Historical Fiction Challenge 2025 Completed

At the beginning of 2025 I signed up for the Medieval Reader level of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2025 hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader. I was required to read 15 historical fiction novels and I managed to read a total of 17 to successfully complete the challenge.

Some of my favourite reads of the year were historical fiction and here's what I read:

1. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Dunstan by Conn Iggulden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Emily's House by Amy Belding Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. The Pretender by Jo Harkin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods ⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson by Belinda Lyons-Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. A Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester Fox ⭐️⭐️
13. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15. By Her Hand by Marion Taffe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Additional books read for the challenge:
16. Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

Have you read any of the books from this list? I'm planning on reading Cape Fever by Nadia Davids soon and if I finish it before NYE it'll bring my total to 18 books for the challenge.

I'm signing up for the challenge again next year so if you want to join me, visit Marg at The Intrepid Reader for details. In the meantime, feel free to share any standout historical fiction you've been reading this year.

Carpe Librum!