Three-Toed Sloth

Tales of Our Ancestors

Historical fiction, including cross-overs from other genres but somewhat arbitrarily excluding most alternate history. See also: Writing for Antiquity; The Commonwealth of Letters; Scientifiction and Fantastica; Pleasures of Detection, Portraits of Crime

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2024

The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Sanjuro

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2023

Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West (McCarthy)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2022

Singapore Sapphire, Revenge in Rubies, and Evil in Emerald (Stuart)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2021

Death of a Nationalist, Law of Return, The Watcher in the Pine, The Summer Snow, and What Happened After the War Was Over (Pawel)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2021

The Cater Street Hangman (Perry)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2020

City of Ink (Hart)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2019

The Second Rider (Beer)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2020

A Grave Matter and As Death Draws Near (Huber)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2019

The Widows of Malabar Hill (Massey)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2019

The Leper of St. Giles, The Virgin in the Ice/cite>, The Sanctuary Sparrow, and The Devil's Novice (Peters)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, February 2019

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One Corpse Too Many, Monk's Hood, St. Peter's Fair and The Devil's Novice (Peters)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, January 2019

Mortal Arts (Huber)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, November 2018

The Anatomist's Wife (Huber)

A Brush with Shadows (Huber)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2018

Deep Roots (Emrys)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2018

Memento Mori (Downie)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, February 2018

The English Wife (Willig)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2017

Tower of Thorns (Marillier)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2017

An Elephant for Aristotle (de Camp)

The White Mirror (Hart)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2017

Coptown (Slaughter)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2017

The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History (d'Ormesson)

Winter Tide (Emrys)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2017

Dreamer's Pool (Marillier)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, December 2016

The Strangler Vine (Carter)

The Moor's Account (Lalami)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2016

Insexts (Bennett)

The Abominable (Simmons)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2016

Vita Brevis (Downie)

Jade Dragon Mountain (Hart)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2016

Sea of Poppies; River of Smoke; Flood of Fire (Ghosh)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2016

Medicus; Terra Incognita; Persona Non Grata; Caveat Emptor; Semper Fidelis; Tabula Rasa (Downie)

Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling (Cliff)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2016

Bring Up the Bodies (Mantel)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, February 2016

The Ballad of Black Tom (LaValle)

Lovecraft Country (Ruff)

The Just City (Walton)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2015

Blue at the Mizzen (O'Brian)

The Lure of the Moonflower (Willig)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2015

Brig of War (Williams)

Wolf Hall (Mantel)

The Hundred Days (O'Brian)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2015

The Architect's Apprentice (Safak)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, November 2014

The Abyssinian Proof and The Winter Thief (White)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2014

The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Willig)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2014

The Sultan's Seal (White)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2014

Poisoner and The Borgia Betrayal (Poole)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, February 2014

The Dreamer, 1: The Consequences of Nathan Hale (Innes)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2013

Southern Gods (Jacobs)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2013

The Night Circus (Morgenstern)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2013

The Bones of the Old Ones (Jones)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2012

A Star Shall Fall (Brennan)

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (Mitchell)

Gain (Powers)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2012

The Tiger's Wife (Obreht) dt>Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2012

Servant of the Underworld (De Bodard)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2012

My Name Is Red (Pamuk)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, December 2011

Treason's Harbour; The Far Side of the World; The Reverse of the Medal (O'Brian)

The Sleeping Partner (Robins)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, November 2011

The Desert of Souls (Jones)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2011

The Mauritius Command; Desolation Island; The Fortune of War; The Surgeon's Mate; The Ionian Mission (O'Brian)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2011

Mistress of the Art of Death (Franklin)

H.M.S. Surprise (O'Brian)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2011

Master and Commander; Post Captain (O'Brian)

The Fires of the Gods and The Masuda Affair (Parker)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2011

Bookhunter (Shiga)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2011

The Orchid Affair (Willig)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, December 2010

Mr. Shivers (Bennett)

Land of Mist and Snow (Doyle and McDonald)

Captain Alatriste (Perez-Reverte)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2010

Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Willig)

Books to Read while the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2010

The Deception of the Emerald Ring, The Seduction of the Crimson Rose and The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Willig)

Books to Read while the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2010

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and The Masque of the Black Tulip (Willig)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2010

Sauna

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2010

Bite Me (Meconis)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2009

Petty Treason (Robins)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2009

The Convict's Sword (Parker)

Point of Honour (Robins)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2009

Nazi Literature in the Americas (Bolano)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, April 2009

Revelation (Sansom)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, January 2009

The Terror (Simmons)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2008

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery (Johnson and Pleece)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2008

Death at the Crossroads (Furutani)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2008

Dark Fire (Sansom)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, September 2007

Island of Exiles (Parker)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, August 2007

The Dragon Scroll and The Rashomon Gate (Parker)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, July 2007

The Hell Screen (Parker)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, June 2007

Black Arrow (Parker)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2007

Dissolution (Sansom)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, October 2006

Steel Ashes (Cercone)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, May 2006

Declare (Powers)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, January 2006

Murder on the Appian Way (Saylor)

Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2005

Roman Blood (Saylor)