Most of what I read for pleasure consists of historical fiction, so this challenge is great for me to whittle away at my collection of historical fiction, historical mysteries, and historical romances. Thanks to The Royal Reviews (and Alaine @ Queen of Happy Endings) for sponsoring the Historical Fiction Challenge for 2010 and motivating me to try a variety of new authors in the genre. I'm looking forward to continuing exploring more of these great historical fiction authors such as Elizabeth Chadwick, Sharon Kay Penman, M. M. Kaye, and Jean Plaidy, among others in 2011.
Here is a list, arranged alphabetically by author, of the books I read this year that fall under the category of historical fiction. My Top 10 Favorites of the year have been linked to the review.
HF = Historical Fiction
HM = Historical Mystery
HR = Historical Romance
** = TOP 10 FAVORITE in 2010 (links to review)
A
Alexander, Tasha - Dangerous to Know (HM)
B
Barron, Stephanie - Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron (HM)
C
Carroll, Susan - The Dark Queen (HF)
Chadwick, Elizabeth - **For the King's Favor (HF)
Clare, Pamela - **Surrender (HR)
D
Donnelly, Jennifer -**The Winter Rose (HR)
Dunant, Sarah - The Birth of Venus (HF)
Duran, Meredith - Wicked Becomes You (HR)
E
Eagles, Cynthia Harrod - The Founding (HF)
Erskine, Barbara - **Lady of Hay (HF)
F
Fairview, Monica - The Other Mr. Darcy (HR)
The Darcy Cousins (HR)
G
Garwood, Julie - The Secret (HR)
H
Harper, Karen - Mistress Shakespeare (HF)
Heyer, Georgette - Devil's Cub (HR)
Arabella (HR)
The Unfinished Clue (HM)
Frederica (HR)
I
J
James, Syrie - Dracula, My Love (HR)
K
Kaye, M. M. - **Trade Wind (HF)
Kearsley, Susanna - **Mariana (HR)
The Shadowy Horses (HR)
Named of the Dragon (HR)
**The Winter Sea (HR)
Kleypas, Lisa - Then Came You (HR)
Kloester, Jennifer - Georgette Heyer's Regency World (Nonfiction)
L
M
McNaught, Judith - Once and Always (HR)
Almost Heaven (HR)
McNees, Kelly O'Connor - The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott (HF)
Moning, Karen Marie - To Tame a Highland Warrior (HR)
Montgomery, L. M. - The Blue Castle (HF)
N
Newark, Elizabeth - Jane Eyre's Daughter (HF)
O
P
Pargeter, Edith - The Heaven Tree Trilogy (HF)
Penman, Sharon Kay - The Sunne in Splendour (HF)
Peters, Ellis - A Morbid Taste for Bones (HM)
Peters, Elizabeth - **Crocodile on the Sandbank (HM)
The Curse of the Pharaoh (HM)
Plaidy, Jean - Murder Most Royal (HF)
Q
Quinn, Julia - The Duke and I (HR)
Ten Things I Love About You (HR)
R
Raybourn, Deanna - Dark Road to Darjeeling (HR)
The Dead Travel Fast (HR)
Rice, Anne - Angel Time (HM)
Ross, Kate - Cut to the Quick (HM)
**A Broken Vessel (HM)
S
T
Trent, Christine - The Queen's Dollmaker (HF)
Turner, Nancy E. - These is My Words (HR)
U
V
W
Ware, Ciji - Wicked Company (HF)
A Cottage by the Sea (HF)
Willig, Lauren - **The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (HR) Loved the series!!
The Masque of the Black Tulip (HR)
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (HR)
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (HR)
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (HR)
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (HR)
Total Completed for Challenge = 54 books
Favorite Book of the Year........The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
