Tag: Historical Fiction

The Japanese Lover is the second novel I read by Isabel Allende, after Of Love and Shadows. To be clear, I loved The Japanese Lover compared to the…

The House at the Edge of Night is the first book by British author Catherine Banner that I have read, and I think it will be the last.…

In the Casa Azul is Meaghan Delahunt’s first novel, and I wanted to read this book, frankly, to learn a lot more about Frida. Let me state right…

Shanghai Girls is the first book I read by Lisa See, and I think it will stay that way for a long time. It took me so long…

The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero is the shortest book of my Reading Challenge 2021. Set in Austria in 1945, the book tells the story of lives…

Tipping the Velvet is one of the books on my Reading Challenge 2021. I have heard and read so many good things about Sarah Waters so far that…

The News from Paraguay by American author Lily Tuck is a good choice for those who want to read a historical novel about Paraguay. It is evident that…

River God is one of the best selling and therefore, one of the most popular books by Wilbur Smith. It is also the first book in the Ancient…

Night Boat became one of the books I read just in time. You know, there are some books out there, and you have to read them at the…

By Night the Mountain Burns is the second book that came out of Equatorial Guinea and made its voice heard to the world. I think it is a…