2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Historical fiction NOT set in the US or Western Europe
(We tend to think of 'historical' as pre-2000 but you do you.)
All books added
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, Richard Ferrone

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder, Richard Ferrone

3 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 1927 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective sad slow-paced
The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

The Great Divide

Cristina Henríquez

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

592 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang

Cinema Love

Jiaming Tang

294 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Nightingale's Castle: A Novel of Erzabeth Báthory by Sonia Velton

The Nightingale's Castle: A Novel of Erzabeth Báthory

Sonia Velton

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark medium-paced
The Visitors by Jane Harrison
The Visitors
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Jane Harrison

The Visitors

Jane Harrison

80 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction historical play emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy

Half Gods

Akil Kumarasamy

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary short stories informative reflective sad medium-paced
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

206 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski

191 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced