I just remembered two more, both by Barbara Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer. Both very engrossing for different reasons....
Someone earlier mentioned Erik Larson, and I'll give kudos to Devil in the White City... fantastic read about the world's fair and the serial...
I'll throw out The Dante Club. I'm probably one of the later folks to read it, and I'm just past the halfway point, but it's a good one. Great...
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