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Fact-based Fiction
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December 2010
Compiled by Brandy Stillman,
from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Atkins, Ace Devil's Garden
Atkins, Ace Infamous
Atkins, Ace White Shadow
Atkins, Ace Wicked City
Bernieres, Louis de Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Blake, Sarah The Postmistress
Borland, Hal When the Legends Die
Brooks, Geraldine The People of the Book
Clinch, Jon Kings of the Earth
Crichton, Michael The Great Train Robbery
Cross, Donna Woolfolk Pope Joan
Deloria, Ella Cara Waterlily
Follett, Ken Pillars of the Earth
Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl, and sequels
Gruen, Sara Riding Lessons
Hanson, Ron Hitler's Niece
Hegi, Ursula Stones from the River
Johnson, Kathryn The Gentleman Poet. A Novel of Love, Danger, and Shakespeare's The Tempest
Kalotay, Daphne Russian Winter
Kwok, Jean Girl in Translation
Layton, Edith The Crimson Crown
McLain, Paula The Paris Wife
Mountain, Fiona Lady of the Butterflies
Orringer, Julie The Invisible Bridge
Pears, Iain The Instance of the Fingerpost
Sharp, Adrienne The True Memoirs of Little K
Stockett, Kathryn The Help
Tey, Josephine The Franchise Affair
Updale, Eleanor Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman? (YA)
Updale, Eleanor Montmorency's Revenge (YA)
Updale, Eleanor Montmorency on the Rocks (YA)
Updale, Eleanor Montmorency and the Assassins (YA)
Verghese, Abraham Cutting for Stone
Weir, Alison Captive Queen, a novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Winchester, Simon Krakatoa
Three different takes on Richard III:
Peters, Elizabeth The Murders of Richard III
Tey, Josephine The Daughter of Time
Townsend, Guy To Prove a Villain
Non-Fiction that Read Like Fiction:
Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Larson, Erik Isaac's Storm : A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Larson, Erik Thunderstruck
Winchester, Simon A Crack in the Edge of the World
Winchester, Simon The Man who loved China: the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Winchester, Simon The Map that changed the world: William Smith and the birth of modern geology
Winchester, Simon The Meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English dictionary
Recommended authors by name or those with multiple titles on the list:
Ace Atkins
Alison Weir
Carolly Erickson
Erik Larson
Eleanor Updale
Erin Hart (mysteries)
Philippa Gregory
Richard Powers
Simon Winchester
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