Books Quote by Erik Larson

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader…

— Louis L'Amour

I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details.

— Jonathan Lethem

My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where when somebody…

— Erik Larson

I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from…

— Thomas Mallon

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what…

— Sarah Dessen

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very traditional historical…

— Danielle Dutton

I still find the idea of a research-heavy or historical novel daunting. That's something I've had in mind for a while: like, would you…

— Lynn Coady

“By reading a book, one can learn in a matter of days what it took the author an entire lifetime to learn”

— Pastor John Weaver

We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a…

— Saul David

Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it…

— Jennifer Armstrong

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know…

— John Keegan