Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Wrap-Up of the 2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

I signed up to read 50 books for the 2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I read 43 books by 21 new to me authors. The time periods that I read about covered 5 BC to the 1970s. The settings covered European and Asian cities. Here.is a list of the books that I read:

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
Death and the Maiden by Ariana Franklin
The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams
Vendetta by C. DeMelo
Now and Then Stab by Anna Castle
The Binding by Bridget Collins
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul
The Art Collector's Daughter by Derville Murphy
The Tea Planter's Daughter by Janet Macleod Trotter
The Lantern Boats by Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Murder in Venice by Maria Luisa Minarelli
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Midnight Fire by P. K. Adams
Apricots by Sally Christie
Portrait of Peril by Laura Joh Rowland
Beneath an Indian Sky by Renita D'Silva
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
China by Edward Rutherford
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
Dominus by Steven Taylor
The Dying Day by Vaseem Khan
The First Actress by C. W. Gortner
The French House by  Helen Fripp
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
The Stolen Lady by Laura Morelli
A Tapestry of Light by Kimberly Duffy
The Widow Queen by Elzbieta Cherezinska
The Good Death by S. D. Sykes
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Defending Britta Stein by Ronald Balson
The Flower Boat Girl by Larry Feign
Prayers of the Dead by Priscilla Royal
Berlin and Betrayal by Susan Finley
Anticipation by Melodie Winawer
The Samurai's Daughter by John Healey
Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell

Favorite Book:  China    
2nd Favorite Book:  Defending Britta Stein
Least Favorite Book:  The Flower Boat Girl

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