Historical Fiction Lovers Book Club discussion

Welcome to the group, introduce yourselves here!

What is your name? Some of your favorite books? Your favorite authors?

Hi! My name is Brooke! My favorite book sare Throne of Glass, Keeper of the Lost Cities, and Six of Crows (I know a bit strange for a historical fiction group) and my favorite authors are Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo

Hi everyone!!! I am Ruby (Rose is my middle name, feel free to add it in if you want, if not, I will not take offence haha). I read almost anything and LOVE to do Buddy Reads. I have so many favorites it's hard to pick 1-5. I am a big Dystopian, Romance, and Fantasy reader, but I read anything other than Horror, and find Historical stuff fascinating when I can get into it.

Hullo, I'm Lilly or Laney ! My favorite books at the moment are Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft, the Crier's War duology by Nina Varelas, and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. I also like the Magnus Archives podcast ( while not being a book, happens to be listed here) so if you like that feel free to talk to me about it! My favorite author would be Nnedi Okorafor. I love doing buddy reads and my favorite genres are YA, fantasy, and historical fiction.

heyyy!! I'm Kacie :) some of my favorite books...hmm I LOVE The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, My Lady Jane, The Scorpio Races, Howl's moving castle, and anything by Brandon Sanderson. my favorite authors are by far Brandon Sanderson and Megan Whalen Turner :D

Hello everyone!! I'm Ada. My favorite books are, Throne of Glass, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Keeper of the Lost Cities, The War That Saved My Life, The War That I Finally Won, The Hunger Games, Girl in the Blue Coat, Blended, A Night Divided... Those are just some...

Some of my favorite authors are:

Suzanne Collins
Sharon Messenger
J.K Rowling
Rick Riordan


I love historical fiction, romance, and fantasy.

Hey everyone!! :)
My name is Munsaka I love Y.A Romance, never really been a fan of historical fictions but I'm looking forward to try to new things
recommendations are welcome and feel free to add up:)

Welcome everyone!!

Hi, my name is Monique and I have been reading historical fiction for a long time now.
My favourite authors in that respect are:
Bernard Cornwell
Juiette Benzoni
Anne O'Brien
Georgette Heyer
Nigel Tranter
Jan Gouillou
Anne Perry
and finally Jean-François Parot.
I have learned a lot about history from them, especially Tranter, Cornwell and Benzoni, all of whom have accumulated a true wealth of real historical information, around which they write their fictional characters.

Hey all!!!! My name is Vedhika and I love reading (Surprise!). My favourite books are (I'll write the ones that come immediately to mind) - Aru shah, Percy jackson, Magnus chase, shadowhunters, Grishaverse, da vinci code, wonder, Harry potter, The book thief, A wrinkle in time, what maya saw, Little women, and The last gambit...
My favourite authors are Rick riordan, Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo and Roshani Chokshi...
Thank you!

Hi! My name's Lily, and I love Never Let Me Go, Crooked Kingdom, Girl, Serpent, Thorn and Moxie. Lately I've been loving historical fiction My favourite authors are Cathy Cassidy, Agatha Christie, Morgan Matson and I love doing buddy reads!

Hi! I’m Matty. My favorite books are Harry Potter Percy Jackson and the events in the life of a cactus series

Also spy school

The authors of those books are my favorite authors

Hi my name is Jasmen. my favorite book as of right now (because it changes) is The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana, and for my favorite author I don't have a favorite I hope one day ill find that favorite author. As of right now I like Diana Urban and Kerri Maniscalco.

Hey everyone, I'm Hannah and tbh there are waaaay too many mind blowing books for me to possibly narrow down and pick favourites! My favourite genres are YA, dystopian, mystery & clean romance but then im open to pretty much any interesting book and being a history-lover would definitely enjoy any good historical fiction:)

Hello! I'm Ceyla.
My favorite book series are Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Six of Crows and the Shadowhunter Novels.
My favorite authors are Sarah J Maas, Leigh Bardugo and Cassandra Clare.

Hello! I'm Jazzy
My favorite books are Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, The Selection, Red Queen, The Dark Artifices, The Song of Achillies, Shatter Me, They Both Die at The end, and I think that's it (it usually changes, and I was just naming books from the top of my head).
My favorite authors are Sarah J Maas, Cassandra Clare, and Victoria Aveyard.

