Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII
All books added
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Silence of the Girls

Women of Troy #1

Pat Barker

325 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

384 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction historical literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa

The War of the End of the World

Mario Vargas Llosa

568 pages • 1981

fiction historical literary dark slow-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

216 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

The Lawrence Browne Affair

The Turner Series #2

Cat Sebastian

336 pages • digital • 2017

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
A Long Winter by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears

A Long Winter

Not Easily Conquered #1

dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears

67 pages • digital • 2014 not a book

fiction lgbtqia+ romance informative reflective medium-paced
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Boy, Snow, Bird

Helen Oyeyemi

308 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

Maryse Condé

225 pages • paperback • 1986

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Pulp by Robin Talley

Pulp

Robin Talley

406 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction historical lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced