Books like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
12 books with a reading profile close to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
history, narrative
In 1630s Amsterdam, Sara de Vos becomes the first woman admitted to a professional painters' guild, struggling against poverty to create a haunting winter landscape.
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Transcription
history, narrative
In 1940, Juliet Armstrong, an eighteen-year-old girl, is recruited by MI5 and assigned to transcribe the conversations of Nazi sympathizers who think they are speaking to a fellow supporter, but who are actually being r…
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Casey Cep
history, narrative
In the 1970s, Reverend Willie Maxwell was accused of murdering five family members for insurance payouts in rural Alabama.
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
history, narrative
In 1860, the brutal murder of three-year-old Saville Kent at Road Hill House shocked mid-Victorian England.
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Look Who's Back
by Timur Vermes
history, narrative
In 2011, Adolf Hitler wakes up on a vacant lot in modern Berlin with no memory of the years following 1945.
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Shrines of Gaiety
history, narrative
Set in 1926 London, the narrative centers on Nellie Coker, a ruthless matriarch who operates a profitable empire of underground nightclubs in Soho.
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The Club Dumas
narrative, mystery
Lucas Corso is a cynical "book detective" hired to authenticate a rare manuscript fragment from Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
history, narrative
Eleven-year-old George Washington Black, known as Wash, is a field hand on a brutal Barbados sugar plantation until he is selected as a laboratory assistant for Christopher Wilde.
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Caleb's Crossing
history, narrative
Set in the 1660s on Martha's Vineyard, then called Great Harbor, the novel follows Bethia Mayfield, a minister’s daughter who forms a secret friendship with Caleb, the son of a Wampanoag chieftain.
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Hamilton: The Revolution
history, narrative
Hamilton: The Revolution documents the creation of the hip-hop musical from its inception at the White House to its Broadway premiere.
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Lady in the Lake
narrative, mystery
In 1966 Baltimore, Maddie Schwartz walks out of her marriage at thirty-seven, determined to become a journalist.
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