The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan (2001)
A woman unearths her mother’s hidden past, bridging silence and memory across generations to reclaim identity, truth, and the ghosts that shaped them both.
Historical
Restart Reading
Romance
Satire
Lady Chatterley’s Lover – DH Lawrence (1928)
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence is a controversial novel exploring love, class, and passion in postwar England, challenging social and sexual norms.
Satire
Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray (1847)
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray follows Becky Sharp’s rise and fall in 19th-century high society, contrasting her ambition with Amelia Sedley’s virtue.
Adventure
Classics
Historical
The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain (1881)
Two boys born worlds apart switch lives in 16th-century England, revealing the harsh truths of class, justice, and mercy in a gripping tale of identity and transformation.
Fantasy
Historical
Supernatural
The Witching Hour – Anne Rice (1990)
An ancient spirit, a haunted bloodline, and a brilliant woman drawn into a legacy of dark power - where inheritance is destiny and the dead never truly let go.
Historical
The Signature of All Things – Elizabeth Gilbert (2013)
Alma Whittaker, a brilliant 19th-century botanist, explores the wonders of nature, love, and human ambition in a sweeping historical epic.
Fantasy
Historical
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro (2015)
An elderly couple journeys through a mist-shrouded land where memory fades, love is tested, and forgotten truths stir beneath the ruins of peace and myth.
Classics
Historical
Mystery
Bleak House – Charles Dickens (1853)
A fog-bound labyrinth of law and secrets entwines lives high and low, where love endures, justice falters, and every truth waits to be unearthed in the shadows.
Adventure
Romance
The Swiss Family Robinson – Johann David Wyss (1812)
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss follows a family stranded on a deserted island, using resourcefulness and teamwork to survive and create a new home.
Historical
Romance
The Book of Two Ways – Jodi Picoult (2020)
A woman survives a plane crash and is thrust between the life she chose and the one she left behind, where love, memory, and ancient truths wait to be unearthed.