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This list provides a great starting point for familiarizing yourself with some of the most canonical writing from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Heyer is credited with establishing historical romance as a genre. The detail she included on the period was beyond impressive and set the way for others to follow. She wrote Regency Romances and her signature heroes were handsome, arrogant, leaders of fashion, sportsmen of distinction, self-centred but utterly irresistible. Heyer also wrote a series of detective works. This list is a compilation only of her romantic works.

There is nothing like a book that takes full advantage of your imagination and transports you to amazingly lands and adventures. There is a reason why fantasy novels have been around for so long. Here is a list of the greatest fantasy writers of all time.