Books like An Echo in the Bone
12 books with a reading profile close to An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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The Fiery Cross
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
In 1770 North Carolina, Claire and Jamie Fraser work to establish their mountain homestead, Fraser’s Ridge, against the gathering storm of the American Revolution.
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Written In My Own Heart's Blood
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
Set against the backdrop of 1778, the narrative follows Claire and Jamie Fraser as the American Revolution reaches a fever pitch in Philadelphia.
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Nefertiti
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
The story follows Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, as they navigate the dangerous court of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
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The American Heiress
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
Set in the 1890s, the story follows Cora Cash, a wealthy American socialite whose mother orchestrates a marriage into the British aristocracy to secure a title.
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Cleopatra's Daughter
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
Following the suicide of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, their daughter Selene and her surviving brothers are taken from Egypt to Rome as captives.
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Belgravia
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, the Trenchard family attends a legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond.
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Katherine
by Anya Seton
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
Anya Seton’s novel recreates the fourteenth-century romance between Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
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The Rose Garden
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance
After the death of her sister, Eva Ward returns to the Cornish coast and her childhood sanctuary, Trelowarth.
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At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands during the height of World War II, this historical novel follows Ellis and Maddie Hyde, an elite socialite couple searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
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The Far Pavilions
by M.M. Kaye
Also clear-cut · history, romance
Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century India and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the story follows Ashton Pelham-Martyn.
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A Different Blue
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, entertainment
Blue Echohawk, an eighteen-year-old woman with a hard past, has been bounced around foster homes and is now living in a small town in Washington, with no memory of her childhood and little trust in anyone.
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
This book documents the rise and eventual dissolution of the American punk rock movement from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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