A woman of substance

Evergreen

Belva Plain

Scruples

Judith Krantz

The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Rich Man, Poor Man

Irwin Shaw

Kane & Abel

Jeffrey Archer

Captains and the kings

Taylor Caldwell

The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

Roots

Alex Haley

North and South

John Jakes

And Ladies of the Club

Helen Hooven Santmyer

Hawai

James A. Michener