Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is a genre freebie. I’m going to choose the Top Ten Historical Fiction books that I’ve reviewed on this blog. I’ve really got about a Top 20 in no particular order and there are so many to choose from that I’ll probably do this again later and choose another top ten. Historical Fiction is my go-to, and a natural for this list. If you click on each cover, it will take you to my review. Here are my choices.
A Catalogue of Catastrophe is a mix of historical fiction and science fiction about a group of time-traveling historicans. It is book 13 of the Chronicles of St. Mary’s series.
Songbird is the first book of the Jax Diamond series by Gail Meath. This is a cozy mystery series about a 1920s detective and his German Shepherd partner.
A peculiar combination by Ashley Weaver is the first book in the Electra McDonnel series about a family of criminal safecrackers turned spies to help the Allies during WWII.
Set on a Colorado peach farm and surrounding wilderness in the 1960s, this is the story of a young woman’s fight for survival in the midst of racism and hatred.
Faby Gauthier lives in a small town in Vermont in the 1920’s. She is bored with small town living and fascinated by Vaudeville and the showbiz life. When she meets Slim White, a dancer in a traveling Vaudeville show, she quickly gets pregnant and caught up in a marriage that happens before she knows it. We follow Faby on the Vaudeville circuit, travel with her on uncomfortable train trips, and stay with her in cheap hotels as we learn about the less glamorous side of showbiz.
This is a mashup of historical fiction and the paranormal. In Chicago, 1928, Ruby is the popular daughter of the State’s Attorney. But she is also a mind reader who can spot dangerous murderers before they commit their crimes.
In the Prohibition Era, Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the charismatic, wealthy Duke Kincaid, head of a powerful family dynasty. Her mother has died, and when her father remarries and has a son, she begins to fade into the background and is eventually cast aside. This is her coming-of-age story.
Forced out of her job as a riveter in Los Angeles in post WWII, Hazel finds herself in Laguna Beach, working as an assistant to a brilliant but complicated artist.
In London in 1860, Amelia Amesbury is a countess and widow, having lost her husband to illness after a short marriage. She also has a secret. She writes an advice column for a London paper under the name Lady Agony, doling out clever answers to readers’ questions about romance, family, fashion, and more.
Tabitha, a former “Rosie the Riveter” in Detroit, moves to Paris to stay with her wealthy “Grandpere” after she loses her job to men returning from war. She is fortunate to be living next door to Paul and Julia Child. Paul is a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy and Julia is taking classes at the famous cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu. When a woman is murdered behind their building, the murder weapon is found to be Julia’s own chef’s knife. Knowing that someone at a party in Julia’s apartment during the night of the murder had to be the killer, Tabitha begins to investigate.
How about you? What is your favorite genre?
