Backlist Bookshelf Challenge - hosted by mtownreads

A book that takes place before the year 1940
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Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

207 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Une vie by Guy de Maupassant

Une vie

Guy de Maupassant

285 pages • first pub 1883 (editions)

fiction classics dark emotional reflective slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

337 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Ingleside

Anne of Green Gables #6

L.M. Montgomery

400 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics middle grade funny lighthearted relaxing 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 Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

The Viscount Who Loved Me

Bridgerton #2

Julia Quinn

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom

305 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks

The Secret Chord

Geraldine Brooks

302 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical religion informative slow-paced