Once Upon a River immerses you into the drama straight away, and doesn't let up. It's marvelously written, spooky, with just a little macabre that keeps your interest. Thanks, Katie, for all these great suggestions of Victorian historical fiction to read-interesting video!
Preparing for a major teachings assignment. Your videos are really knowledgeable and MOTIVATING. Thanks ❤and keep doing the GOOD WORK, especially your voice it's seamless and so nice.
All I can say is thank you for adding to my tbr list please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your amazing channel love your number one Australia friend John xxxx
Have read and adored most of these on your list...particularly Sarah Waters. I'm currently reading Featherweight by Mick Kitson. Set in the early Victorian period it's about the fictional Annie Perry, one of the first female pugilists. Highly recommend it. X
Awesome recs, Katie! I've read (and LOVED) 8 of the titles you mentioned, and am on my way to order The Gifts now. Watching your channel is hard on my wallet 🤣🤣
I really want to try some Sarah Waters in the future. I really like the Phillip Pullman Sally Lockheart series, it focused on gender, photography and money, they are YA and older but had a lot of fun with them.
I love so many of these books so this video was such a joy to watch. I'm keen to read more Natasha Pulley and have two of her books on my Kindle which I must get onto. The Watchmaker of Filligree Street sounds fascinating. I read The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudsley by Sean Lusk and loved the clockwork and automaton aspect, the the book overall let me down. But the Pulley book sounds like it is really well written so this sounds great - clockwork is so magical and make such fun additions to stories!
Natasha Pulley is amazing. I am curious about The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudsley - good to know you didn't love it but there is something about it that intrigues me.
I haven’t read any of these books but The Wonder is on my TBR for this readathon. I am on my third book, the one for the bonus prompt. The first two were for the based on a real person/event and book with a speculative element prompts. So many of the books you talked about sound interesting, I hope to get to them sometime.
Thank you, Katie…these are wonderful suggestions to add to my burgeoning TBR. I would like to recommend two books and two series to you set in the Victorian Period, which I totally adore: First Impressions by Charlie Lovett, giving us a fictionalized view into the life of Jane Austen; The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett, set in the fictionalized town of Barset; the Charles Lennox Victorian mysteries by Charles Finch; and the Thomas Pitt Victorian mysteries by Ann Perry.
Thanks for sharing the selection. I've heard there's a new Sarah Waters' coming out next year which is exciting! For books set in the Victorian period, I highly recommend 'Gillespie and I' by Jane Harris - a very enjoyable and brilliant read :-)
@@lindakelly7430 it's great isn't it?! Have you read any of her other books? Gillespie is the only one I've read so far, but I plan to read her others too.
@@lindakelly7430 That's great news - in that case can't wait to read The Observations :-) Have heard mixed reviews about Sugar Money, but will give it a go, as Harris is such a talented writer....
Great video Katie. I have read quite a lot of these books but you have really piqued my interest in The Wonder. I have it on my tbr but I haven't read it.
Thanks to you, I am completely hooked on The Dollhouse Factory. So many interesting twists and turns! I was on the edge of my seat! Do you know if the TV show The Nevers is based on The Gifts? The theme sounds very similar.
The _Key in the Lock_ looks like a good read for me. I'm intrigued by how the First World War changed perceptions of life and reality, and that novel looks like an interesting investigation. Thanks for the suggestion. Does a work of Historical Fiction reflect the period about which is written about, or does it reflect the period of the writer? Now, to me, if the characters indulge in anachronistic thinking then the whole comes off as being insincere. For instance, some if these "gender issues" Katie discussed do seem anachronistic and out of place in a piece of Historical Fiction, where the place of women in the Victorian age was taken for granted by both sexes of main stream society.
So amazing that i found your channel, Love Victorian too...
I love your shirt. It reminds me of the cover of The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Once Upon a River immerses you into the drama straight away, and doesn't let up. It's marvelously written, spooky, with just a little macabre that keeps your interest. Thanks, Katie, for all these great suggestions of Victorian historical fiction to read-interesting video!
Once Upon a River is so wonderful :)
Preparing for a major teachings assignment. Your videos are really knowledgeable and MOTIVATING. Thanks ❤and keep doing the GOOD WORK, especially your voice it's seamless and so nice.
Many thanks!
