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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.)
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Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

318 pages • digital • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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 • audio • 1927

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

The Great Divide

Cristina Henríquez

336 pages • digital • 2024

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

592 pages • digital • 2019

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

Cinema Love

Jiaming Tang

294 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Nightingale's Castle by Sonia Velton

The Nightingale's Castle

Sonia Velton

320 pages • paperback • 2024

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

The Visitors

Jane Harrison

80 pages • paperback • 2023 user-added

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

Half Gods

Akil Kumarasamy

224 pages • paperback • 2018

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 • paperback • 1986

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

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski

191 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced