Historical Fiction reading challenge: completed
For 2021, I nominated the ‘Victorian Reader’ and ’20th century Reader’ levels of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (hosted this year by The Intrepid Reader), which meant I committed to reading at least 5 books set in Victorian times and at least 2 set in the twentieth century.
Here are the books I read for this challenge: (links are to my reviews)
Victorian era
The Ripping Tree by Nicki Gemmell
The Burning Island by Jock Serong
Daughter of the Hunter Valley by Paula J Beavan
Night Ride into Danger by Jackie French (children’s book)
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
20th Century
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Death at Greenway by Lori Radar-Day
The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff
The Vanishing at the Very Small Castle by Jackie French (children’s book)
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Heroes of the Secret Underground by Susanne Gervay (children’s book)
Sisters of Freedom by Mary-Anne O’Connor
Legends of the Lost Lilies by Jackie French
The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel
Still Life by Sarah Winman