VICTORIAN LITERATURE
If you like Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, try
My Cousin Rachel by the same author, told from a man's perspective,
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (contemp.Victorian),
The Sisters Mortland (contemp.Victorian),
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (perhaps his finest)
Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
CHRISTIAN ROMANCE
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers,
The Daughters of Fortune series (set during WW II) by Judith Pella,
The Mark of the Cross by Judith Pella,
The Crown and the Crucible, and the rest of this Russian series, by Judith Pella
LITERARY READS
Atonement by Ian McEwan,
Alibi by Joseph Kanon,
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay,
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt,
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
AFRICA
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen,
West With the Night by Beryl Markham,
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay,
Horn of the Hunter by Robert Rourke,
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kinsolver
SPY/ESPIONAGE
Glenn Meade's Books are factually based:
Snow Wolf,
Brandenburg,
The Sands of Sakkara,
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva,
The Statement by Brian Moore,
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs,
A Gathering of Spies by John Altman
James Bond Books
MURDER MYSTERIES
Any mystery by Agatha Christie, published lately in new hardback copies by Blackdog & Levanthol:
And Then There Were None (an earlier title of this was Ten Little Indians),
Murder on the Orient Express,
Murder in Mesopotamia,
Body in the Library,
Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark
SURVIVAL STORIES
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
The Endurance: Shackelton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, Caroline Alexand Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan,
Lost in the Amazon: The True Story of Five Men and Their Desperate Battle for Survival by Stephen Kirkpatrick,
Woodsong and Winterdance, (about running the Iditarod), by Gary Paulsen
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mount McKinley by Barbara Washburn
HISTORICAL
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque (WW I)
The Real Heroes of Telemark, by Raymond Mears (WW II)
The Berlin Diaries by Marie Vassiltchikov (WW II)
Night, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, by Eli Wisel (Holocaust)
The Whaleship Essex (true story Moby Dick was based on)
WESTERNS
Shane by Jack Schaeffer
Trail Series by Ralph Compton (Bandera Trail, California Trail, Oregon Trail, Chisolm Trail, etc),
Larry McMurtry Books (Lonesome Dove, Dead Man's Walk, Commanche Moon & Streets of Loredo)
SOUTHERN LITERATURE
To Kill A Mockinbird by Harper Lee,
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, and sequel Scarlett
Beaches by Pat Conroy
A Time to Kill and other legal thrillers by John Grisham
NEW ENGLAND STORIES
The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
The Crucible by Arthur Miller,
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Ichabod Crane
MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES
End of the Spear by Nate Saint,
Bruchko by Bruce Olson,
Peace Child by Don Richardson,
The Savage my Kinsman and Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot,
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
YOUNG ADULTS/Boys
Classics like Jack London's Call of the Wild & White Fang
here the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
ost of Gary Paulsen's Books: Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Brian's Hunt, River, Woodsong, The Winter Room
Any of Jim Kjelgaard's Books: Big Red, Outlaw Red, Irish Red, Stormy
Most of Will Hobbs Books: Far North, Jason's Gold, Ghost Canoe, Down the Yukon, Wild Man Island
Lost On A Mountain In Maine by Don Fendler
Young Bond Series
YOUNG ADULTS/GIRLS
Holocaust-Related: Diary of Anne Frank, The Hiding Place, Number the Stars, Endless Steppe,
Soul Surfer, biography
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyers
FANTASY
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Rings by J.R. Tolkien
The Wilderking Series by Jonathan Rogers
Nightbringer and other titles by James Byron Huggins
SEAFARING
Aubrey Maturin Series (includes Master & Commander) by Patrick O'Brian
AUDIO (these are fabulous to hear, because of dialects)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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Maybe you should think about photography on the side. Great pictures and it looks like a marvelous time! I will be coming back to these book rec. for some ideas. Thanks Kara!
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