Shelly Swearingen
AUGUST TO-BE-READ OR TBR | THE BEST #GARBAUGUST BOOK RECOMMENDATION & A TRASHY BOOK CHAT
updated
Fraser @SpringboardThought
I also talk about my dearest friend Anita.
Videos you may like:
THE 10 CHILDREN'S BOOKS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE! | BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS! youtu.be/vcnLBO858Gw
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2022 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/yMn4APesPQI
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2021 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2019 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES / NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
Jennifer @jenniferbrooks
Karla @karlalikestoread
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
Steve @saintdonoghue
I also talk about my dearest friend Anita.
Videos you may like:
THE 10 CHILDREN'S BOOKS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE! | BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS! youtu.be/vcnLBO858Gw
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2022 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/yMn4APesPQI
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2021 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2019 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES / NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
THE 10 CHILDREN'S BOOKS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE! | BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS! youtu.be/vcnLBO858Gw
Books mentioned listed according to the last name of the author:
The Mermaid by Jan Brett
The Foolish Tortoise by Richard Buckley (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator)
Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes by Kate Greenaway
While You Are Sleeping by Mariana Ruiz Johnson
The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry
The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Bedtime Book by Tasha Tudor
Videos you may like:
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2022 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/yMn4APesPQI
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2021 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES/NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
THE 10 BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2019 ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES / NY PUBLIC LIBRARY: youtu.be/d3sQ3jPKw2g
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
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Books mentioned ordered according to the author's last name:
The Bible
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
Clear by Carys Davies
West by Carys Davies
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacquline Harpman
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, translated by Alison Watts
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zeven
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
0:00 Hello & intro
2:57 Popular books (Goodreads) and what I've read
19:73 Book 1
21:53 Spoilers (only semi) for Book 1
24:18 News, Deaths, Awards
27:06 Book 2
33:15 Steve's Lists
40:34 Final thoughts
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
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I mention (order by the first letter of the author's last name):
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier
The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati
Jame by Percival Everett
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Maria by Michelle Moran
The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma
Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Booklyn by Colm Toibin
Long Island by Colm Toibin
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
youtu.be/fGs1cEMRDg4
0:00 Intro
1:50 TBR
8:38 New York Times Best Sellers 1960-1964
24:05 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
30:00 1960
33:30 1961
35:30 The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
39:08 1962
41:55 1963
44:30 1964
46:43 The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
youtu.be/fGs1cEMRDg4
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
I mention Nicole @noteworthyfiction
and Olive @abookolive
The BEST BOOKS from 2000 | A look back on the LITERARY world, recommendations, and reading vlog📚🥳🤭
youtu.be/fGs1cEMRDg4
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
@jacksontalley
@Wiredbishop
The BEST BOOKS from 2000 | A look back on the LITERARY world, recommendations, and reading vlog📚🥳🤭
youtu.be/fGs1cEMRDg4
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
The BEST BOOKS from 2000 | A look back on the LITERARY world, recommendations, and reading vlog📚🥳🤭
youtu.be/fGs1cEMRDg4
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
Folks mentioned:
Kelly @booksimnotreading
Gemma @GemofBooks
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
Gina @GinaStanyerBooks
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
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#strayaseptember
0:00 intro
1:03 the idea!
2:43 TBR
7:01 The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
18:44 Books, News, Book Prizes in 2000
30:48 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
38:57 Steve’s lists!
50:30 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
55:56 Final thoughts 💭
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, book
Booker Predictions in 2024 | Last minute, a bit of a Hail Mary and CHAOTIC! youtu.be/and1OiCdUV0
I mention:
Daniel @GuiltyFeat
0:00 Intro
1:28 Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
18:40 The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
23:59 There There by Tommy Orange
26:58 Rankings and shortlist predictions
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
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I mention:
Caitlin @BandysBooks
Green Brothers @vlogbrothers
Priscilla @thereadables
Gina @GinaStanyerBooks
Hannah @HannahLouisePoston
Kelly @booksimnotreading
Steve @saintdonoghue
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
Michael @michaelk.vaughan8617
Fraser @SpringboardThought
Questions:
1. How long have you been watching Booktube?
2. How long have you been making Booktube videos?
3. What made you start making videos?
4. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Booktube journey?
