This page has recommendations for authors and books from adult literature. Most of these are fiction, but there are a few non-fiction gems in here, too.
This is in no way an exhaustive list of each of the authors’ works – these are just what I read over time and liked. Please note that the entries in this page are in no particular order: they are just a random dump of my memory.
Keep coming back — I’ll continually tweak this page to add more interesting stuff.
For a more current list, please check out my Goodreads page.
Classics/Vintage Books:
- Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Books by Jane Austen:
- Pride and Prejudice
- Sense and Sensibility
- Emma
Books by Charles Dickens:
- The Adventures of Oliver Twist
- David Copperfield
- Great Expectations
- The Pickwick Papers
- A Christmas Carol
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Nicholas Nickelby
Books by Thomas Hardy:
- Tess of D’Urbervilles
- Far from the Madding Crowd
- The Woodlanders
Books by R.K.Narayan:
- Malgudi Days
- The Bachelor of Arts
- The Guide
- The Painter of Signs
Books by James Herriot:
- All Creatures Great and Small
- All Things Bright and Beautiful
- All Things Wise and Wonderful
- The Lord God Made Them All
Books by Pearl Buck:
- The Good Earth Trilogy
- The Imperial Woman
- Pavilion of Women
- Peony
- A House Divided
- The Mother
- Three Daughters of Madame Liang
Mysteries:
- The Vish Puri Files, Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall
- Rei Shimura Series by Sujata Massey
- Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn by Tony Hillerman
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
- San Ichiro Novels by Laura Joh Rowland
- Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arhthur Conan Doyle
- Mary Russell Novels by Laurie King
- Constable Evans Mysteries by Rhys Bowen
- A Royal Spyness Mysteries by Rhys Bowen
- Molly Murphy Mysteries by Rhys Bowen
- Mrs. Pollifax Series by Dorothy Gillman
- Madame Karitska Series by Dorothy Gillman
- China Bayles Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert
- Beatrix Potter Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert
- Victorian Mysteries by Robin Paige (Robin Paige is a pseudonym for the husband-wife author team of Bill Albert and Susan Wittig Albert)
- Miss Marple Mysteries by Agatha Christie
- Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie
- Goldy Culinary Mysteriesby Diane Mott Davidson
- Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton
- Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries by Tamar Myers
- Hamish Macbeth Series by M.C.Beaton
- Agatha Raisin Mysteries by M.C.Beaton
- Amelia Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters
- Southern Sisters Mysteries by Anne George
- Ellie Quicke Mysteries by Veronica Heley
- Lois Meade Mysteries by Ann Purser
- Benni Harper Mysteries by Earlene Fowler
- Melanie Travis Mysteries by Laurien Berenson
- Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson
- Lucy Stone Mysteries by Lelie Meier
- Savannah Reid Mysteries by G.A.McKevett
- Reykjavik Murder Mysteries by Arnaldur Indridason
- Run Jane Run Series by Maureen Tan
- Silhouette Bombshell Series by Maureen tan
- Ellie Haskell Mysteries by Dorothy Cannell
- Charlotte LaRue Mysteriesby Barbara Colley
- Jane Jeffries Mysteries by Jill Churchill
- Grace and Favor Mysteries by Jill Churchill
- Death on Demand Mysteries by Carolyn Hart
- Alaska Mystery Series by Sue Henry
- Various historical mysteries by Paul Doherty
Other Series:
- The Thrush Green Series by Miss Read
- The Fairacre Series by Miss Read
- The Caxley Chronicles by Miss Read
- The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
- All Souls Trilogy by Deborah E. Harkness
Authors and their Novels:
- Isabel Allende: Daughter of Fortune: A Novel, Portriat in Sepia: A Novel, Zorro: A Novel
- Heinrich Harrer: Seven Years in Tibet
- Asne Seierstad: The Bookseller of Kabul
- V.S.Naipaul: A House for Mr. Biswas
- Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
- Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
- Indu Sundaresan: The Twentieth Wife, Feast of Roses, Shadow Princess
- John Shors: Beneath a Marble Sky
- Chitra Divakaruni: Sister of my Heart: A Novel, Queen of Dreams
- Ruskin Bond: The Best of Ruskin Bond
- Aimee E. Liu: Cold Mountain
- Kahled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy: A Novel
- Anita Amirrezvani: The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
- Amy Tan: The Hundred Secret Senses,The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Bonesetter’s Daughter
- Shashi Deshpande: The Intrusion and Other Stories
- Gail Tsukiyama: Women of Silk, The Language of Threads, The Samurai’s Garden: A Novel, Dreaming Water, Night of Many Dreams
- Robert Goddard: Caught in the Light, Never Go Back, Beyond Recall, Borrowed Time, Out of the Sun: A Novel
- Colleen McCullough: The Ladies of Missalonghi, Tim, An Indecent Obsession
- Arthur Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha
- Tracy Chevalier: Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Lady and the Unicorn, The Falling Angels
- Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin: Three Cups of Tea
- Peter Mayle: A Year in Provence,Toujours Provence, A Dog’s Life, Chasing Cezanne: A Novel
- Sarah Lloyd: An Indian Attachment
- Elizabeth Warnock Fernea: Guests of the Sheikh: An Ethnography of an Iraqui Village
- Janette Oke
- Louis Lamour
Poets:
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Emily Dickinson
- Robert Frost
- John Keats
- W.B.Yeats
- Rudyard Kipling
Quite an exhaustive list there.
In poetry may I add William Blake and Christina Rosetti from my collection? But it is so personal!
Excellent list. Thanks for posting it here.
You’re welcome, Perception! Thanks for stopping by!