7 Must-Read Historical Novels
- BOOK LISTS, BOOKS & HISTORY
- April 25, 2025
You’ve watched these celebrity chefs cook mouth-watering recipes and dishes in movies, online, and on television. Now get cooking with them in your home kitchen with these top 10 cookbooks by top chefs. 1. Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set) by Julia Child “The perfect gift for any follower of Julia Child—and
READ MOREMaya Angelou, the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was not only an incredible poet, writer, and civil rights activist; she led an extraordinary life. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Maya Angelou. 1. Starting at almost eight years old, she didn’t speak for five years. via GIPHY She became
READ MORELearn about a fascinating period in Chinese history with these 5 must-read books about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. 1. On China by Henry Kissinger “In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the
READ MOREDragons in fiction often fly, breathe fire, and are sometimes friendly. Massive, mysterious, intelligent, often dangerous, and most certainly legendary creatures, get to know these top 10 dragons in literature. 1. Smaug from The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien via GIPHY The dragon of all dragons. Thorin describes him as “a most specially greedy, strong and
READ MOREStudents, faculty, and alumni of colleges and universities (or any school, for that matter) will enjoy these 5 satirical books about academia. These send-ups and satires of academic life deserve to sit at the head of the class. 1. Changing Places by David Lodge “Changing Places is a hilarious send-up of academic life, intellectual fashion,
READ MOREConsidered one of the greatest British novelists of all time, Jane Austen wrote six major novels including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Jane Austen. 1. She paid to have her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, published when she was thirty-five years old. via GIPHY Thomas Egerton
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