The BEST Historical Fiction Prize that no one is talking about!

While listening to this video I added all of the Steve's recommendations (save the ones I've already read) to my TBR...

I rarely read anything in the historical fiction genre, but the book I’m reading now could be considered that. It’s Zorro: The Curse of Capistrano, first published as a pulp adventure in All-Story Weekly in 1919, it takes place in 1820s California. I’m reading it as a selection in Roger’s Cheap Old Book Club for the month of June.

I watch a lot of Steve’s videos but completely forgot he made this best of the year lists! Thanks Shelly!!

I love so many things about this video: highlighting Steve's yearly best of, your sweater, your makeup. I'd rather read a Steve recommendation too! When you announced the readathon I actually opened all of Steve's best of historical fiction lists in a million browser tabs to add more options to my list. That's how I came across The Glutton which is my favorite recently read historical fiction of the moment. I hope you keep enjoying it!

I just added The Auburn Conference to my wish list. Im currently reading Shakespeare's Tempest, a book on sports psychology (a weirdly niche subject that's fascinated me ever since I saw an interview with an Olympuc skiier who talked about the visualization techniques he used), a religious nonfiction book, and to practice reading in Spanish...an Mexican werewolf novel. I just realized how weird all that sounds. 😂

I've had that Dan Jones book on my list for a bit too. He's genuinely a good historian.

This is interesting I had never heard of Steve's lists before. I've been saying I want to read more historical fiction so maybe I need to pay attention to his lists more. I have Elodie Harper's first book and I love Dan Jones' storytelling so those two that you mentioned are at the top of my list. As for what I'm reading now, The Spirit Bears Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (A Historical Fiction/Horror) and an ARC of We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim.

What a great snhow. I am subscribing and will check you frequently. I read good literature. I loved the Wolf Hall trio.

Thanks for this video! I'm so glad you shared, and I can't wait to check out his lists! You are so fun to watch- your book enthusiasm is contagious!

Thank you for linking some of his "the best of" blogs! Finding anything in his hundreds of videos is very time-consuming. I am 0/2 with trying SD recs - 1 biography and 1 mystery. The writing in both was very good, but the content in them was not my cup of tea. He loves anything with politics while I dislike anything political. Glad you have success with his tastes! My most recent historical read was a Sister Fidelma mystery set in the 7th century by Peter Tremayne. I very much enjoy this series! Learning about life in Ireland/GB in the 600s is fascinating!

Steve is the key to everything.

Perfume by Patrick Susskind is great. Cant go wrong with a Steve recommendation really. Go well Shelly.

I must admit… I’m not a big historical fiction girlie…. 🙈 But I’ll have to check out some of his lists! I’m convinced that man is a reading savant… 🤯

Love it!

These would all be outside my comfort zone, but I’m curious about The Glutton! Thanks for bringing attention to this list! 😊

Brotherless Night that won the Women's Prize for Fiction is a marvelous book. It is historical fiction. I also read A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci. It's a great exploration of the effects of racism in the south during the early 1960s. Another excellent historical fiction is James by Percival Everett. It's an excellent satire of Huckleberry Finn.

The Guest Book by Sarah Blake is wonderful. ( 1930s to the present.)

Thanks for Steve's list. I always forget to look. James Lee Burke writes "pew pew" books. 😂

I loved the Dan Jones Essex Dogs books!

I love his lists and have purchased several of those books over the years. SEVERAL. 😂