When Are You Reading? – Page 3 – What Cathy Read Next…

The When Are You Reading? Challenge is back for 2024, hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book set in each of twelve time periods. Determining what year a book belongs in is the decision of the participant. On the whole, the rule is to choose a year where the largest part of the action occurs or the most important event.

I’ve managed to complete the challenge for the past two years which, given the amount of historical fiction I read, you’d surely expect.

My provisional list for the 2024 challenge is below. I’ve deliberately tried to include books that have been in my TBR pile for a long time. Some of them even appeared in this post last year! Links from the title will take you to the book description on Goodreads or, once I’ve read them, to my review.

If you love historical fiction but often find yourself sticking to one or two favourite time periods, or if you’re keen to read more historical fiction in 2024, why not join me and sign up?

Pre-1200: Deposed by David Barbaree

1200-1499: The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

1500-1699: Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

1700-1799: The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan

1800-1899: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

1900-1919: The Heart Stone by Judith Barrow

1920-1939: Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

1940-1959: The Draughtsman by Robert Lautner

1960-1979: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

1980-1999: ?

2000-Present: A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré

The Future: The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small

The When Are You Reading? Challenge was hosted again this year by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book set in each of twelve time periods. Determining what year a book belongs in is the decision of the participant. On the whole, the rule is to choose a year where the largest part of the action occurs or the most important event.

I’m pleased to say I’ve managed to read a book to fit each of the time periods, although it was a close run thing with the last one. Links from the book title will take you to my review.

If you love historical fiction but often find yourself sticking to one or two favourite time periods, or if you’re keen to read more historical fiction in 2024, look out for the sign-up post for next year’s challenge.

Pre-1200: Bellatrix by Simon Turney