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 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 emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

12 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

More Than You'll Ever Know

Katie Gutierrez

436 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

Amina al-Sirafi #1

S.A. Chakraborty

482 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht

337 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction literary adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Silence of the Girls

Women of Troy #1

Pat Barker

10 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

The Other Einstein

Marie Benedict

336 pages • digital • 2016

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced