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I have a really hard time finding good books. I can't stand sappy romance novels, mystery books or sci-fi..
I like more of a Little Woman type read, or novels that take place in early Early America around the revolution time period. I'm open to other types though but I just can't find something I like. Can u help.. it seems most books are either for older adults or young teens and nothing inbetween. So can u recommend anything at all?
I have been reading the same type of books for over 60 years. I haven't found them to be aimed at any particular age group after you get over the teen age junk. The story is the thing. Of course, since you don't like mysteries, SCiFi or romance, you sort of limit what you can find on the shelves. But they are there! I also skip the sappy romance junk. Especially the ones that pretend to be something else, but are really just soft-porn.
Do you go to your local library? If not, try going once a week, pick up about 5-7 books by authors you don't know. Try them out to see if you like the author's style. If you don't like the author's style or his characters, don't even bother trying to wade through it. You might find what you are looking for in the Non-Fiction section.
I have been reading the same type of books for over 60 years. I haven't found them to be aimed at any particular age group after you get over the teen age junk. The story is the thing. Of course, since you don't like mysteries, SCiFi or romance, you sort of limit what you can find on the shelves. But they are there! I also skip the sappy romance junk. Especially the ones that pretend to be something else, but are really just soft-porn.
Do you go to your local library? If not, try going once a week, pick up about 5-7 books by authors you don't know. Try them out to see if you like the author's style. If you don't like the author's style or his characters, don't even bother trying to wade through it. You might find what you are looking for in the Non-Fiction section.
I just went to the library today and picked up two books The Pesthouse and Mrs. Fyttons Country Life.. I'll give em a shot. I've gone through some books before I loved The 5 People You Meet in Heaven. I just like more feel good books I guess, but I'll throw a dark one in the mix. You're correct about liking non-fiction. I agree I do limit myself but I've tried on numerous occasions to read sci-fi's and mystery and I loose interested after about the 3rd chapter. Good I idea about just picking up different authors to see if I like them. I'll give it a shot.
I know how you feel. I am hard to please. And it seems like the Best Seller list continues to just be full of tripe.
There's a woman who has this quilting series. Some of it is historical fiction. Jennifer Chiaverini. Helps if you read them in order.
Also give Alexander McCall Smith a try. I like the Isabel Dalhouse and Ladies Detective Agency series the best. Same with reading in order.
Have you read The Good Earth, by Pearl S Buck? Great book. As is Gone with the Wind. Fantastic. Roots is another great book.
Try Joanna Fluke's Hanna Swensen mysteries (again, read in order). And Tamar Myers Penn Dutch mysteries. Funny and fun to read.
I know you say you don't like science fiction, but give Ender's Game a chance. I avoided reading it for years b/c I couldn't get past the first few pages, but when I finally sat down and read it, it was fantastic.
I know it's children's fiction, but the Little House series has actually been expanded to include stories about other family members, including Caroline. Just very entertaining.
I just finished "These Is My Words" and loved it. There are 2 more books that follow it. You may also like "The Diary of Mattie Spenser". The authors are Nancy E. Turner and Sandra Dallas respectively. Sandra Dallas has some others too - I have 2 of her others but haven't read yet.
You might want to try some of Anita Shreve's books - Fortune's Rocks, All He Ever Wanted... They are historical fiction, pretty feminine and well written.
you might try some historical fiction. John Jakes does a great job. there are a number of different books to consider. the most well known is his civil war trilogy..North and South is the first book. He also has the kent family chronicles, which is 8 books. I just read an excellent book called Homeland,set in the latter 1800's, after the civil war. it was set in chicago, talked of the pullman riots and the growth of the city, the advancement of the "moving flickers".
The first few of the "Wagons West" series were good, by Dana Fuller Ross. As the series went on, more and more writers were hired to continue it, and it deteriorated badly. I almost hesitate to say this, but a lot of Louis L'Amour's books are fairly well done and well researched. For non-fiction, there are a number of books by Lyall Watson that engrossed me completely, The Romeo Error in particular.
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