5. What kind of books do you like to read?
6. How has that changed since you started on Booktube?
7. What kind of videos do you most like to make?
8. How has that changed since you started on Booktube? Do you think your video-making style has changed over time?
9. Do you script and/or edit your videos, and has that changed over time?
10. What’s the most viewed video on your channel?
11. What’s your favourite video you’ve ever made?
12. Do you have a favourite book you read because of Booktube?
13. Do you have a favourite Booktube experience to tell us about?
14. What does your book collection look like?
15. What advice would you give to new people starting a Booktube channel?
16. Tag some people!
I tag:
Jess @stalkingkafka
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
David @davidnovakreadspoetry
Karla @karlalikestoread
Gloria @GloriaZThompson
Lindy @lindysmagpiereads
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Leena @leenanorms
Ana @AnaWallaceJohnson
Emily @BookswithEmilyFox
Kayla @BooksandLala
Videos mentioned:
First video ever: youtu.be/eMTiRIwJr8s
The 'hour-long videos':
Literary Luminaries - Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/0y65IUtMwHY
Readers' list - Best Books of the 21st Century! youtu.be/eRlGenpUiPo
Booktube's List - Best Books of the 21st Century! youtu.be/4Kx3DxeJ5C0
Best Historical Fiction books: youtu.be/YSVMegCUtSA
Most viewed: youtu.be/NjV9F1MmW_k
Feeling generous?? I've made an Amazon wishlist! amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/254X5LTQQFK6Q?ref_=wl_share
My review: openlettersreview.com/posts/gagas-mistake-day-by-emma-amp-susan-straub
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
My review: openlettersreview.com/posts/gagas-mistake-day-by-emma-amp-susan-straub
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
Feeling generous?? I've made an Amazon wishlist! amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/254X5LTQQFK6Q?ref_=wl_share
Other videos in this series!
NEW LIST ALERT | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century according to the New York Times youtu.be/0y65IUtMwHY
Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century from @nytimes youtu.be/eRlGenpUiPo
OUR LIST! The BEST BOOKS of the 21st CENTURY according to BOOKTUBE!
youtu.be/4Kx3DxeJ5C0
Secondhand Time (2013, trans. 2016) by Svetlana Alexievich, trans. Bela Shayevich
Language: Russian
*A Man Called Ove (2012, trans. 2013) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Henning Koch
Language: Swedish
*Beartown (2016, trans. 2017) by Fredrik Backman, trans. Neil Smith
Language: Swedish
*Tender is the Flesh (2017, trans. 2020) by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses
Language: Spanish
Solenoid (2015, trans. 2022) by Mircea Cărtărescu, trans. Sean Cotter
Language: Romanian
What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire (2001, trans. 2008) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
Commission of Tears (2000, trans. 2011) by António Lobo Antunes, trans. Gregory Rabassa
Language: Portuguese
The Years (2008, trans. 2017) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Happening (2000, trans. 2021) by Annie Ernaux, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
At Night All Blood is Black (2018, trans. 2021) by David Diop, trans. Anna Moschovakis
Language: French
My Brilliant Friend (2011, trans. 2012) by Elena Ferrante, trans. Ann Goldstein
Language: Italian
The Eighth Life (2014, trans. 2019) by Nino Haratischvili, trans. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin
Language: GERMAN not Georgian
I Who Have Never Known Men (1995, trans. 2019) by Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Sophie MacKintosh
Language: French
The Vegetarian (2007, trans. 2015) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
Human Acts (2014, trans. 2016) by Han Kang, trans. Deborah Smith
Language: Korean
*Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015, trans. 2019) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, trans. Geoffrey Trousselot
Language: Japanese
Heaven (2009, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
Breasts and Eggs (2008, trans. 2020) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. Louise Heal Kawai
Language: Japanese
All the Lovers in the Night (2011, trans. 2022) by Meiko Kawakami, trans. David Boyd and Sam Bett
Language: Japanese
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005, trans. 2008) by Stieg Larsson, trans. Reg Keeland
Language: Swedish
The Dark Forest (2008, trans. 2015) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Three-Body Problem (2006, trans. 2014) by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu
Language: Chinese
The Infatuations (2011, trans. 2013) by Javier Marías, trans. Margaret Jull Costa
Language: Spanish
Hurricane Season (2017, trans. 2020) by Fernanda Melchor, trans. Sophie Hughes
Language: Spanish
Norwegian Wood (1987, trans. 2000) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin
Language: Japanese
1Q84 (2009-2010, trans. 2011) by Haruki Murakami, trans. Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Language: Japanese
*Convenience Store Woman (2016, trans. 2018) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
Earthlings (2018, trans. 2020) by Sayaka Murata, trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori
Language: Japanese
The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003, trans. 2009) by Yoko Ogawa, trans. Stephen Snyder
Language: Japanese
Life Form (2007, trans. 2010) by Amélie Nothomb, trans. Alison L. Strayer
Language: French
Elena Knows (2007, trans. 2021) by Claudia Piñeiro, trans. Frances Riddle
Language: Spanish
The Employees (2018, trans. 2021) by Olga Ravn, trans. Martin Aitken
Language: Danish
*Persepolis (2000-2003, trans. 2007) by Marjane Satrapi, trans. Blake Ferris and Mattias Ripa
Language: French
M: Son of the Century (2018, trans. 2021) by Antonio Scurati, trans. Anne Milano Appel
Language: Italian
*Minor Detail (2016, trans. 2020) by Adania Shibli, trans. Elisabeth Jaquette
Language: Arabic
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009, trans. 2019) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Language: Polish
The Books of Jacob (2014, trans. 2022) by Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Jennifer Croft
Language: Polish
Wizard of the Crow (2004, trans. 2006) by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, trans. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Language: Kikuyu
*The Shadow of the Wind (2001, trans. 2004) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, trans. Lucia Graves
Language: Spanish
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
Folks mentioned:
Victoria @amusicalbookworm
Steve @saintdonoghue
Gemma @GemofBooks
Charlie @CharlieBrookReads
Daniel @GuiltyFeat
Katie @katiejlumsden
Alice @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
Jane Austen July Hosts:
Katie @katiejlumsden
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Claudie @SpinstersLibrary
Booker Predictions in 2024 | Last minute, a bit of a Hail Mary and CHAOTIC! youtu.be/and1OiCdUV0
0:00 Beginning of the video
3:21 Emma, Jane Austen
7:58 Fatherland, Robert Harris
11:46 The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
15:13 The Wolf Den Trilogy, Elodie Harper
22:23 Tom Lake, Ann Patchett
27:52 The God of the Woods, Liz Moore
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
Booker Predictions in 2024 | Last minute, a bit of a Hail Mary and CHAOTIC! youtu.be/and1OiCdUV0
I mention:
Eric @EricKarlAnderson
Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber
My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
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The list is ordered according to the last name of the author:
An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine, Rabih (2014)
House of Leaves, Danielewski, Mark Z. (2000)
A Man Called Ove, Backman, Fredrik, translated by Koch, Henning (2012)
Beartown, Backman, Fredrik, translated by Smith, Neil (2016)
Tender is the Flesh, Bazterrica, Augstina, translated by Moses, Sarah (2017; 2020)
The Heart's Invisible Furies, Boyne, John (2017)
The Luminaries, Catton, Eleanor (2013)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Clarke, Suzanna (2004)
Piranesi, Clarke, Suzanna (2020)
The Hunger Games, Collins, Suzanne (2008)
The Last Samurai, DeWitt, Helen (2000)
All the Light We Cannot See, Doerr, Anthony (2014)
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr, Anthony (2021)
Ducks, Newburyport, Ellmann, Lucy (2019)
Girl, Woman, Other, Evaristo, Bernadine (2018)
James, Everett, Percival (2024)
My Brilliant Friend, Ferrante, Elene, translated by Goldstein, Ann (2012)
Gone Girl, Flynn, Gillian (2014)
Homegoing, Gysai, Yaa (2016)
The Nightingale, Hannah, Kristin (2015)
The Kite Runner, Hosseini, Khaled (2003)
Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro, Kazuo (2005)
The Fifth Season, Jemisin, N. K. (2015)
Empire of Pain, Keefe, Patrick Radden (2021)
Foster Keegan, Claire (2010)
Small Things Like These, Keegan, Claire (2021)
11/22/63, King, Stephen (2011)
Demon Copperhead, Kingsolver, Barbara (2023)
Babel, Kuang, R. F. (2022)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, translated by
Trousselot, Geoffrey (2019)
Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer, Robin Wall (2013)
The Devil in the White City, Larson, Erik (2003)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Larsson, Stieg, translated by Keegland, Reg (2005)
Pachinko, Lee, Min Jin (2017)
In the Dream House, Machado, Carmen Maria (2019)
Station Eleven, Mandel, Emily St. John (2015)
Wolf Hall, Mantel, Hilary (2009)
Sorrow and Bliss, Mason, Meg (2020)
The Road, McCarthy, Cormac (2006)
Atonement, McEwan, Ian (2001)
Know My Name, Miller, Chanel (2019)
Circe, Miller, Madeline (2018)
The Song of Achilles, Miller, Madeline (2011)
Convenience Store Woman, Murata, Sayaka, translated by Takemori, Ginny Tapley (2016)
Born a Crime, Noah, Trevor (2016)
Hamnet, O'Farrell, Maggie (2020)
There There, Orange, Tommy (2018)
Where the Crawfords Sing, Owens, Delia (2022)
A Tale for the Time Being, Ozeki, Ruth (2013)
The Dutch House, Patchett, Ann (2019)
Tom Lake, Patchett, Ann (2023)
Normal People, Rooney, Sally (2018)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rowling, J. K. (2000)
My Dark Vanessa, Russell, Kate Elizabeth (2020)
The Way of Kings, Sanderson, Brandon (2010)
Persepolis, Satrapi, Marjane, translated by Ferris, Blake; Ripa, Mattias (2007)
Lincoln in the Bardo, Saunders, George (2017)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Schwab, V.E. (2020)
The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield, Diane (2006)
Minor Detail, Shibli, Adania, translated by Jaquette, Elisabeth (2020)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot, Rebecca (2010)
White Teeth, Smith, Zadie (2000)
Olive Kitteridge, Strout, Elizabeth (2008)
The Goldfinch, Tartt, Donna (2013)
A Gentleman in Moscow, Towles, Amor (2016)
Rules of Civility, Towles, Amor (2011)
Cutting for Stone, Verghese, Abraham (2009)
Shuggie Bain, Stuart, Douglas (2020)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong, Ocean (2019)
Project Hail Mary, Weir, Andy (2021)
Educated, Westover, Tara (2018)
The Nickel Boys, Whitehead, Colson (2019)
A Little Life, Yanagihara, Hanya (2015)
The Shadow of the Wind, Zafon, Carlos Ruiz, translated by Graves, (Lucia
2001)
The Book Thief, Zusak, Markus (2007)
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My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
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The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
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10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
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The list in order by the author's last name:
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Life Afer Life by Kate Atkinson
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman; translated by Henning Koch
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
2666, Roberto Bolano; translated by Natasha Wimmer
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Evicted, Matthew Desmond
Trust, Hernan Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
Middlesex, Jeffery Eugenides
Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine Evaristo
James, Percival Everett
My Brilliant Friend. Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanthi
Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
11/22/63, Stephen King
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
North Woods, Daniel Mason
Deacon King Kong, James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Know My Name, Chanel Miller
Circe, Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh
1Q84, Haruki Murakami; translated by Jay Ruben and Philip Gabriel
Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel
The Bee Sting, Paul Murray
The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
There There, Tommy Orange
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
The Overstory, Richard Powers
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
Normal People, Sally Rooney
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Tenth of December, George Saunders
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Just Kids, Patti Smith
White Teeth, Zadie Smith
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk; translated by
Antonia Lloyd- Jones
A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong
The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls
Sing, Unburied Sing, Jesmyn Ward
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
Educated, Tara Westover
Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara
Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zeven
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
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The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
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The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
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Ordered according to the author’s last name:
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander, 2010
Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich; translated by Bela Shayevich, 2016
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, 2013
The Sellout, Paul Beatty, 2015
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel, 2006
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin, 2015
Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight, 2018
2666, Roberto Bolaño; translated by Natasha Wimmer, 2008
The Savage Detectives, Roberto Bolaño; translated by Natasha Wimmer, 2007
Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo, 2012
The Passage of Power, Robert Caro, 2012
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon, 2000
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2015
Outline, Rachel Cusk, 2015
The Collected Stories, Lydia Davis, 2010
Evicted, Matthew Desmond 2016
Trust, Hernan Diaz, 2022
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz, 2007
The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen; translated by Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman, 2021
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt, 2000
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion, 2005
A Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan, 2010
Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001
The Years, Annie Ernaux; translated by Alison L. Strayer, 2018
Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002
Erasure, Percival Everett, 2001
The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein, 2005
My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein, 2012
The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein, 2015
Septology, Jon Fosse; translated by Damion Searls, 2022
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 2001
Veronica, Mary Gaitskill, 2005
Exit West, Mohsin Hamid, 2017
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman, 2019
The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst 2004
Stay True, Hua Hsu, 2022
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James, 2014
The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin, 2015
Train Dreams, Denis Johnson, 2011
Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson, 2007
All Aunt Hagar’s Children, Edward P. Jones, 2006
The Known World, Edward P. Jones, 2003
An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, 2018
Postwar, Tony Judt, 2005
The Vegetarian, Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith, 2016
Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe, 2019
Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan, 2021
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, 2022
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner, 2013
When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut; translated by Adrian Nathan West, 2021
Heavy, Kiese Laymon, 2018
Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, 2003
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee, 2017
10 : 04, Ben Lerner, 2014
H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald, 2015
The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai, 2018
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel, 2014
Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, 2012
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, 2009
The Return, Hisham Matar, 2016
The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 2006
Atonement, Ian McEwan, 2002
Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor; translated by Sophie Hughes, 2020
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 2004
A Mercy, Toni Morrison, 2008
The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2010
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro, 2001
Runaway, Alice Munro, 2004
The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson, 2015
The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2015
The Friend, Sigrid Nunez, 2018
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett, 2001
Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters, 2021
The Overstory, Richard Powers 2018
Citizen, Claudia Rankine 2014
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson, 2004
The Human Stain, Philip Roth, 2000
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth, 2004
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, 2003
