Historical Fiction Readathon #readhistoricalfiction2024 - hosted by heather_freshparchment

Read a work of historical fiction from the perspective of an extraordinary person
All books added
The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes

The Painter's Daughters

Emily Howes

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
Jacoba, Dochter van Holland by Simone van der Vlugt

Jacoba, Dochter van Holland

Simone van der Vlugt

8 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions) user-added

fiction historical informative reflective slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

653 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Tune in Tomorrow by Melanie Benjamin

Tune in Tomorrow

Blaze Amazon Original Stories #5

Melanie Benjamin

39 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman

The Ghost Theatre

Mat Osman

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

343 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck

Call Me Zelda

Erika Robuck

323 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Dora i Minotaur: Moj život s Picassom by Slavenka Drakulić

Dora i Minotaur: Moj život s Picassom

Slavenka Drakulić

211 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie

For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain

Victoria MacKenzie

176 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves

I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54

Claudius #1

Robert Graves

468 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced