Sarah is a librarian and author of genre guides on historical fiction. The blog is a great resource for many reasons. First, she lives, breathes, and possibly eats, Historical Fiction. Sarah posts reviews and information on everything Historical Fiction just about every day. Second, she keeps a thorough list of Historical Fiction and History blogs in the left gutter of the blog. I use this list frequently when helping readers to find their next good read.
And third, Sarah occasionally has guest posts by Historical Fiction authors, like this post from yesterday, when author Elizabeth Chadwick shared her favorite Medieval Historical Fiction.
If you haven't tried a historical fiction novel in awhile I have two comments for you. First, listen to Joyce Saricks
as she has said in print many times, (and I paraphrase): The secret historical fiction lovers know is that historical fiction is a great and painless way to learn more about history. Second, surf on over to Sarah's blog and find the book set in the historical time period that most interests you.Finally, if you need more suggestions, here is a link to the books my students have read in the genre.
2 comments:
Thanks so much, Becky, for your wonderful comments! Wasn't Elizabeth Chadwick's post great? I've been enjoying reading your students' writeups, too; those were great choices for historical fiction.
If you like historical books in general check out the historical non-fiction book by a man named Howard Zinn. Its called a People's History of the United States. Very eye opening stuff.
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