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u/onetiredllama · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

We the Drowned (and it's actually the book I'd like if I win).

I suppose I'd call it a Multi-Generational Historical Fiction (I made that up?). It follows a family line (and some other characters) from a small port city named Marstal in Denmark. The author followed the history of the city, but created his own characters around events and stories he'd heard growing up.

This was a case of judging a book by it's cover for me. I was at the library and just putzing around, and for some reason I was really drawn to this book. It is a long read at 668 pages, but I was hooked from the first page and cried on the last. There is a lull in the middle, sure, but since there are so many characters and stories it picks up again pretty quick. It really has everything- stories of love and longing, stories of adventure, of disappointments. It really makes you feel like you are right there at the port or on the sea with the characters. Very deep and moving at times.

It also opened me up to other books of this type. Another book I'd recommend is New York: The Novel, which follows fictional characters through the founding of the city of New York. That is a really, really good one too, that follows multiple generations of families within the newly created city.

I'm not much of a reader, but when I do read I go hard. These are big books, but they are very, very good if you love following family lines and watching the history of a place grow.

u/dar2162 · 1 pointr/AskNYC

New York, by Edward Rutherfurd is a very enjoyable novel about New York throughout the ages. It follows a single (fictional) family from Dutch New Amsterdam through early 21st century NYC. Very quick, fun read.