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Loved Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon? If its series, romance and historical fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Forgotten Kingdom, Corrag and Menewood. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside Dragonfly in Amber: Series · Romance · Historical Fiction · Scotland · Time Travel
Signe Pike
Scotland · Mother and Daughter · Political Intrigue · Sprawling Epic · Atmospheric
Susan Fletcher
Scotland · Healer · Mother and Daughter · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator
Nicola Griffith
Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Mother and Daughter · Atmospheric · Soldiers and Warfare
Deborah Harkness
Time Travel · Paris · Political Intrigue · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction
Ken Follett
Revolution · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Soldiers and Warfare · Historical Fiction
S. A. Chakraborty
Healer · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Atmospheric · Series
Adrienne Young
Time Travel · Mother and Daughter · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator · Fantasy
Isabel Allende
Sprawling Epic · Mother and Daughter · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction · Political Intrigue
Lucinda Riley
Scotland · Sprawling Epic · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction · Series
Susanna Kearsley
Scotland · Political Intrigue · Historical Fiction · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator
Monica McCarty
Scotland · Healer · Soldiers and Warfare · Historical Fiction · Romance
Stephen King
Sprawling Epic · Time Travel · Soldiers and Warfare · Atmospheric · Frame Story
Richard S. Ford
Revolution · Political Intrigue · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Mother and Daughter
Karen Marie Moning
Scotland · Time Travel · First Person Narrator · Series · Romance
Brenda Joyce
Time Travel · Scotland · Healer · Soldiers and Warfare · Romance
Nigel Tranter
Scotland · Sprawling Epic · Political Intrigue · Historical Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare
Susan Carroll
Healer · Paris · Political Intrigue · Historical Fiction · Fantasy
Charles Dickens
Revolution · Paris · Sprawling Epic · Atmospheric · Historical Fiction
Anne Rice
Sprawling Epic · Atmospheric · Scotland · Historical Fiction · Spicy
Sue Lynn Tan
Mother and Daughter · Atmospheric · Political Intrigue · Soldiers and Warfare · First Person Narrator
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