Read 25 Historical Fiction Books in 2025

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27 participants (225 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 historical fiction books in 2025, emphasizing diverse voices and time periods. It’s not all WWII! 

Challenge Books

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Amelia's Shadow by Marie Benedict

Blaze Amazon Original Stories #1

Amelia's Shadow

Marie Benedict

35 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction historical short stories adventurous fast-paced
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly

Lilac Girls #2

Lost Roses

Martha Hall Kelly

464 pages • 2019 • 26 editions

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful medium-paced
A Separate Peace by John Knowles

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

6h 8m • 1959 • 52 editions

fiction classics historical young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History by Olivia Campbell

Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History

Olivia Campbell

10h 19m • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

12h 8m • 2018 • 178 editions

fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

17h 20m • 2015 • 139 editions

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

I Shall Never Fall in Love

Hari Conner

288 pages • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction graphic novel historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Bloom Town: Exodus by Ally North

Bloom Town #2

Bloom Town: Exodus

Ally North

394 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Bloom Town: Genesis by Ally North

Bloom Town #1

Bloom Town: Genesis

Ally North

516 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

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fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

11h 15m • 2011 • 302 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced