Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024 Wrap Up and 2025 Sign Up

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This year I shall be taking part in the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, hosted by Marg of The Intrepid Reader and Baker.

Reading Challenge details

Each month, a new post dedicated to the HF Challenge will be created where you can add the links for the books you have read. To participate, you only have to follow the rules:

Everyone can participate! 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.

Add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to the monthly post (please use the direct URL that will guide us directly to your review)
Any sub-genre of historical fiction is accepted (Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, History/Non-Fiction, etc.)

During the following 12 months you can choose one of the different reading levels:

20th Century Reader – 2 books
Victorian Reader – 5 books
Renaissance Reader – 10 books
Medieval – 15 books
Ancient History – 25 books
Prehistoric – 50+ books

But first here is what I read for last year’s challenge when I was hoping to reach the Ancient History level – 25 books. However, I read just 11 books, taking me just over the Renaissance Reader level. And I didn’t manage to write review posts for all of them.

  1. Nero by Conn Iggulden
  2. The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
  3. Black Roses by Jane Thynne
  4. Great Meadow by Dirk Bogarde
  5. The Children’s Book by A S Byatt
  6. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
  7. The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
  8. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
  9. Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards
  10. Regeneration by Pat Barker
  11. An Instance of the Fingerpost by Ian Pears

So, for 2025, I’m aiming to reach the Medieval level – 15 books.

You can sign up for the challenge here.

4 thoughts on “Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024 Wrap Up and 2025 Sign Up”

  1. You read some rather impressive titles for this challenge last year, Margaret. Pat Barker’s two Greek books really interest me. In fact, I actually own Women of Troy but assume I should read The Silence of the Girls first? I also have several retold Greek myth books on my Kindle, by various authors, that I hope to get to this year. I’d also like to read The Children’s Book. Good luck this year, I want to read more historicals too but am not sure I want to do an official challenge.

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    1. Thanks, Cath. Pat Barker’s books are part of her Women of Troy trilogy – The Voyage Home is the third book. They’re all standalones but are probably best read in order. I loved The Children’s Book – it is very good. Every year I think I won’t do any challenges and always end up doing some. I’ve signed up for the What’s in a Name? challenge too. Last year I didn’t write many reviews and want to do more this year, so I’m not looking for any more challenges.

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  2. This is such a great challenge, Margaret. I do like historical fiction, and there are a lot of possibilities within the genre. You had some excellent reads last year, and I look forward to what you choose for this year.

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