Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday: Books set in another time

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's them is Books Set in Another Time. You may be aware that I host the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, so I have decided to share 10 books that were reviewed more than once in last year's Historical Fiction Reading challenge. Most of these were reviewed three times during 2024, with the last two being reviewed four and five times respectively! There were 600 individual titles reviewed for the challenge which is impressive! You can find more statistics from last year's challenge here.




The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

The Household by Stacey Halls

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

James by Percival Everett




Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd

Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner

Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

The Women by Kristin Hannah


Have you read any of these? I have several of these on my TBR pile.

Do you love historical fiction? Do you love reading challenges? It's not too late to join us. All the details can be found here!




36 comments:

  1. I read The Household, The Briar Club, Gabriel's Moon, Hungry Ghosts and The Hazelbourne Ladies for the challenge last year. It's impressive that we reviewed more than 600 books. I hope we can do even better this year!

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    1. Thank you for your ongoing participation in the challenge! I really appreciate it!

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  2. I already have some of those on my TBR, but I somehow missed The Hazelbourne Ladies. That looks fun!

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  3. I absolutely love historical fiction! After reading The Frozen River, I’ve started to read all of Ariel Lawhon’s books. The Women was fantastic, but then again, I also enjoy Kristin Hannah’s books as well. Kristin Harmel’s The Forest of Vanishing Stars is a memorable book.

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    1. I haven't read either of those two books. Will add them to my list.

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  4. I am amazed - I love historical fiction and yet I have not heard of these titles before! Although I've read books by some of the authors. So many books and so many reviews! I must get reading!

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    1. There are a lot of books out there, of all genres, but I do feel like we only touch the tip of the iceberg in historical fiction.

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  5. I've read two of these, and I'd say a big thumbs up for James. The other one I will leave unnamed. I'm pretty sure I'd like The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club.

    You are the expert on historical fiction, I think.

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    1. Not at all, but thank you. I just compile the statistics, and read what I can. There are lots of people who read way more than I do! If I was going to one person as an expert on historical fiction I would say Sarah from Reading the Past.

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    1. It's certainly one of the more unusual settings!

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  7. I haven't read any of these, but The Household looks good. Can't believe I haven't read The Women yet. Thanks for sharing, Marg.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/02/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-set-in.html

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    1. I haven't read it yet either. I keep on hearing very mixed reviews of it!

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  8. Several of these are on other lists today as well! Must be popular books. Have a great day!

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  9. I haven't read any of these, so I'll have to look them up! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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    1. I haven't actually read any of them either!

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  10. I haven't read any of these, but I am curious about The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club.

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-historical-fiction-reads-from-2024/

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    1. Me too! I am going to be reading that one soon!

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  11. Good list! I enjoyed The Women but DNFed The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club--hard choice because I like the author.

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    1. Oh. I am curious as to why that one was a DNF for you!

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  12. The Women and James are perfect choices. https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttt-books-set-in-different-time-recent.html

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    1. They were certainly popular last year Anne!

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  13. James was everybody's favorite last year. I should probably read it.

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    1. It did appear on a lot of best of lists!

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  14. I'm on the waitlist for The Women - It'll probably be a while before the audiobook comes in for me.

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    1. I hadn't thought about audio for that one! Maybe I could read it that way

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  15. I've read 8 historical novels so far this year, but I've yet to review any of them on my blog. Hopefully, I can get a few of them up soon. From your list, I've only read THE FROZEN RIVER, which I liked but didn't love.

    Happy TTT!

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    1. Good luck getting those reviews written!

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  16. James was such a great read. I haven't had a chance to read any of the others, but I do really want to read The Women, The Phoenix Crown, The Briar Club, and The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club.

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  17. I've read five plus a different book by Stacey Halls, thanks to Helen's recommendation. I don't think I'd like James, although my mother did. Not a big Natalie Jenner fan, but I know a lot of you are so I did try one of her books. The others look appealing!

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    1. Stacey Halls is on my must read someday list!

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  18. I like that you incorporated the 2024 Historical Fiction Reading challenge books. These are all new to me. I really like the cover of Every Time We Say Goodbye.

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    1. I am not sure I can come up with any more excuses to bring up the stats for last year! lol

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