Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Books From My Favourite Genre. Regular followers of this blog will have no problem guessing my favourite genre – historical fiction. The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is an annual prize whose aim is to celebrate the best in historical fiction. My list is made up of some favourite books that have featured on the shortlist or longlist for the prize in recent years.
Click on the book title to view my review (or the description on Goodreads).
2017
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (winner)
The Good People by Hannah Kent
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
2018
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (winner)
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
2019 (winner announced on 15th June)
The Long Take by Robin Robertson – haunting and atmospheric, full review to follow
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje – intriguing and mysterious, full review to follow
What Cathy Read Next... 
Excellent list and most I haven’t read. I did attempt Warlight but set it aside. I’m happy to meet another histfic fan and Blogger!
https://readingladies.com/2019/06/03/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-books-in-my-favorite-genre-historical-fiction/
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Likewise! I enjoyed Warlight and admired the writing although there were elements that didn’t work so well for me. Still trying to put together my review 😁
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I’m interested in reading your review of Warlight! The writing was great….the story wasn’t engaging me …..even though I appreciate character driven stories, I also need to see a theme or purpose emerging!
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I really need to get The Good People. I loved Burial Rites.
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I’m in the reverse position – I need to get Burial Rites!
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Days Without End is probably the best book I have ever read.
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I agree it was outstanding and I could see why it won.
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I love historical fiction too – but have read only two of these books, Days Without End and The Good People, both great books.
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Although I haven’t read all the books on this year’s shortlist yet (hmm, running out of time) for an outside bet I’d tip The Long Take to win. That’s partly because the judges went last year for The Gallows Pole which had a very distinctive narrative style and The Long Take has as well. I listened to the audio book version narrated by Kerry Shale who I think did a brilliant job.
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Mothering Sunday does sound good!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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I like historical fiction, too. Definitely need to bookmark this page and check out these books. 🙂
My TTT.
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Interesting list–I’ve only read Mothering Sunday.
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Great list! I’ll have to look some of these up because I like historical fiction too 😊 My list is on the crime genre!
https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2019/06/04/top-ten-tuesday-books-from-my-favourite-genre/
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I like your take on this week’s list! I should read more historical fiction.
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