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Hi! My name is Alice and I love books! I read just about everything from classics to contemporary fiction to all kinds of non-fiction, and love reviewing, recommending and just generally having a chat about literature. I currently live in Oslo, Norway.

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[nafisamusah]

Historical fiction is my favorite genre😍😍. Especially ancient history till the early modern period.

[alisonbrugge]

What the Wind Knows is an excellent book! Also, I listened to Where the Crawdads Sing on audible all the way through twice in a row I loved it so much.

[preciousbodle]

Maus was my first ever graphic novel, assigned reading during my first year of college. It has stayed with me all this time!

[sandrahinton]

absolutely interesting books you have love your commentary it's so unique which I quite like

[nusratbintetaz]

your book recommendations are so unique, can't get enough of them & I mean it :)

[confessionofabookdragon]

One of my all time favorite historical fiction is The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and I love reading about WWI WWII novels, Tudor era novels, and Flapper era. I love The Diviners series and The Last Magician series by Lisa Maxwell. I like historical fantasy novels as well.

[jolafaith]

I loved this video so much! The best part about it, for me, was that I had read so many of the ones mentioned, I recognized how similar our taste is with historical fiction (I’ve always thought it was) and anything I hadn’t read, I added to my TBR OR already have waiting on my shelves! I wanted to tell you that I read The Mercies and The Prophets at the very beginning of this year and still think about them. They’re some of my favorite historical fiction of all time. And I just finished Hamnet last month and after being so scared to read it, because it had been hyped so much, and it ended up being absolutely wonderful. I think you’ll really enjoy all three!

[curiouslanguage]

Pachinko is the obvious favorite, but I also love The Shadow of the Wind, Molokai, Shogun, and The Kite Runner. Such a great genre

[LarryHasOpinions]

the pillars of the earth is probably my favourite historical fiction novel. That i've read this year, small pleasures by clare chambers was very good

[BusyBeaVintage]

Thanks for all the great recommendations! What The Wind Knows is fantastic! I will be rereading it soon!

[GloriaZThompson]

I love historical fiction, this is a great list and many I haven't heard of before!

[anaovejero]

Isabel Allende is a great writer! I highly recommend you "The Japanese Lover" It's set in USA but it also has historical aspects. Allende's writing is supreme! Up to know there is no one of her novels that have disappointed me!

[soniaibrahim]

Can’t wait to read the books set in the Caribbean being from there myself …. You have the best non-spoiler summaries 🙂.

[christinacampbellbooks]

I really enjoyed Where the Crawdads Sing. Looking forward to watching the film adaptation. The Glass House sounds so intriguing. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it! ☺

[ankithamattam]

I am presently reading Pachinko by Min jin lee. It's a historical fiction, a family saga, spanning over generations and tells you about the ties of Korea & Japan. I am loving it. Hope you read it soon. I am positive that you will love it.

[rosetheline]

"Maus" by Art Spiegelman is actually a nonfiction graphic novel as it tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife's life (Art Spiegelman's parents).

[tiffanycorsello]

Loved this! I love historical fiction and read a lot of it. If I had to pick a favorite time period I'd say probably Middle Ages or WWII. Some favorite historical fiction: Hamnet (so good!), Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, the Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, Fever by Mary Beth Keane, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman. Oh, and To Kill a Mockingbird was a favorite of my too- I named my first dog Scout.

[Seolhe]

Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, so this topic is right up my alley. Ancient history is my favourite time period to read about by far, but I tend to like anything up to and including the Victorian era. I also love reading books set outside of Europe, or at the very least outside of England (I feel like 90% of all historical fiction is set in London, lol).
Some favourites would include Mary Renault's Alexander the Great trilogy, Stealing Fire by Jo Graham, The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, both of Madeline Miller's books, The Conqueror's Saga trilogy by Kiersten White and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. Some of those fall more into the alternative history/historical fantasy category rather than "pure" historical fiction, but based on your selection I thought that'd be fine :)

[jfarmerswatermelon]

I suggest Persepolis it's a historical graphic novel

[electraandbooks]

I have The Prophets on my TBR as well ! I loved Hamnet so I'm glad you will be reading it :-) I have read 6 of the titles you mention. I also need to start reading Pachinko :-)