2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jessica (13 Lists)



When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Best historical fiction novels
1,188 books — 1,005 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanKatherine by Anya Seton
Best Middle Ages Books
1,222 books — 1,703 voters

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Ancient History Historical Fiction Published in 2021
126 books — 57 voters
The Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesThe Push by Ashley AudrainThe Rose Code by Kate QuinnThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 (eligible for write-in only)
2,645 books — 3,820 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanAriadne by Jennifer SaintThe Things We Cannot Say by Kelly RimmerThe Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
[ATY 2022] Historical Fiction
526 books — 113 voters
Code Name Hélène by Ariel LawhonWunderland by Jennifer Cody EpsteinThe Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty ManningThe Only Woman in the Room by Marie BenedictThe Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin
WWII Historic Fiction
1,457 books — 1,533 voters

A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria RussellThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,429 books — 2,348 voters
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Welsh Girl by Peter Ho DaviesFalls the Shadow by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
Books Set in Wales
323 books — 197 voters

World Without End by Ken FollettFalls the Shadow by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,357 books — 1,587 voters
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanFalls the Shadow by Sharon Kay PenmanDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,522 books — 2,762 voters

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters
Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirThe Holy Reich by Richard Steigmann-Gall
History books
67 books — 44 voters

The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho DaviesThe Kindly Ones by Jonathan LittellThe Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra DeanWhat I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
779 books — 407 voters