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders, 2017
Pastoralia, George Saunders 2000
Tenth of December, George Saunders, 2013
Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald; translated by Anthea Bell, 2001
How to Be Both, Ali Smith, 2014
On Beauty, Zadie Smith, 2005
White Teeth, Zadie Smith, 2000
Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon, 2012
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, 2008
Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan, 2011
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, 2013
We the Animals, Justin Torres, 2011
Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward, 2013
Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward 2011
Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward 2017
The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead, 2016
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson, 2010
The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright 2006
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, 2022
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b) Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
c) What books do you need to read before the end of the year?
5. Genre you've been loving/reading the most.
6. The biggest disappointment?
7. The biggest surprise?
8. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)?
9. How does your reading break down in terms of mechanism?
10. What is your newest favorite character?
11. A book that made you cry?
12. A book that made you happy?
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The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
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The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
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The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
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All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
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booktube, booktuber
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
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My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Chronicles of the Kings," by Lynn Austin
Be Like the Fox by Erica Benner
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
March by Geraldine Brooks
Possession by AS Byatt - Annelies
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Suzanna Clarke
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr -
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Iron King by Maurice Druon
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett
Romola by George Elliot
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Neopalitan series by Elena Ferrante
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazer
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
The Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Philippa Gregory
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
Manga Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (35 book series)
Wolf Den Trilogy by Elodie Harper
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
In a dark wood wandering by Hella Haasse
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Cathedral by Ben Hopkins
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Once upon a Time There Was a Man by Mac Hammond
Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead
Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On by Victoria Mackenzie
"Company of Liars" by Karen Maitland
Fludd by Hilary Mantel
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Jean Plaidy
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
True Grit by Charles Portis
A Shadow In Moscow by Katherine Raey
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Godiva: The Viking Sagas by David Rose
The Forest by Edward Rutherford
Painter to the King by Amy Sackville
Back When You Called Us Devils. By Takashi Sano
Boudica Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
Désirée by Annemarie Selinko
Katherine by Anya Seton
“The Terror “ by Dan Simmons
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
My Name is Resolute " by Nancy Turner
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttle
“The Egyptian” by Mika Waltari
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein -
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Forever Amber, by Kathleen Winsor
The Legend of Condor Heroes by Jin Yong
Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa (Author), William Scott Wilson (Translator)
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
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My favorite list to follow:
The Best Books of 2023: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2023-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2022: Fiction (HF embedded in this list)
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2022-fiction
The Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
stevedonoghue.com/stevereads/the-best-books-of-2021-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2020: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2020-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2019: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2018: Historical Fiction!
openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2018-historical-fiction
The Best Books of 2017: Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2017-historical-fiction#:~:text=10%20Days%20without%20End%20by,poetry%20of%20the%20book's%20prose.
The Best Books of 2016 – Historical Fiction!
stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/the-best-books-of-2016-historical-fiction-2
OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE:
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
10 Fantastic Autumnal Reads According to ME! youtu.be/uMvLVhCXXLQ
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
BEST AND WORST of 2023 (so far) | I was swayed by social pressure. youtu.be/2T0QS_mfnlo
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
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