Sunday Salon: Historical Fiction Reading Challenge - May statistics

Every month I share some of the statistics related to the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I try very hard to visit every post which has been linked (time permitting) and I find it interesting to see what are the books that people are reading and reviewing! I often end up adding a couple of books to my never ending TBR list.

In terms of the books read in May, there were 59 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 21 participants. There were 57 individual titles reviewed, written by 56 different authors. There were 4 reviewers who reviewed 5 or more books each. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 9 or just 1.

So which books were reviewed more than once in May? There were two books that were reviewed twice!

Six Days in Bombay was reviewed by two Laura's: Laura at Reading Books Again and Laura at Laura's Reviews.

Traitor's Legacy by S.J. Parris was read by Helen at She Reads Novels and by Cathy at What Cathy Read Next. This is the first book in a new series which is a spin off from the long running Giordano Bruno series.

Laura from Laura's Reviews is working her way through Jane Austen's books in honour of her 250th birthday. This month she shared reviews for Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction was announced this week. The 2025 winner is The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller. This has been reviewed for the challenge by Cathy at What Cathy Read Next where she said

Although things do happen, some of them quite dramatic, The Land in Winter is essentially a beautifully crafted, character-led novel.

I wonder what books will be featured next month! In next month's post I will share some statistica for the year so far given that we will be half way through the challenge at that point! Hard to believe but it is true!

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