Great post. Reading is definitely a hobby! I don't read as much as I'd like to but I get so excited to find words beautifully painted in combinations I had never seen before. Historical fiction is my jam but it also might be my hindrance as I never really look for anything other than that... I'm a huge fan of civil war era books and I put my hands on just about anything that reminds me of Little House on the Prairie.
It's not fiction, but Erik Larson and Daniel James Brown both have some incredible nonfiction books about various times in history. They read like fiction. Christian is going to make fun of me but I love "The Indifferent Stars Above" which is about the Donner Party (yes, the people who ate each other) but it gives so much interesting history about the people traveling west in the mid-1800s. Lots of LHOTP vibes.
Great post. Reading is definitely a hobby! I don't read as much as I'd like to but I get so excited to find words beautifully painted in combinations I had never seen before. Historical fiction is my jam but it also might be my hindrance as I never really look for anything other than that... I'm a huge fan of civil war era books and I put my hands on just about anything that reminds me of Little House on the Prairie.
It's not fiction, but Erik Larson and Daniel James Brown both have some incredible nonfiction books about various times in history. They read like fiction. Christian is going to make fun of me but I love "The Indifferent Stars Above" which is about the Donner Party (yes, the people who ate each other) but it gives so much interesting history about the people traveling west in the mid-1800s. Lots of LHOTP vibes.
What's your favorite historical fiction book?