For WL buddy swaps I do not care about binding type. If you find a HC copy of a book I want, and it is on my WL as PB, I don't mind at all. Just get whatever is cheapest! ISBN doesn't matter either. Just as long as the story I want to read is between the covers, I don't care what version I get. I have created links to the cheapest copies of these books that I can find. Hope this makes things a bit easier for you. Remember, these are just my top wishes. Feel free to order anything off my WL.
Top WL Books for Historical Fiction Christmas Swap :
1: Quirinal Hill Affair (AKA Search the Seven Hills)- Barbara Hambly
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3: Heir to Sevenwaters- Juliet Marillier (Pre-order, released 11-04-08)
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5: Thrice Bound- Roberta Gellis
6: India Fortunes- Gary Worthington
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8: The King's Last Song- Geoff Ryman
Currently Reading: The Heretic Queen- Michelle Moran
Books Read in 2008
1: The Jewel Trader of Pegu- Jeffrey Hantover
2: The Physician- Noah Gordon (LOVED it! This will probably be one of my favorite reads of 2008, even though I read it in January.)
3: Gildenford- Valerie Anand
4: The Blood of Flowers- Anita Amirrezvani
5: The Beacon at Alexandria- Gillian Bradshaw
6: The Blood Axe- Eileene Harrison Beer
7: Daughter of the Blood- Anne Bishop
8: Lord of the Fading Lands- C.L. Wilson
9: Khalifah- John Elray (No action and seemingly no plot... Gave up a little over halfway through.)
10: From the Gracchi to Nero- H.H. Scullard
11: Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles- Margaret George (Wonderful book. Haunted me for weeks after I read it.)
12: To Dance with Kings- Rosalind Laker
13: The Initiate- Louise Cooper
14: The Outcast- Louise Cooper (MUCH better than the first book in the trilogy, The Initiate)
15: The Master- Louise Cooper
16: Tiberius- Allan Massie (Wonderful! I was very surprised that I liked this book as much as I did)
17: Lady of Light and Shadows- C.L. Wilson (Better than the first book, Lord of the Fading Lands. Decent fantasy, but I had to skip over the sex scenes. They just seemed to ruin the story.)
18: The Name of the WInd- Patrick Rothfuss
19: Heir to the Shadows- Anne Bishop
20: The Commoner- John Burnam Schwartz
21: The Scarlet Lion- Elizabeth Chadwick
22: Bridge of Birds- Barry Hughart
23: The Story of the Stone- Barry Hughart
24: The Assyrian- Nicholas Guild (HF set in Ancient Mesopotamia. I LOVED it!)
25:Blood Star- Nicholas Guild (Sequel to The Assyrian. Loved it too!)
26: Summers at Castle Auburn- Sharon Shinn
27: The Angel With One Hundred Wings- Daniel Horch
28: Silverlock- John Myers Myers (Wonderful!)
29: Never Grow Old: The Novel of Gilgamesh- Brian Trent
30: The Princess Bride- William Goldman (Blah)
31: Eight Skilled Gentlemen- Barry Hughart
32: Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey (re-read)
33: Kushiel's Chosen- Jacqueline Carey (re-read)
34: Kushiel's Avatar- Jacqueline Carey (re-read)
35:The Kitchen Boy- Robert Alexander
36: Vlad Dracula: The Dragon Prince- Michael Augustyn
37: The Palace of Illusions- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
38: Iokaste: The Novel of the Mother- Wife of Oedipus- Victoria Grossack
39: The Bride of Sulieman- Aileen Crawley
40: The Last Kingdom- Bernard Cornwell
41: Immortal- Traci L. Slatton
42: The Court of the Lion- Eleanor Cooney (WOW! An amazing story!!!)
43: Lavinia- Ursula K. Le Guin (Didn't finish)
44: Black Ships- Jo Graham (Didn't finish)
45: Roman Blood- Steven Saylor (LOVED IT! Ended up ordering the entire series before I even finished this one!)
46: The Blade Itself- Joe Abercrombie
47: Before they are Hanged- Joe Abercrombie
48: Last Argument of Kings- Joe Abercrombie
49: The Tapestries- Kien Nguyen
50: The Edge of Light- Joan Wolf ( A wonderful story about Alfred the Great and his struggle to keep Wessex free from Danish rule.)
51: Nefertiti- Michelle Moran
52: Mistborn- Brandon Sanderson
53: The Well of Ascension- Brandon Sanderson
54: The Hero of Ages- Brandon Sanderson
55: The Heretic Queen- Michelle Moran
