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Popular fictional history books are a hit to many of today’s readers because their plots give the readers amazement at how the fictional history seems to be so real. In America, some of the popular fictional history books include Susan Sontag’s In America which won the National Book Award, 2000 and Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay which won the Pulitzer Prize, 2001. Europe has also produced many popular fictional history books. Among these books are The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, The Name of the Rose by UmbertoEco, House of Niccolo series by Dorothy Dunnet and The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. Many popular fictional history books are taken or based from different real histories of many countries. Among these books are Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault which is about ancient Greece; Ivanhoe by Walter Scott which is about 13th century England; Shogun by James Clavell which is about 17th century Japan; The Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell which is took place during the Napoleonic period; The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye which is about 19th century India; and Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak which is about the Russian Revolution. There are even popular fictional books which are based on the bible. Some of these include The Big Fisherman and The Robe both written by Lloyd C. Douglas, Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George. Popular fictional history books that include fantasy are Harry Potter by JK Rowling, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. All these fantasy fictional history books have been made into top grossing films. |
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