I love the historical fiction challenge. Sign-ups are now open for the 2026 challenge and I signed up immediately. It is once again being hosted by the Intrepid Reader blog. The host does a great job of posting monthly links for reviews as well as posting an end of month summary of the challenge. While I failed miserably with the challenge in 2025, I am going to sign up again at the Ancient History level which requires me to read 25 books.
Challenge Rules
1. The challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2026.
2. Any sub-genre of historical fiction is accepted (Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, History/Non-Fiction, etc.).
3. You need to choose a participation level:
Participation Levels
20th Century Reader - 2 books
Victorian Reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books. (my level of participation)
Prehistoric - 50+ books
4. If you don't have a blog you can post a link to your review if it's posted on Goodreads, Facebook, Instagram or Amazon, or you can add your book title and thoughts in the comment section if you wish.
5. To join the challenge you only need to make a post about it, add your link in Mr. Linky in the challenge post.
