Looking for a novel without violence to people or animals, and good character development. I like historical fiction but haven’t been reading for years. Thank you by justgonenow Related: A memoir you read that led you to dislike the author? Do all memoirs suck? Books like “Under the Banner of Heaven” but about Judaism YA Fiction Renaissance / Fantasy Book Fiction (preferably mystery) books that you can learn things from?
Dazzling-Ad4701 on November 1, 2023 10:32 pm Georgette Heyer is pretty safe in that sense. historical romcom with high emphasis on meeting-of-minds (as opposed to crotches).
funningincircless on November 1, 2023 11:52 pm Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, characters based on women who collected fossils before most people knew what a dinosaur was
apri11a on November 1, 2023 11:52 pm [The Book of Last Letters](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60209563-the-book-of-last-letters), Kerry Barrett [Lessons in Chemistry](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58065033-lessons-in-chemistry), Bonnie Garmus [A Single Thread](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43943459-a-single-thread), Tracy Chevalier
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Georgette Heyer is pretty safe in that sense. historical romcom with high emphasis on meeting-of-minds (as opposed to crotches).
Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier, characters based on women who collected fossils before most people knew what a dinosaur was
[The Book of Last Letters](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60209563-the-book-of-last-letters), Kerry Barrett
[Lessons in Chemistry](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58065033-lessons-in-chemistry), Bonnie Garmus
[A Single Thread](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43943459-a-single-thread), Tracy Chevalier