Colonial


Heart of Darkness
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
The Scarlet Letter
A Passage to India
The Crucible
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Caleb's Crossing
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
John Adams
Burmese Days
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Fever 1793
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
Petals on the River
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleFor the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus ClarkeThe Lieutenant by Kate GrenvilleSearching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville
Australian Colonial History
139 books — 34 voters
Dawn's Early Light by Elswyth ThaneKnight of the Purple Ribbon by Jennifer Leigh WellsWilderness Trail of Love by Dorothy WileyScattered Seeds by Julie DohertyLord of the Wilderness by Elizabeth St. Michel
Colonial Historic/Romance
13 books — 8 voters

The Raj Quartet by Paul ScottThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe River Turned Red by Nirmala MoorthyShadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
Tales of the Raj
109 books — 30 voters
The Overflowing of Friendship by Richard GodbeerLeft to Themselves by Edward Prime-StevensonAmerican Hunks by David L. ChapmanThe Grand Affair by Paul FisherQueering the Color Line by Siobhan B. Somerville
Queering America Before 1920
62 books — 2 voters


Pamela Clare
I am _not_ a woman from your village." His eyes narrowed. "No, you are not, for if you were, you would be grateful for the better fate Connor has won for you with his blood. Rather than thinking only of yourself, you would be beside him now, tending his hurts. ...more
Pamela Clare, Defiant

Barbara O'Neal
I imagined a ball, visitors coming in from all over England, or perhaps a house party. Most of my idea of old houses had come from Downtown Abbey, and I imagined women in delicate Edwardian dresses headed for dinner, ropes of pearls and rubies looped around their thin necks. As if to accommodate my vision, I opened one of the doors to find a peacock-themed room, redolent with the fading colonial era.
Barbara O'Neal, The Art of Inheriting Secrets

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