One of my Favourite ABSOLUTE Favourite things to do is read Novels and Graphic Novels(Manga/Comics) with a Historical Edge to it.
^_^ they make me uber Happy so I'm going to go threw several epic books I recommend and have read or am reading/plan to read because i saw the anime....

Pandora Hearts (パンドラハーツ, Pandora Hātsu)

I haven't started reading this one yet. I have watched the anime though.... It is an Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy with it heavily references Alice's adventures in wonderland and threw the looking glass and has lovely cutesy art by Jun Mochizuki.

Oz Vessalius, heir to the Vessalius dukedom, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. He's attacked by a group of mysterious people in red cloaks, and they tell him that his very existence is a sin and for that he must be cast into the prison of the Abyss. So Oz is cast into the prison known as the "Abyss" in Abyss he is saved by a "Chain" named Alice who is also known as the Bloodstained Black Rabbit, B-Rabbit for short. In order to break free from the Abyss, he makes a contract with her. Once back in his world, Oz is approached by an organization called Pandora, and a mystery begins as Oz begins his quest to find out the truth. Why was his existence such a sin that he had to be sent to the Abyss? Why has Alice lost her memories? What happened one hundred years ago when a whole town was dragged into the Abyss? There are many questions unfolding around him, and Oz will have to act quickly because with the power of B-Rabbit on his side, if he wants to answer them he will have to do it before his time runs out.

Originally starting serialization in the shōnen manga magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. There are ten volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped; it has been licensed by Yen Press since then. It has also been made into an anime version, produced by XEBEC. On February 11, 2010, NIS America announced it would release the anime of Pandora Hearts in North America.


(info from: Wikipidia's Pandora Hearts page)

KuroShitsuji, Black Butler (黒執事)

I recently just started reading this one after watching the Anime, so i cant compare it to the anime's storyline just yet. I Love the art and story though. It is an Action, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy by Yana Toboso.

The series is about Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler who serves Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old head of the Phantomhive noble family who runs a toy & candy empire, that serves directly under the Queen. Sebastian has unquestionably perfect knowledge, manners and martial arts as well as talents in every other area imaginable. He carries out any task required by his master while solving the tragic problems plaguing England with ease and perfection. He is bound to Ciel by a supernatural "Faustian" contract.

The series has been serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since its debut in the October 2006 issue. The first volume was released on February 27, 2007 and as of November 27, 2009, eight volumes have been released so far. Yen Press has licensed the series for an English language release and serialized the manga in Yen Plus' August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary. The publisher has released the first volume in January 2010. On March 29, 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced on their online FuniCon 3.0 panel, they have licensed Black Butler the Anime.

 
(info from: wikipedia's Black Butler page)

Count Cain, Earl Cain, The Cain Saga (伯爵カインシリーズ, Hakushaku Kain Shirīzu) & God Child

I adore this series Beautiful artwork by Kori Yuki (angel sanctuary) It's a very dark Drama, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Shoujo, Tragedy. There is no anime for this one though there are dramaCDs.

The series focuses on a young earl/count named Cain Hargreaves, the son of Alexis Hargreaves and Alexis's sister, Augusta. Cain is abused throughout his childhood: Alexis whips him daily and orders the servants to ignore him. Despite this, Cain befriends a new servant named Riff, after Riff speaks to him. Cain acknowledges that his father despises him and has been slowly poisoning him with arsenic. When he secretly visits his mother at a mental institution, she mistakes him for his father Alexis and jumps out the window.
While dying, she warns him to escape from Alexis. He returns home and poisons his father. Before Alexis plunges into the sea, he curses his son to have a miserable life and die alone. Cain inherits his father's title of earl as a result of Alexis's presumed death. Years later Cain, now seventeen, solves murders with Riff's help and collects poisons. During one mystery, he adopts young 10 year old Mary Weather, who is his half sister. He also encounters his half brother Jizabel Disraeli, a member of a secret organization that focuses on resurrecting the dead. From him, Cain learns that Alexis had survived his suicide and became the leader of that organization, renaming it Delilah. After the death of the woman that Cain loves, a Delilah "doll" or resurrected corpse surviving on the fresh blood and organs of others, he vows to end Delilah's experiments with the dead. But then even more tragedy hits Cain for being his fathers son.

Earl Cain is licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media, It serialized Godchild in its manga anthology Shojo Beat from the July 2005 issue through the June 2006 issue. It published the series' first volume on March 7, 2006; the final volume was released on February 5, 2008.


