Historical Fiction 1910s-2000s

Historical fiction books set sometime between 1910 and 2010
 

Showing 1 - 3 of 3  There are a total of 180 valid entries on the list.

1. A gentleman in Moscow

Book cover for "A gentleman in Moscow"
Star rating for A gentleman in Moscow
Author:
Towles, Amor
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight.this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established...

2. The Lincoln Highway

Book cover for "The Lincoln Highway"
Star rating for The Lincoln Highway
Author:
Towles, Amor
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...

3. Rules of civility

Book cover for "Rules of civility"
Star rating for Rules of civility
Author:
Towles, Amor
Average Rating:
4 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.