Hello, I’m Mikala!
I’m 20 years old, and I’ve been a huge bibliophile since I was in kindergarten.

My all time favorite author is Rick Riordan but I have a special love for Scarlett St. Clair, Stephanie Garber, Julia Quinn, and Allison Weir!

Mikala wrote: "Hello, I’m Mikala!
I’m 20 years old, and I’ve been a huge bibliophile since I was in kindergarten.

My all time favorite author is Rick Riordan but I have a special love for Scarlett St. Clair, Ste..."

Ohhhhhh I LOVE Allison Weir!!!!

Hello! My name is Doâa :)
My favorite books are Six of Crows (Inej <3), The cruel prince, and The song of Achilles (thanks to booktok). My favorite author is Leigh Bardugo!
ps: Thanks Brooke for the invitation ;)

Welcome!

Welcome new peeps!

Hi, my name is Jon Cocks. I have been a long-time fan of historical fiction ever since I began reading and found the definitive Robin Hood, by Henry Gilbert (published 1913, I think) as a 7 y.o. boy, nearly six decades ago. A little older and I read all my dad's Dennis Wheatley potboilers, set in the Napoleonic era and during WW2. In the past 20 years I have enjoyed all of Ken Follett's epic trilogies. I also discovered the prolific alternative historic story-teller Harry Turtledove, as he reimagined a US civil war in which the south won, and imagined what might have happened in 1941 when aliens invade earth. I have become a novelist myself. Is here an appropriate place to rabbit on about my novel?

Welcome! Feel free to share a short summery and link to your novel here!

Are you moved to speak out against #injustices?

See my #HistoricalFiction #AngelofAleppo, a Story of the #ArmenianGenocide at its #Amazon link:
https://bit.ly/joncocksANGELOFALEPPO.

Glam Adelaide reviewed it and said: “How can so many of us not know about this? Have you ever read a story you don’t want to know about, when it is a story that everyone should know about?”

#AngelofAleppo is firmly based in fact, not only diving deeply into the reality of #genocide, #war, #cruelty and #refugees, but also exploring what it takes to find the strength to #survive.

Soldiers murder her mother. They force her from the family home.

Anoush must endure a death march through unforgiving desert, as Armenian refugees perish all about her, some of the million-plus whose blood forever stains the hands of the Ottoman Turks and the souls of their descendants.

Anoush survives death marches through Aleppo to the Mesopotamian desert. She learns to nurse in a city overflowing with diseased and starving refugees. She becomes the Angel of Aleppo.

In the years that follow, can she find the will to be the woman her mama raised her to be?

#AngelofAleppo is about losing everything but the healing power of love.

I believe in my novel and its message. I hope that it will find its audience and people will be moved to spread its message.

Wow that book sounds amazing!

Hi other fellow HF lovers! Whether reading a mystery, fantasy, or contemporary fiction novel, if it doesn't contain elements of historical reference, I usually won't award it 5 stars. So, I guess I've tipped my hand regarding my genre preference!

Hi. I'm Bonnie. I review historical fiction on my blog and for Historical Novels Review Magazine. I also read other genres. My favorite type of book to read is historical fiction with a time travel twist! My favorite series is The Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor about a group of time-traveling historians. Among my favorite authors are C.S. Lewis, Jodi Taylor, Lynn Austin, Diane Chamberlain, Sharon Maas, and many others. My blog is https://bonniereadsandwrites.wordpres...

Hi! I'm Ayesha. Some of my favourite books are A Thousand Splendid Suns, All The Bright Places, Six of Crows duology, The Night Circus, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina and several more. My favourite authors are, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Erin Morgenstern, Khaled Hosseini, John Green and Jennifer Niven.

So grateful to be the part of this group! :)

Hi everyone, thanks for inviting me Jenna! I'm Elmia, and I love historical fiction but I don't really know what to look for, so any recommendations are welcome! My other top genres include Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Contemporary and Thriller.

