Looking at manybooks, here's some that I like: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (I read and enjoyed most or all of his short stories) Rose in bloom by Lousia May Alcott (Little women is also good, but you're more likely to have read it already -- and while much of what she writes is amusing, it's difficult to stomach more than one novel's worth of morals at a time) Most of Jane Austen's novels (for the record, I like everything but Emma; Northanger Abbey is different from the rest -- if you realize that it's supposed to be a parody of a gothic horror novel it makes much more sense than as a straight book) The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (it's been a long time since I read it, but worth reading at least once) I like Lucy Maud Montgomery -- you might try some of the short stories or Rilla of Ingleside -- they show the time period really well. and I have heard good things of Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome but I haven't read more than a few pages so far (it's on my stack to read right now)
At Baen I've liked: 1632 by Eric Flint (but couldn't read the third book) On Basilisk station by David Weber (but couldn't read the second book) The Sheepfarmer's daughter by Elizabeth Moon (Loved the trilogy, which is really more of a really long book in sections. Unfortunately, SPL doesn't have the latter books, so it's ILL time if you like it.) Please let me know if there's other stuff you've gotten excited about that's there -- it's kind of hard to dig through to figure out what I might like.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (I read and enjoyed most or all of his short stories)
Rose in bloom by Lousia May Alcott (Little women is also good, but you're more likely to have read it already -- and while much of what she writes is amusing, it's difficult to stomach more than one novel's worth of morals at a time)
Most of Jane Austen's novels (for the record, I like everything but Emma; Northanger Abbey is different from the rest -- if you realize that it's supposed to be a parody of a gothic horror novel it makes much more sense than as a straight book)
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (it's been a long time since I read it, but worth reading at least once)
I like Lucy Maud Montgomery -- you might try some of the short stories or Rilla of Ingleside -- they show the time period really well.
and I have heard good things of Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome but I haven't read more than a few pages so far (it's on my stack to read right now)
At Baen I've liked:
1632 by Eric Flint (but couldn't read the third book)
On Basilisk station by David Weber (but couldn't read the second book)
The Sheepfarmer's daughter by Elizabeth Moon (Loved the trilogy, which is really more of a really long book in sections. Unfortunately, SPL doesn't have the latter books, so it's ILL time if you like it.)
Please let me know if there's other stuff you've gotten excited about that's there -- it's kind of hard to dig through to figure out what I might like.
Um. That's probably enough for now.