Tag: historical fiction

Delve into our Collections and discover your next read with curated lists and suggestions from Hamilton City Libraries staff.

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Reading Map: An Italian Girl in Brooklyn

Thursday 1 December | Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction,

If you enjoyed Santa Montefiore's new book An Italian Girl in Brooklyn, check out these other titles that share common themes.

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Happy Diwali

Sunday 23 October | Adult Fiction, Children,

Happy Diwali! Diwali, also spelled Divali, means “row of lights”. It is one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, lasting for five days.

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Reading Map: Widowland

Wednesday 23 March | Adult Fiction,

For fans of C. J. Carey's dystopian alternative history novel, here are some suggestions which share common themes.

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Librarian's Choice: Seven Sisters Series

Thursday 30 December | Adult Fiction, Librarians Choice,

Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series follows a group of sisters as they each explore past connections and identity.

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The Four Winds Reading Map

Friday 10 December | Adult Fiction,

If you liked The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah because of its strong female lead and Depression-era setting, we have some more suggestions we think you'll like!

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Lockdown: Stories from Across the Ditch

Wednesday 18 August | Adult Fiction,

A collection of stories both historical and modern, about people, their personal struggles within themselves and with the land that shaped them.

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris

Librarian's Choice: The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Friday 19 June | Librarians Choice, Adult Fiction,

Selected by Eve from Central Library, this novel is a compilation from Heather Morris’s interviews with the real-life Holocaust survivor Ludwig Sokolov.

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