Some of my favourite authors and books:
Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, James Patterson, Marissa Meyer, Teri Terry, Karen M. McManus, The Wishing Spell (Land of Stories series), I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies series), Jane Eyre, Thirteen Reasons Why, The Hunger Games (Hunger Games trilogy) and Divergent (Divergent trilogy).

Welcome!

Hi, my name is Stephen J Key. I have included my middle initial because there is another author out there with the same first and last name. I have been a long-time fan of historical fiction, especially the Antebellum Period, Civil War, and Reconstruction Period of the United States. I have been reading novels by Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Emily Bronte, etc. I have authored a novel theme centered on the Tom Sawyer genre/Reconstruction Period of the U.S. I am new to GOODREADS and am not familiar with all engagement rules of this Group and don't want to overstep the boundaries of drawing attention to my literary efforts. Please advise. Thanks.

Hi everyone! I'm Maayra, and first thing I want you to know is that I really am sorry for not introducing myself when I was invited a few ago. I am a fan of historical fiction, but I am a bit partial to ones with romance. My favorite genre is paranormal fantasy, (Nalini Singh is unequivocally my favorite) others being contemporary, thriller and Sci-fi.
Some of my Favourite SERIES off the top of my head are:
•Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh.
•Landing a lord, Rokesbys, Girl meets Duke and ALL historical romances by Sophie Jordan.
•Mindf*ck series, Holly Wood Files, FBI/US Attorney series.
•Alabama Summer series, Slater Brothers, Real (Katy Evans).
•Dark-Hunter, Hidden Legacy, The Bargainer, Immortals after Dark, Lords Of the Underworld, Alpha and Omega, Night Rebel Series.
Grateful to be a part of this group! Thank you.

hi I am tejas , thnx for inviting me jenna....I am kinda new to Historical Fiction....my fav genres r mostly thrillers.....so ig this can be my introduction to historical fiction and i would love any recommendations from y'all

Welcome!!

Hi, I’m Andy. I mostly read action or mystery, e.g. Lee Child or Michael Connelly. A little SciFi. And nonfiction.

Tejas wrote: "hi I am tejas , thnx for inviting me jenna....I am kinda new to Historical Fiction....my fav genres r mostly thrillers.....so ig this can be my introduction to historical fiction and i would love a..."

Hi Tejas,
I recommend Anne Perry, the William Monk series, set in Victorian London. Such a fabulous read!
Or Georgette Heyer's detective novels.

Hey, I am alexis most people give me nicnkames. I love to play sports and climb tree. I more of an outdoor person.

Thxs for the invite Brooke

Welcome!

matty bebopper wrote: "Wow that book sounds amazing!"

Five years in the writing: https://bit.ly/joncocksAGELOFALEPPO

Welcome!

Hello People, I'm Marwen, I live in France. I was hoping to get some recommendations. I'm looking for some introductory books about the preclombian civilisations (Incas, Aztec, Mayas...). I'm not a historian by training nor am I an archeologist , so looking for something simple and exciting to read during my vacation :)
Thanks for your help.

Yo bro

Hello
I am Jewel

I adore historical fiction.
Right now I am reading
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
By
Kim Michele Richardson

I live in a rural area so reading is company for me

Welcome!

Thank you Marty!

Correction
Thank you Marty!

matty bebopper wrote: "Wow that book sounds amazing!"

Jon wrote: "Are you moved to speak out against #injustices?

See my #HistoricalFiction #AngelofAleppo, a Story of the #ArmenianGenocide at its #Amazon link:
https://bit.ly/joncocksANGELOFALEPPO.

Glam Adelai..."

Hi Matty

Why not get a copy at the link? I am chief marketing officer as well as the writer, by the way. Such is the lot of the self-published author. You can't get it from a bookshop, because I don't have distributuion links with the book chains. So, support your friendly local indie author!

Hi - My name is Chris. I am a historical fiction fan (Flashman, Hornblower, Maturin/Aubrey) but I'm actually posting for my Mom. She has been a life long historical fiction fan (Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Dorothy Dunnett, etc.) and although she is blind now and can't really type, she listens to books on tape and would love to find a zoom/facetime group to discuss historical fiction novels. Does anyone know of such? Would anyone like to join her in a conversation every week or so? Please let me know.

THanks, Chris