r/suggestmeabook • u/Low-Cantaloupe395 • 2h ago

Litfic/Historical Fic Recs?‼️

Hi! Obviously here looking for some recommendations… I’ve really been into literary fiction, sometimes historical fiction, deep, character driven stories. I love sad, emotional stories that make you feel and think deeply about yourself & the world! I’m not super into romance, especially heterosexual romance but I can and do tolerate it for a good plot! Mostly interested in stories centering women!!!

Some all time favorites that fit a vibe I’m looking for:
1. All Kristin Hannah, but especially The Nightingale, Firefly Lane, and The Great Alone
2. The Bright Years (omg…. This one)
3. Almost Life
4. The Neopolitan Novels
5. My Friends & the Beartown Trilogy by Fredrick Backman
6. The God of the Woods
7. Sunburn
8. Atmosphere
9. The Frozen River !! Incredible
10. The Things We Cannot Say

Lastly, I’m currently 200 pages into A Thousand Splendid Suns and LOVING it btw! Okay go crazy

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u/Wise-Living-850 2h ago

I loved Isola by Allegra Goodman.

When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward.

Haven and The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donahugh.

All excellent!

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u/kirstinb17 2h ago

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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u/GlassIllustrious9813 2h ago

North Woods by Daniel Mason

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u/jv_sol 2h ago

check out the artist and the feast by lucy steeds! set in 1920s summer france after ww1. themes of the book may be right up your alley! a wonderfully and delicately written novel.

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u/clumsystarfish_ Bookworm 2h ago

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. Set in the 19th century, it follows an oyster girl's adventures when she leaves home. It's a great story that was also made into a quirky BBC mini series.

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u/adjective_animal_ 1h ago

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden!

Kin by Tayari Jones and Heart the Lover by Lily King would be my other recommendations 😊

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u/TheRestIsMemory 1h ago

Maggie O'Farrell and Emma Donoghue both write historical fiction that centers women. Try Hamnet or Land or The Disappearance of Esme Lennox from O'Farrell. The Paris Express and The Pull of the Stars from Donoghue are both great. 

Kate Atkinson's Shrines of Gaiety is also a really good one.   

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u/baffled_bookworm 1h ago

Hannah Kent - The Good People, Burial Rites, and Devotion are all excellent.

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u/Nome550 43m ago

Sing, Wild Bird, Sing by Jacqueline O'Mahony

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u/DarkEden71 7m ago

Sarah Waters is very good. I particularly enjoyed Fingersmith - literary, historical fiction, with a gripping, surprising and twisty story. It's fantastic.

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u/maybemaybenot2023 2h ago

The Jewel-Trader of Pegu by Jeffery Hantover (there is some romance, but in this book I think it's worth it."

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis