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  1. The Sun Also Rises

    Ernest Hemingway · 1926

    Because also by Ernest Hemingway; shares tags: classics, war, romance.

    Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.

  2. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction, war.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

  3. All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

    Because shares tags: classics, war, historical fiction.

    Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.

  4. Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell · 1936

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction, romance.

    Scarlett O'Hara schemes through the Civil War and Reconstruction, from Tara to burning Atlanta, chasing Ashley while Rhett waits and…

  5. Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë · 1847

    Because shares tags: classics, romance, tragedy.

    Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.

  6. Romeo and Juliet

    William Shakespeare · 1597

    Because shares tags: classics, tragedy, romance.

    Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold: Verona feud, balcony, Friar's plan, and why the last minutes collapse.

  7. Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe · 1958

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

    Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

  8. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

    Because shares tags: classics, romance.

    Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

  9. The Three Musketeers

    Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

    Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

    Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

  10. The Thorn Birds

    Colleen McCullough · 1977

    Because shares tags: romance, historical fiction.

    Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

  11. The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco · 1980

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, classics.

    Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

  12. The Crown of Gilded Bones

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2021 · Blood and Ash #3

    Because shares tags: romance, war.

    Poppy, crowned queen, faces war with the Ascended after Casteel is taken captive.

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