(info from wikipidia's Earl Cain page)

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels & The Far Sweet Thing

Is a Fantasy Trilogy of Beautiful, Dark, Dramatic, Romantic, Adventurous,Historical, Horror-ish, Mystery, Psychological, Magical, Shoujo, Tragic novels by Libba Bray. Categorized as teen books, the books are a good read, I myself found it hard to put down.

This series is about a proud girl named Gemma Doyle. who is wanting to leave the warmth of her childhood home in India and go to England for an education and a proper upbringing. On her sixteenth birthday, her mother are walking through the Bombay market when the two encounter a man and his younger brother. The man relays an unknown message to Gemma’s mother about a woman named Circe, and Gemma's mother panics and demands that Gemma return home. Becoming angry at her mother’s secrecy, Gemma runs away, and has a vision of her mother committing suicide while searching for her, which she later learns is true. Gemma becomes haunted with the images of her mother’s death. As one of her mothers wishes if anything should happened to her Gemma was to be enrolled in the rigid Spence Academy for Young Ladies, a cold finishing school outside of London. She is followed by a handsome stranger who bears puzzling warnings. Using her sharp tongue and agile mind, she navigates the stormy seas of friendship with high-born daughters and her roommate, a plain scholarship case. As Gemma discovers that her mother's death may have an otherworldly cause, and that she herself may have innate powers, Gemma is forced to face her own frightening, yet exciting destiny.

The three books in the trilogy span just one year, with A Great and Terrible Beauty beginning in June 1895 and The Sweet Far Thing ending in June 1896.

A Great and Terrible Beauty BOOK Trailer


(Info/more spoilers@ wikipidia and official site)

The Skye O'Malley Saga & Skye's Legacy

O'Malley Family Saga Series

1. Skye O'Malley, 1981 (About the Beautiful, wise, courageous, and intelligent, hot-tempered, raven-haired, emerald-eyed Skye O'Malley)
2. All the Sweet Tomorrows, 1984 (...continues Skye O'Malley's story)
3. A Love for All Time, 1986(?) (About the plain-faced Aidan St. Michael country mouse heiress at the English court and Skye's baby brother the charming Irish rogue, known as the handsomest man at court Conn O'Malley)
4. This Heart of Mine, 1985(?) (About Velvet de Marisco, youngest of Skye's children)
5. Lost Love Found, 1989 (About Valentina St. Michael, the abruptly widowed daughter of Conn and Aiden)
6. Wild Jasmine, 1992 (Skye's lost granddaughter, Velvet's child. Raised a royal princess in India, Yasaman Kama Begum later known as Jasmine de Marisco in England) 

Skye's Legacy Series

1. Darling Jasmine, 1997 (Continuing the story of 'Jasmine' de Marisco.)
2. Bedazzled, 1999 (About Jasmine's eldest daughter, Lady India Lindley.)
3. Besieged, 2001 (Jasmine's second daughter, Lady Fortune Lindley)
4. Intrigued, 2001 (Skye's great-granddaughter, Lady Autumn Rose Leslie, Jasmine's youngest child.)
5. Just beyond tomorrow, 2002 (About Patrick Leslie, duke of Glenkirk and son of Jasmine and Flanna Brodie, the only daughter of a Scottish clan and heiress to an important parcel of land)
6. Vixens, 2003 (The tale of three of Skye O'Malley's great-great-granddaughters. Fancy Devers, Fortune and Kieran's youngest child. Diana "Siren" Leslie, Patrick and Flanna's daughter. And Cynara Stuart, Lady India Lindley(?) and Charlie, the not-so-royal Stuart's last child)

A series of Mature Historical Romance novels full of Adventure, Romance, Drama, Tragedy and Suspense brilliantly written by Bertrice Small. The Adventure in all of these books are incredible! England, Ireland, France, India and Scotland are usually some of the main places travelled to threw out the books. The first one I ever read was A Love for All Time which I got from a thrift store i think when I was in grade 6,7 or 8 somewhere around that time and then years later I got Wild Jasmine from a box of a relatives unwanted books.If these books were ever made into movies they would be RATED R! there are times in some of them that it gets hard to read calling forth emotions of hate, disbelief, frustration and sadness for characters. I am still trying to build up my collection of this series. Every time i read one i fall in love with them all again and again. I hope one day I'll be able to read them all in order ^_^


Betrice Small's official site World of Betrice Small site and Skye is based off a real person too neet huh.

Lost Love Quotes

10. Socrates