Lakeland Public Library discussion

In contrast to our last category, this time the Adult and Teen Summer Reading Challenge asks you to imagine your story with real people from history, recent or ancient. These stories can give us a fresh perspective on some famous names or illuminate lesser known points in history. Here are some suggestions. We've included fiction, non-fiction and YA fiction. If we missed a title you really enjoyed let us and other readers know in the comments sections.


FICTION:
Most books by Alison Weir, Philippa Gregory, and Conn Iggulden

The Thomas Cromwell Trilogy (Wolf Hall) by Hilary Mantel

Fools & Mortals by Bernard Cornwell

Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak

The Revenant by Michael Punke

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Sanders

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard

Circling the Sun Paula McLain

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Therese Fowler

Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer

White Houses by Amy Bloom

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Rust & Stardust by T Greenwood

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Obama/Biden Mysteries (Hope Never Dies) by Andrew Shaffer
 
 
 
NON-FICTION:
because biographies and memoirs are such broad topics, below we've listed some outstanding bios from the past year
Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio

Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power & History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnel

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener

Hollywood Park: a Memoir by Mikel Jollett

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
 
 
YOUNG ADULT FICTION:
 
Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman

Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

Alex & Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi

A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls edited by Jessica Spotswood

X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

Hey, Kiddo (graphic novel) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

I loved both My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton and America's First Daughter.