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

Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII
All books added
Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson

Like a River Glorious

The Gold Seer Trilogy #2

Rae Carson

432 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional slow-paced
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

Rodham

Curtis Sittenfeld

13 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective medium-paced
Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology by Laura Lee Guhrke, Stefanie Sloane, Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle

Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology

Laura Lee Guhrke, Stefanie Sloane, Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Unknown Soldier Vol. 1: Haunted House by Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli

Unknown Soldier Vol. 1: Haunted House

Unknown Soldier #1

Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli

144 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction comics challenging dark medium-paced
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

182 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced
World Without End by Ken Follett

World Without End

Kingsbridge #2

Ken Follett

1014 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

The Devil and the Dark Water

Stuart Turton

552 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Kinderland - A Childhood in East Berlin by Mawil

Kinderland - A Childhood in East Berlin

Mawil

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction comics emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction by Sunyoung Park

Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction

Sunyoung Park

428 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu

Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen

Monstress #19-24

Marjorie Liu

179 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced