This challenge is to read books from a selection of time periods. Each book should be from a different time period, with a target of 12 books for the year. The time periods selected are up to the reader. The time periods I am planning on reading are listed below (subject to change as I think of different times but will be prior to my birth).
Completed Readings
Egypt Pharoahs
- Nefertiti by Michelle Moran – read 7/8/21
- Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie Thornton – read 7/11/21
Arthurian Britain 6th century
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley – read 2/7/2021
Constantinople 6th century
- The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora by Stephanie Thornton – read 4/28/2021
India, Chola Dynasty 11th century
- Empire by Devi Yesodharan – read 5/16/2021
Tudor England 1500s
- Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir – read 1/31/2021
- Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir – read 5/14/2021
England Roaring 1920s
- The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig – read 4/29/2021
Czech Republic 1940s (WWII)
- Gerta by Kateřina Tučková – read 5/7/2021
Planned Readings
France 1137
- The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
Wars of the Roses 1455-1487
- Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
Rome 1492
- The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn
England 1666
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
North Carolina 1780
- Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
Iceland 1829
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Ireland 1845 (Irish Famine)
- The Girl from Ballymor by Kathleen McGurl
New York 1860
- My Notorious Life by Kate Manning
New Orleans 1950
- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys