A Beginner’s Guide to Historical Fiction | Books for Those Who Don’t Like Historical Fiction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Are you thinking about jumping into new book genres? Maybe historical fiction is on your radar, but you don't know where to start. In this video -- A Beginner’s Guide to Historical Fiction | Books for Those Who Don’t Like Historical Fiction -- I offer historical fiction book recommendations that are fun and easy to read and that will help you find a new appreciation for the historical fiction genre, if you're not really a historical fiction fan. I hope you enjoy :)
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I agree with you about Kristen Hannah. The Nightengale is so different from her other books. I wish she would write more like it. The Women is ok but was still a bit of a let down for me.
Yeah, I was pretty disappointed in The Women. Yikes, lol!
Thank you so much for these recommendations. I just recently picked up Beneath A Scarlet Sky in a library sale! Another WW2 I read that was set in Italy was From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon. Ken Follet books intimidate me so thank you for suggesting some to start with.
I have From Sand and Ash on my shelf; I just need to get to it! Ken Follet books are long, but they tend to go really really quickly. He's great at getting you to turn the page.
Omg. I also struggle to like Kristin Hannah’s books. They are always so “doom and gloom”. I did not care for the Women however I have not read the Nightingale so thanks. I also screenshot a few others here to try. Thanks. Great video.
Thanks for watching! Yes, The Nightingale almost feels like an anomaly to me in terms of Kristin Hannah's work, as it didn't follow her typical tropes.
The Nightingale is the only K Hannah book I have liked. Great recommendations!
Thanks for watching!
JACKDAWS is a good entry point for Ken Follett if you like WWII stories with some action. It's about a group of women recruited to do a secret mission in occupied France. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is older but a favorite of mine. Quick read.
I had to DNF The Nightengale after a dozen pages. Didn't get on w the writing. Everyone else seems to love it tho. lol
Jackdaws is great! Loved that one!
Ken Follett’s earlier work is quite good, but VERY different from these trilogies he has been cranking out. Two recommendations.. On Wings of Eagles is a nonfiction story of two American businessmen who were caught up in the Iranian Revolution and their escape from a prison in Tehran. And The Key to Rebecca which takes place during WW2. Both are real page turners.
I've read On Wings of Eagles and loved it! I will have to get to The Key to Rebecca, because for some reason I've never read that one. But my all-time favorite from Ken Follett is Pillars of the Earth. So good!
I remember really enjoying The Key to Rebecca. Have to find my copy & re-read it. Also read Eye of the Needle around the same time & enjoyed that one too.
❤📚📚♥️ Great recommendations!! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I would love it if you could do a video on historical fiction books not set during wars?
That's an interesting one! So many historical fiction books are set during wars. I'll have to think about it!
Thank you.
The bear attack scene in the movie version of The Revenant was one of the most difficult scenes to watch that I've ever seen. VERY realistically done, and very disturbing.
I've actually never seen the movie. I've heard it was insanely intense but also very good.
Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Elizabeth Chadwick writes brilliant historical fiction
Thanks for the recommendation! I've never read her before :)
I didn’t love the women, it was decent and a time period I hadn’t read yet, but not my favorite of hers. I’m currently reading beneath a scarlet sky.
Yeah, the Women was not my favorite, either. I was pretty disappointed.