Books like Fairoaks by Frank Yerby

Alex Haley’s Pulitzer‑winning saga follows Kunta Kinte from his capture in Africa through centuries of slavery and generations of his descendants, revealing the deep roots of African‑American history.

A gripping tale of passion, deception, and the dangers of the Cold War in Afghanistan.

An unsentimental yet uplifting story of marriage and young love set in poverty and hardship, Joy in the Morning is a timeless novel about the strength of a loving, loyal relationship.

During WWII, RAF flying officer Jerry Chambers and barmaid Mona Stevens navigate love and danger in wartime England, united by loyalty and unexpected courage.

In wartime Boston, Emily from a Brahmin family and her lawyer husband Roger grapple with a groundbreaking law firm that hires a Jewish, Irish, and Italian partner—testing loyalty, class, and heart.

Leslie inherits an Australian outback ranch, sparking a turf war with land baron Raider Mackenzie that escalates from property dispute to a passionate battle for affection.

Set in the 1830s Alabama plantation of Falconhurst, Mandingo follows planter Warren Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the enslaved Ganymede, depicting the harsh realities of ante‑bellum slavery.

Hester Snow, a Northern orphan, becomes governess for a Georgia plantation family after slavery, only to uncover the house’s hidden cruelty and moral decay, forcing her to confront terror and seek unexpected salvation.

In turn‑of‑the‑century Indiana, idealistic naturalist David Langston harvests medicinal herbs while longing for the ‘Dream Girl’. When Ruth Jameson enters his life, he pursues her with unwavering idealism and self‑less devotion.

An illegitimate English noble’s son, Phillipe Charboneau, moves to America, assumes the name Philip Kent, and becomes a front‑line participant in the revolutionary struggle that shapes the nation’s destiny.

DAMNED BY DESIRE Beautiful, sensual Gillian MacAllister had seen her mother degraded by men, and vowed not to follow in her footsteps. Instead Gillian would use men as her tools of pleasure and ambition, to be discarded when they had served their purpose. No man could resist her, no man could keep her, as she climbed the rungs of power and privilege from the raw Southern steel town of Birmingham in the 1890's to the glittering and corrupt capitals of Europe, moving ever closer to her moment of ultimate, overwhelming truth. Temperamental Gillian, heiress of an Alabama fortune, was capable of great loving kindness. But her appetite for corrupting and ruining lives was stronger. One of the many people whose life she ruined murdered her. Now Geoffrey Lynne must find out who done it before his brother, Gregory, is hung for the crime. Geoffrey knows Gregory is innocent. The only problem is that Gregory has confessed and his execution has been scheduled.

In Brooklyn’s rapidly gentrifying Bushwick, Zuri Benitez battles pride, family loyalty, and new neighbors as she navigates love, friendship, and her place in a changing neighborhood.

Set amid the Civil War, Lorena Selby must protect her family's plantation while a forbidden romance with a Union soldier threatens her loyalty.

Ernest K. Gann’s ’Blaze of Noon’ follows the McDonald brothers as they transition from 1920s barnstorming to the emerging world of airmail, confronting the growing risks of early aircraft and federal aviation regulations.

Jess and Eliza Birdwell navigate frontier life, the Civil War, and its aftermath, facing rebellion, racism, and social inequity in Western America's rugged frontier.

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Set in the 15th‑century maritime world, Frank G. Slaughter’s The Mapmaker follows Andrea Blanco as he charts the western seas, intertwining his real‑life voyages with the legends of Prince Henry, Fra Mauro, and other historical explorers.