boooooooooks.

[schmerica]

You guys, I'm looking for book recommendations. What can you point me towards in the way of:

a) your favorite Arthurian-inspired novels
b) your favorite Trojan War-inspired novels
c) good mystery series (= likable hero/heroine with relationships that change and grow from book to book, along with the installments being good books on their own)

Comments

[dine.livejournal.com]

oooh! Georgette Heyer's mysteries are wonderful - written/set mostly in the 30s, they're very traditional on the surface, but her characters are amazingly modern in some respects, and most are complex and sometimes unique.

Envious Casca, Behold, Here's Poison and Death in the Stocks have long been my personal faves of her mysteries, though most of them are lots of fun reading. not all are currently in print, but they should be available from the library, or used from half.com

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

You know, I think I'm only familiar with her Regencies -- exciting!

[dine.livejournal.com]

if you like her Regencies, you'll probably enjoy Heyer's mysteries. they're not as elegant as Sayers', but can be lots of witty and lots of fun.

[dine.livejournal.com]

sorry - I meant (but forgot) to say that the Heyer's mysteries aren't a series, though they are excellent individual reads.

[copracat]

I love the romance in Heyer's mysteries: English and charming.