About.com: Top 5 Five Books About Love

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Love is common to all of humanity, and is said to be the universal language. Just as love transcends place and time, so these books about love are set across the world in places and times that are outside our everyday lives, but that resonate with us nonetheless.

1. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors is a fictional story surrounding the building of the Taj Mahal. While historians agree that the Taj Mahal was built by an emperor in the seventeenth century who was grieving the loss of his wife, the true details surrounding this story have been lost. Shors imagines them in Beneath a Marble Sky, bringing to life a story of love, war, beauty and tragedy. "
   
   


2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "Memoirs of a Geisha is a wonderful book, full of beautiful descriptions and a page turning story. Memoirs takes place in Japan before and during World War II. It is written as if it is a true story, and the voice is very believable. For those who enjoy love stories, it is a must read."
   
   


3. The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
   
   
   (girl fiction, literature and fiction, fantasy, sci-fi)
   
   "The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger has characters you will love, a plot like none other and a love story that is timeless. It is intelligent and touching."
   
   


4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen opens with a day of disaster at the circus and Jacob Jankowski admitting he kept a secret from that day for over 70 years. The novel then moves to the ninety-something year old Jacob in a nursing home. As the older Jacob fights to survive the indignities of old age he recounts the story of his life with the "Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth" and his love for the star performer, Marlena."
   
   


5. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "When Charles Frazier’s second novel, Thirteen Moons, begins, it captures an old man’s yearning for a tragic love and how the loss of this love has shaped a man. Moons is a resoundingly mythic tale, wonderfully told by the aged orphan named Will Cooper, who begins his autobiography reminiscing of life before his life-long love changed everything."
   



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