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Reading Women Challenge 2019 > 20 - Historical Fiction

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message 1: by Luke (last edited Nov 28, 2018 10:23AM) (new)

Nov 26, 2018 09:38PM

I know I have a number of books that work for this, so I'll figure it out later.

A blog devoted to historical fiction by women: http://herstorynovels.com/

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message 2: by Luke (new)

Nov 28, 2018 10:36AM

Titles that could work
King Hereafter - Dorothy Dunnett
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Slammerkin - Emma Donoghue
The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer (this works for a number of the other tasks so I feel it is going to get read, long as it may be)

I'm sure there are many others, but five is a good number for now.

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message 3: by Carol (last edited Dec 31, 2018 01:25PM) (new)

Dec 31, 2018 01:23PM

My sweet spot for this category is historical mysteries. Madhulika Liddle has written a series I haven't tried yet and would like to in 2019. Book one is The Englishman's Cameo in her series featuring the 17th century Mughal detective, Muzaffar Jang, but I might start with book 4, Crimson City. These would also work for the mystery/thriller and South Asian author tasks.

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message 4: by Samy (new)

Jan 19, 2019 09:12PM

Thank you so much for linking to the blog (Aubrey) and the recommendations (both). So many fascinating possibilities!

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