All I can say is thank you for adding to my tbr list please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your amazing channel love your number one Australia friend John xxxx
Have read and adored most of these on your list...particularly Sarah Waters. I'm currently reading Featherweight by Mick Kitson. Set in the early Victorian period it's about the fictional Annie Perry, one of the first female pugilists. Highly recommend it. X
If you like that as a theme, also check out Edie Cay, who does similar great stuff in Regency period! 🤗
@@MargaretPinard Thank you. Will do. 😁
The Pulley book is wonderful!
Can we have a part 2 of these? Thank you so much.
Hello!
I have read the Doll Factory 📕😃
Thanks for sharing your Victorian favorites I am truly excited to read these books.
So many excellent choices! 💐💖📚
Awesome recs, Katie! I've read (and LOVED) 8 of the titles you mentioned, and am on my way to order The Gifts now. Watching your channel is hard on my wallet 🤣🤣
Oh wonderful, hope you like The Gifts! And sorry about your wallet XD
I really want to try some Sarah Waters in the future. I really like the Phillip Pullman Sally Lockheart series, it focused on gender, photography and money, they are YA and older but had a lot of fun with them.
I think I might have read the first one as a child, but I don't remember it well!
Great video and recs, I have read Sarah Water's before and want to read more!
I love so many of these books so this video was such a joy to watch. I'm keen to read more Natasha Pulley and have two of her books on my Kindle which I must get onto. The Watchmaker of Filligree Street sounds fascinating. I read The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudsley by Sean Lusk and loved the clockwork and automaton aspect, the the book overall let me down. But the Pulley book sounds like it is really well written so this sounds great - clockwork is so magical and make such fun additions to stories!
Natasha Pulley is amazing. I am curious about The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudsley - good to know you didn't love it but there is something about it that intrigues me.
@@katiejlumsden it is definitely worth a read. I enjoyed it. It just had a bit more potential than it delivered. 😊
I've been really wanting to read The Gifts, so I definitely need to pick it up now!
Been trying to get into books that aren’t modern or post-modern, so thanks for the new author/book suggestions!
I haven’t read any of these books but The Wonder is on my TBR for this readathon. I am on my third book, the one for the bonus prompt. The first two were for the based on a real person/event and book with a speculative element prompts. So many of the books you talked about sound interesting, I hope to get to them sometime.
Hope you enjoy The Wonder, it's fantastic.
Have VERY much enjoyed the two Diane Setterfields, Thirteenth Tale is my last to go!
love this!! def gonna have to check out a few of these :)
Thank you, Katie…these are wonderful suggestions to add to my burgeoning TBR. I would like to recommend two books and two series to you set in the Victorian Period, which I totally adore: First Impressions by Charlie Lovett, giving us a fictionalized view into the life of Jane Austen; The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett, set in the fictionalized town of Barset; the Charles Lennox Victorian mysteries by Charles Finch; and the Thomas Pitt Victorian mysteries by Ann Perry.
Thanks for sharing the selection. I've heard there's a new Sarah Waters' coming out next year which is exciting! For books set in the Victorian period, I highly recommend 'Gillespie and I' by Jane Harris - a very enjoyable and brilliant read :-)
I adored Gillespie and I.
@@lindakelly7430 it's great isn't it?! Have you read any of her other books? Gillespie is the only one I've read so far, but I plan to read her others too.
@@antigony8178 Have also read The Observations...which I actually enjoyed more than G&I. Have not read Sugar Money.
@@lindakelly7430 That's great news - in that case can't wait to read The Observations :-) Have heard mixed reviews about Sugar Money, but will give it a go, as Harris is such a talented writer....
Belman and black was great
Great video Katie. I have read quite a lot of these books but you have really piqued my interest in The Wonder. I have it on my tbr but I haven't read it.
Thanks to you, I am completely hooked on The Dollhouse Factory. So many interesting twists and turns! I was on the edge of my seat! Do you know if the TV show The Nevers is based on The Gifts? The theme sounds very similar.
No, I think The Nevers pre-dates The Gifts. Glad you're enjoying The Doll Factory!
The _Key in the Lock_ looks like a good read for me. I'm intrigued by how the First World War changed perceptions of life and reality, and that novel looks like an interesting investigation. Thanks for the suggestion.
Does a work of Historical Fiction reflect the period about which is written about, or does it reflect the period of the writer? Now, to me, if the characters indulge in anachronistic thinking then the whole comes off as being insincere. For instance, some if these "gender issues" Katie discussed do seem anachronistic and out of place in a piece of Historical Fiction, where the place of women in the Victorian age was taken for granted by both sexes of main stream society.