Novel iDeea | #readhistoricalfiction2024 Book Recommendations @novelideea | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
@Shellyish is putting on #readhistoricalfiction2024 for the month of June! Here is a quick run through the prompts with some books that would work for them!

*Books:*
*MAGICAL REALISM PROMPT*
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susannah Clark
Once Upon a River by Diane Sutterfield
All the Shadowy Horses by Susannah Kearsley
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

*CLASSIC PROMPT*
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
Lorna Doone by RD Blackmore
Willa Cather Novels
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Carry on Mr Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
GA Henty Novels

*NOT WHERE I LIVE PROMPT*
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike (Scotland and Wales)
The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine (Scotland, London, Canada?)
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama (China and Japan)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Andalusia/Spain, Egypt)

*ORDINARY PERSON PROMPT*
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Abigail by Magda Szabo
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

*WHERE I AM FROM PROMPT*
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanael Hawthorn
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor

*MYSTERY/ROMANCE Prompt*
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
Daughter of Time by Josephine They
Mary Stewart Novels
TE Kinsey's Lady Hardcastle Mysteries