute aboard the luxurious Orient Express with multiple stab wounds, thirteen likely suspects, an incomparably bright detective in Hercule Poirot, and the almost ingenious offense ever conceived?

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