{"id":28476,"date":"2025-06-09T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=28476"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:29:34","slug":"remind-me-that-reading-for-pleasure-is-a-gift-any-recs-for-historical-fic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/06\/09\/remind-me-that-reading-for-pleasure-is-a-gift-any-recs-for-historical-fic\/","title":{"rendered":"Remind me that reading for pleasure is a gift! Any recs for historical fic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AW060925-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AW060925-1.jpg\" alt=\"Remind me that reading for pleasure is a gift! Any recs for historical fic?\" class=\"wp-image-28475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AW060925-1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AW060925-1-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Remind me that reading for pleasure is a gift! Any recs for historical fic?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading for pleasure<em> really is a gift<\/em>! I spoke with my library helpers and they put together a list of historical fiction recommendations for you to enjoy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Artifice by Sharon Cameron<br>-Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon<br>-The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro<br>-Sacr\u00e9 Bleu by Christopher Moore<br>-The Women by Kristin Hannah<br>-The Huntress, by Kate Quinn (Partially set in Boston!)<br>-The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan<br>-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith<br>-The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley<br>-Babel by R.F. Kuang<br>-The Binding by Bridget Collins<br>-The Night Watch by Sarah Waters<br>-The Pretender by Jo Harkin<br>-Hamnet by Maggie O&#8217;Farrell<br>-Since I lived in Chicago for a while, I am partial to \u201cThe Devil in the White City\u201d by Erik Larson. Also, I enjoy the writing of David Grann. They are both journalists, so it is very easy reading&#8211;perfect for summer.<br>-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer<br>-Playworld by Adam Ross<br>-The Bull From The Sea by Mary Renault<br>-Nuestra Se\u00f1ora De La Noche\/ Our Lady of the Night by Mayra Santos-Febres<br>-Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel<br>-Bernard Cornwell&#8217;s series of Richard Sharpe novels is fantastic if action and adventure in the Napoleonic wars appeals to you<br>-Delayed Rays of a Star by Amanda Lee Koe<br>-Sarah MacLean&#8217;s Hell&#8217;s Belles Series (Romance + Victorian Era)<br>-The Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O&#8217;Brian<br>-The Parisian by Isabella Hammad<br>-You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue<br>-Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier<br>-Anything by Bernard Cornwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading for pleasure really is a gift! I spoke with my library helpers and they put together a list of historical fiction recommendations for you to enjoy: -Artifice by Sharon Cameron-Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon-The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro-Sacr\u00e9 Bleu by Christopher Moore-The Women by Kristin Hannah-The Huntress, by Kate Quinn (Partially &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/06\/09\/remind-me-that-reading-for-pleasure-is-a-gift-any-recs-for-historical-fic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remind me that reading for pleasure is a gift! Any recs for historical fic?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28476"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28494,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476\/revisions\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}