Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2026

 

Marg at The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader & Baker will be hosting the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge again this year. I've still got a couple of historical series to work on and plan to join in for another round.. If historical fiction is your thing (or you'd like to see if it is), take a peek at the details at the link above.

I'm going to sign up for the Victorian Reader level (5 books). I may wind up venturing further, but if I reach my initial goal then I will claim the challenge complete.

1. High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent (1/22/26)

2. Aristotle Detective by Margaret Doody (2/3/26)

3. Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys (2/4/26)

4. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)

5. Frederica by Georgette Heyer (2/22/26)

Victorian Reader

6. A Lady's Guide to Mischief & Mayhem by Manda Collins (3/7/26)

7. Portrait of a Nightingale by Manda Collins (3/17/26)

8. Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne (3/21/26)

9. An Heiress's Guide to Deception & Desire by Manda Collins (3/25/26)

10. The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead (4/1/26)

Renaissance Reader

11. A Case of Mice & Murder by Sally Smith (4/18/26)

12. Murder on Eaton Square by Lee Strauss (4/20/26)

13. Murder by Plum Pudding by Lee Strauss (4/22/26)

14. When the Wolves Are Silent by C. S. Harris (4/26/26)

15. The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris (5/5/26)

Medieval Reader

16. How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin (5/16/26)

17. The Harlot of St. Cecelia's by Darcy Graves (6/1/26)

18. A Case of Life & Limb by Sally Smith (6/11/26)

19. The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver (6/14/26)

20. A Particular Eye for Villainy by Ann Granger (6/17/26)

21. Murder on Fleet Street by Lee Strauss (6/23/26)

22. A Conspiracy of Poisons by J. G. Jeffreys (6/28/26)

23. Murder at Brighton Beach by Lee Strauss (7/9/26)

24. Murder in Hyde Park by Lee Strauss (7/13/26)

25. Blotto, Twinks & the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett (7/15/26)

Ancient History

26. Two Bronze Pennies by Chris Nickson (7/20/26)

27. Murder at the Royal Albert Hall by Lee Strauss (7/21/26)

28. A Spinster's Guide to Danger & Dukes by Manda Collins (7/24/26)

29. A Governess's Guide to Passion & Peril by Manda Collins (7/27/26)

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Prehistoric Reader