Historical / XXth century (<1945)

Winter of the World

The Century Trilogy #2

by Ken Follett

Ken Follett follows up his #1 New York Times bestseller Fall of Giants with a brilliant, page-turning epic about the heroism and honor of World War II, and the dawn of the atomic age.

Ken Follett’s Fall of...

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel

by Suzanne Joinson

It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient city of Kashgar on the Silk Road. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not...

Classic Spy Novels 3-Book Bundle: Night Soldiers, The World at Night, Kingdom of Shadows

by Alan Furst

From Alan Furst, often compared to John le Carré, Graham Greene, and Eric Ambler, and praised as the best spy novelist ever, a trio of his classic works

Furst, known for panoramic vision, deep authenticity,...

The Sins of the Father

by Thomas Dixon

" Today, Thomas Dixon is perhaps best known as the author of the best-selling early twentieth-century trilogy that included the novel The Clansman (1905), which provided the core narrative for D.W. Griffith's...

The Monsoon Bride

by Michelle Aung Thin

Rangoon 1930. Winsome, raised in a convent and just married to a man she barely knows, is full of anticipation as she travels towards the great city. She does not know that it will seduce her, possess her senses...