Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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After watching many people's "best books of 2024" videos on Booktube, as well as getting personal recommendations from YOU in the comments, here are 10 historical fiction books that I now really want to read in 2025.

Booktubers Mentioned:
@abookolive
@ChantelReadsAllDay
@librariesandlabradors

Books Mentioned:
James - amzn.to/40YmO9j
The Lion Women of Tehran - amzn.to/40M7dJv
Eleanore of Avignon - amzn.to/40PhvZm
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion - amzn.to/4jpqyYx
When the Day Comes - amzn.to/40Ljm1o
Born of Gilded Mountains - amzn.to/3EmKScL
A Peculiar Combination - amzn.to/4jw4P0Y
Foster - amzn.to/40DmueK
Time of the Child - amzn.to/3E8hDu9
This is Happiness - amzn.to/4g85zXe
Into the Wilderness - amzn.to/40xVQUd

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