READER GUIDE HISTORICAL FICTION MAJOR AUTHORS

Kate Alcott Pat Barker Geraldine Brooks Elizabeth Chadwick Tracy Chevalier Jennifer Chiaverini Bernard Cornwell Esi Edugyan Barbara Erskine Michael Faber Margaret Forster Diana Gabaldon Amitav Ghosh C. W. Gortner Sandra Gulland Robert Harris Conn Iggulden Kazuo Ishiguro Ben Kane Susanna Kearsley Hilary Mantel Colleen McCullough Paula Mclain Kate Morton Edith Pargeter/Ellis Peters Sharon Kay Penman Kate Quinn Jennifer Robson Edward Rutherfurd C. J. Sansom Eva Stachniak Rose Tremain Colson Whitehead Beatriz Williams Jack Whyte

RESOURCES

Sarah L. Johnson. Historical Fiction: a guide to the genre. Sarah L. Johnson. Historical Fiction II: a guide to the genre. Lynda G. Adamson. World Historical Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Novels for Adults and Young Adults ———————————- Historical Novel Society historicalnovelsociety.org Historical Novels.Info www.historicalnovels.info Reading the Past readingthepast.blogspot.ca Passages to the Past www.passagestothepast.com The Detective and the Toga histmyst.org Historical Fiction for Children & Young Adults bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html Literature for kids—Historical Fiction http://litkidz.com/books/historical-fiction A Brief History of Historical Fiction https://bit.ly/2XTwenf M. K. Tod. 7 Elements of historical fiction. https://bit.ly/2GivWLS

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Read Alikes

If you like Tracy Chevalier...try Kate Alcott, Geraldine Brooks, Stephanie Cowell, Daph-ne du Maurier, Sarah Dunant, Helen Hum-phreys, Teresa Kishkan, Lucy Pick, Beth Powning, Susan Vreeland

If you like Jennifer Robson...try Melanie Dobson, Jennifer Donnelly, Hazel Gaynor, Daisy Goodwin, Sarah Harrison, Linda Holeman, Brenda Jagger, Ami McKay, Kate Quinn, Alyson Richman, Jennifer Ryan, Lin-da Spalding, M. K. Tod

If you like Kristin Hannah…try Erica James, Martha Hall Kelly, Ann Mah, Susan Meiss-ner, Heather Morris, Kate Mosse, Kate Quinn, Jennifer Ryan, Roxanne Veletzos, Robin Wells

If you like Alan Furst...try Rennie Airth, Se-bastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Maureen Jen-nings (Tom Tyler series), Stuart Kaminsky, Philip Kerr, Julian Rathbone, Martin Cruz Smith, Martin Walker, Carlos Ruiz Zafo n

If you like Diana Gabaldon...try Sara Donati, Barbara Erskine, Elizabeth Harris, Susanna Kearsley, Kate Mosse, Lucinda Ri-ley, Anya Seton

If you like Patrick O’Brian...try David Donachie, C.S. Forester, Alexander Kent, Dewey Lambdin, Douglas Reeman, S. Thom-as Russell, Tim Severin, Julian Stockwin

If you like Jo Beverley...try Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick, Claire Delacroix, Deborah Hale, Georgette Heyer, Elizabeth Hoyt, Madeline Hunter, Eloisa James, Mary Jo Put-ney, Barbara Samuel, Kathryn Smith

What is Historical Fiction?

Historical fiction features stories set anywhere from Biblical Times to the mid and later 20th century. Defined by The Historical Novel So-ciety as having been: "...written at least fifty years after the events de-scribed, or … by someone who was not alive at the time of those events..."*, the genre is rich with variety, including such sub-genres as time-travel, reincarnation, mys-tery, and fantasy as well as bio-graphical, and alternate history fic-tion. It entertains and educates, taking its readers into the past to experience life in a different time. Many fans of the genre say they hated history in school, but came to love it through reading works of historical fiction.

*Lee, Richard. "Defining the Genre." Historical Novel Society. Historical Novel Society. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

Read Alikes

If you like Sandra Gulland...try Kate Alcott, Patricia Bracewell, Elizabeth Chadwick, Ha-zel Gaynor, Margaret George, C.W. Gortner, Helen Hollick, Michelle Moran, Diana Nor-man, Edith Pargeter, Sharon Kay Penman, Kate Quinn, Eva Stachniak, Reay Tannahill, Heather Webb.

If you like Cynthia Harrod-Eagles…try Pamela Belle, Winston Graham, Susan Howatch, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, Norah Lofts, Jean Plaidy, Reay Tannahill

If you like Hilary Mantel...try Peter Ackroyd, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Sarah Du-nant, Dorothy Dunnett, Umberto Eco, Mi-chael Ennis, Margaret Forster, Robert Graves, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally O’Reilly, C.J. Sansom, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Jane Urquhart, Guy Vanderhaeghe

If you like Elizabeth Peters...try Rhys Bow-en, Barbara Cleverly, Ariana Franklin, Kerry Greenwood, Maureen Jennings, Anne Perry, Iona Whishaw, Jacqueline Winspear

If you like Bernard Cornwell… try Jean M. Auel, T.F. Banks, Bryce Courtenay, Michael Faber, David Gemmell, Amitav Ghosh, C.C. Humpreys, Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, Guy Gavriel Kay, David Liss, Morgan Llywelyn, Allan Mallinson, Colleen McCullough, Mary Renault, Anthony Riches, Wilbur Smith, Jack Whyte, Leon Uris

If you like Edward Rutherfurd...try Michael Ennis, Ken Follett, Robert Harris, John Jakes, David Liss, James Michener, Leon Uris, Gore Vidal, Herman Wouk