Monday, July 21, 2025

10 NOVELS SET IN THE GILDED AGE



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As a fan of the Gilded Age, both the historical era and series - books set in the Gilded Age


The Personal Librarian 

Marie Benedict / Victoria Christopher Murray 

Belle de Costa Greene passed as white among the gilded age social elite

The Fifth Avenue Artists Society

Joy Callaway

A young girl from a genteel poor family wants to be a novelist and marry the boy next door.  Which one does she get? 


The Alienist ~ Caleb Carr

Dr. Laszlo Kreizler is an alienist, old timey for psychologist. He faces terrifying murderers aided by journalist John Schuyler Moore and police secretary Sara Howard.  The first two books became a series for TNT


The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba ~ Chanel Cleeton

Cleeton adds to her Perez family saga with this story of Evangelina Cisneros. Hearst put her picture in his paper to drum up support for war with Spain (to sell more papers) and captioned her "The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba"



The Address ~ Fiona Davis 

The Dakota was a modern marvel of comfort and status.  Blackwell's Island was not.  The two are the background to the story of an immigrant woman and the Dakota is a part of a family's life 100 years later, playing a part in solving an historical mystery

Our Kind of People ~ Carol Wallace

A family tries to break into society and questions what truly matters in life

The Age of Innocence ~ Edith Wharton 

  Opera! Dinner parties!  Repressed love! Gilded age societal shunning!



Beatriz Williams / Lauren Willig / Karen White 

The Ws cubed tell a story of a dollar princess, a dollarless governess, an Italian count and one fateful night (the story also has a 1950s component and a modern component)


The English Wife ~ Lauren Willig

A dead man, his missing wife, rumors, innuendo and a fancy ball


The Engineer's Wife

Tracey Enerson Wood

Emily Roebling and her part in building the Brooklyn Bridge

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9 comments:

  1. Lex @ LexlinguaJuly 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM

    I really need to watch the Gilded Age series! So much praise coming its way - hope it does not end on a cliffhanger though? Love this booklist, and saving them all to my TBR ~Lexlingua.co

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  2. Carla Loves to ReadJuly 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM

    Wonderful choice for this week's topic. I have read a few of these, but not all. I am also a fan of Gilded Age and get impatient each week waiting for the new episode.

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  3. LydiaJuly 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM

    The Gilded Age was such an interesting time period.

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  4. MeezCarrieJuly 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM

    I love Gilded Age books - definitely recommend books by Jen Turano & Crystal Caudill too.

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  5. Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!July 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM

    I tried The Personal Librarian, but struggled to stay connected.
    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/visit-toronto-ten-books-set-in-the-greater-toronto-area/

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  6. bibliophilebreeJuly 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM

    I love the gilded age! I did books set in Michigan for my list. https://bibliophilebree.blogspot.com/2025/07/top-ten-tuesday-set-in-michigan.html

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  7. Marwah AJuly 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM

    The English Wife looks amazing! I haven't read any books set in the Gilded Age, but maybe that will change soon :)

    If you'd like to visit, here's my off-topic TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2025/

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  8. Lauren StoolfireJuly 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM

    I loved The Alienist. I need to try the tv show sometime soon.

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