Here's my wrap up for the 2014 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, hosted by Historical Tapestry.
This challenge is remarkably easy because you don't have to pre-select books, just read anything in the genre, post reviews, and read others' reviews.
Here are levels readers can aspire to:
20th century reader - 2 books
Victorian reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books
I made it to Medieval in 2013 and 2014, which seems to be the right level for me.
- Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, by Anne Rice
- People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
- Longbourn, by Jo Baker
- Stella Bain, by Anita Shreve
- Crossing Purgatory, by Gary Schanbacher
- The Museum of Extraordinary Things, by Alice Hoffman
- The Eight, by Katherine Neville
- The Gondola Maker, by Laura Morelli
- The Sibyl, by Par Lagerkvist
- The Invention of Wings, by Tracy Chevalier
- A Hundred Summers, by Beatriz Williams
- East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
- The Daylight Gate, by Jeanette Winterson
- A Conspiracy of Paper, by David Liss
- Highland River, Neil Gunn
- Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
- Written in My Heart's Own Blood, by Diana Gabaldon
- Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
- The Taste of Sorrow, by Jude Morgan
I really love the names of the different levels. Have fun with the Challenge!
ReplyDeleteI need to do this one again, too. It's one I always succeed at so I suppose I should up my level if I truly want it to be a challenge. I'm imagine I'll stick to that 15 book level again, though. It's nice to succeed at at least one challenge every year!
ReplyDeleteI don't read as much historical fiction as I used to, but I do enjoy it, so I'll be watching for your reviews. Have fun with the challenge!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE historical fiction -- when it's done well it totally transports you to that time and place. Nice to see we have another challenge in common :)
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