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Old 09-01-2013, 02:00 AM   #8
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A couple of time travel books that straddle a few genres and include a romance element that I'd recommend are The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and 22/11/63 by Stephen King.
I heartily second that recommendation for The Time Traveler's Wife. Such a great read. Also, made into a very enjoyable movie. I do recommend you read the book first.

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Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
If you think you will like Raymond E. Feist, might I recommend his various Riftwar series which I got into with the second series, beginning with Magician: Apprentice. There is a Magician series, the Apprentice series, and riftwar saga and more. I still remember that first one I read fondly.


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Fantasy book with great characters and a strong romance theme as well.
Getting out of historical fiction into fantasy with an interesting romance element, you could try the Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony.

Or, you could try going more towards science fiction. An all-time favorite author of mine is Robert A. Heinlein. All of his books skew strange with the romantic elements but that strangeness can be thought provoking and mighty interesting. A good example of this would be one of his standalone novels, Friday

Or, going for classics (also free at projectgutenberg.org and elsewhere) are Jane Austen's novels, all of which are good but my 3 recs for where to start if you haven't read her books yet are, in my preference order:
1. Pride & Prejudice
2. Emma
3. Sense & Sensibility

They have of course been adapted to tv and film a million bajillion times, but none of these can replace the reading of Austen's own words.

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