Michael Crichton’s _Timeline_ is literally this and I remember it being pretty interesting
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“Frog Music” by Emma Donoghue is a love letter to San Francisco, specifically the seedy music hall side of it in 1876.
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The Shadow of the Wind, The Name of the Rose
Since there is sort of an unraveling mystery in both it requires some linear progression which isn’t bad at all if you like to feel pulled into it. Though Shadow has more backstory flashbacks.
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Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel! Set in England in 1500. The story of Oliver Cromwell’s rise (and fall in the sequel).
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Michael Crichton’s _Timeline_ is literally this and I remember it being pretty interesting
“Frog Music” by Emma Donoghue is a love letter to San Francisco, specifically the seedy music hall side of it in 1876.
The Shadow of the Wind, The Name of the Rose
Since there is sort of an unraveling mystery in both it requires some linear progression which isn’t bad at all if you like to feel pulled into it. Though Shadow has more backstory flashbacks.
Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel! Set in England in 1500. The story of Oliver Cromwell’s rise (and fall in the sequel).
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