78.  The Knitting Answer Book, by Margaret Radcliffe.  362 pages.  (2005 ( Read more... )

76.  One Corpse Too Many, by Ellis Peters.  224 pages.  (1979 ( Read more... )

75.  A Moorland Hanging, by Michael Jecks.  368 pages.  (1996 ( Read more... )

74.  Absolution by Murder, by Peter Tremayne.  272 pages.  (1994 ( Read more... )

73.  Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian.  412 pages.  (1970)

Grade: B

This is the first volume in the Aubrey-Maturin nautical series.  It is (I think) 1800, and Jack Aubrey is promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and Commander of H.M.S. Sophie.  His ship needs a surgeon, and none is available.  His new friend, Stephen Maturin, however, is a ( Read more... )

71. Virgin Earth, by Philippa Gregory.  672 pages.  (1999 ( Read more... )

66.  Peony in Love, by Lisa See.  273 pages.  (2008 ( Read more... )

64.  The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (pere).  545 pages.  (1844)

Grade: B

It is 1627, and a young man of nineteen, M. d'Artagnan, goes from his native Gascony to Paris, in hopes of becoming one of the King's Musketeers, the elite regiment of the French army.  Much intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII, Queen Anne, the Duke of Buckingham, and ( Read more... )

61.   The Tainted Relic: A Historical Mystery, by "the Medieval Murderers."  502 pages.  (2006 ( Read more... )

60.  Empire of Ivory, by Naomi Novik.  384 pages.  (2007 ( Read more... )