Take My Hand was a 2022 book release, written by Dolen Perkins Valdez.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench. She was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction, and she was awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Take My Hand was the fiction Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.
The Book of Lost Names is a 20th century historical fiction novel by Kristin Harmel, released in 2021.
After reading and enjoying The Berlin Zookeeper and The Night Train to Berlin recently, I decided to read another WW2 novel.
The House of Fortune is the sequel to the bestselling historical novel, The Miniaturist. The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton was released in 2022.
The Night Tiger was a 2019 release by author Yangsze Choo. It was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and also featured on The Big Jubilee Book List.
Yangsze Choo is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Bride and The Fox Wife (coming in 2024).
Yours Cheerfully is the second novel in the Emmy Lake series, written by AJ Pearce and published in 2021. I enjoyed the first book in the series, Dear Mrs Bird, which was AJ Pearce’s debut novel. Dear Mrs Bird was shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards and was also …
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead was released in 2021 and was HUGELY successful.
It was shortlisted for both the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize. It was a New York Times bestseller and a Time Magazine book of the year.
The Miniaturist was the debut novel by Jessie Burton, released back in 2014. To say it was successful is a massive understatement. It was the winner of the Specsavers National Book Award and Waterstones Book of the Year, featured on the Richard and Judy book club and was later made into a major BBC drama series. …
Kristin Hannah never fails to move me with her stories. The Nightingale and The Great Alone both left a lasting impression on me.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah was published in 2021 and was an instant New York Times number one bestseller and a 2022 Richard and Judy Book Club Pick.
The Paris Library is a novel by Janet Skeslien Charles, released in 2021. It was a Richard and Judy book club pick and a New York Times bestseller.
I love historical fiction and have read a lot of books set in the 20th century. I particularly enjoy WW2 fiction, and I’ve read a quite a few about occupied France and enjoyed them all.
The Night Ship is the fourth novel by New York Times bestselling author Jess Kidd, published in 2022.
Jess Kidd writes historical fiction with a mysterious element to them. Her previous books were shortlisted for multiple awards and the Night Ship was featured on BBC’s Between the Covers show.