Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What's next in our readalong of Victorian bestsellers that are largely forgotten.

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The books:
Still to come:
In Luck at Last, Walter Besant (Sept 26)
The Fate of Fenella, various (Oct 26)
Dorcas Dene, George R. Sims (Nov 26)
A Strange Story, Bulwer-Lytton (Dec 26)

Previous reads:
Under Two Flags, Ouida (Dec 25)
The Heir of Redclyffe, Charlotte M. Yonge (Jan 26)
The Blood of the Vampire, Florence Marryat (Feb 26)
A Romance of Two Worlds, Marie Corelli (March 26)
Lost Sir Massingberd, James Payn (April 26)
Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace (May 26)
Malaeska, Ann S. Stephens (June 26)
Diamond Dick and the Tigers of Tombstone (June 26)
A Detective’s Triumphs, as by Dick Donovan (July 26)
The Mysteries of London, George W. M. Reynolds (August 26)

Events mentioned and their originators:
Shorty September @RovingReader @TooManyHeathers @fiberartsyreads
Victober @katiejlumsden


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