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If I love Sarah Waters books, who else will I enjoy reading?

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MrsMeow · 17/10/2012 18:34

I've just finished reading Fingersmith and read Tipping the Velvet before that and really enjoyed them both, which I haven't done with a book for a long time! I'm just about to start Affinity and am going to buy her other book but it looks like she's only written 4 or 5?

Can anyone recommend other similar authors? I think it's mainly the historical aspect that I enjoyed, but her style of writing was excellent as well IMO.

Thank you!

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highlandcoo · 17/10/2012 21:38

Definitely try The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber.

The Observations by Jane Harris is also excellent, a bit more humorous than TCPATW.

KeithLeMonde · 18/10/2012 21:23

Try The American Boy by Andrew Taylor.

elkiedee · 19/10/2012 12:29

Agree with all other recommendations, and Gillespie and I also by Jane Harris is a good read.

Emma Donoghue's historical books, eg Slammerkin, Life Mask, The Sealed Letter (Sealed Letter is 19th century, the others 18th).

I like the work of the late Diana Norman, who also wrote some historical crime novels under the name Arianna Franklin.

BeauNeidel · 27/10/2012 19:31

I loved the Crimson Petal and the White! Beautifully written.

I didn't like Affinity. I did like The Little Stranger a lot, spooky ghosty story.

drjohnsonscat · 30/10/2012 15:18

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon?

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