Historical Fiction Reading Challenge - January 2026

Welcome to the 2026 edition of the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge! I am very excited to get the challenge underway for this year!

I am really looking forward to reading your reviews throughout the year! I am sure there is going to be a lot of great historical fiction discovered and shared with fellow HF lovers over the course of this year!

If you haven't already signed up, it's not too late! The sign up post is here.

Just to recap what participants need to know. At the beginning of each month I will put up a post which will have a Mr Linky embedded into it for you to add your link. I will also do a recap post each month to help highlight the books we have been reading and the people who are participating. 

Please remember...

• add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please, do not add your blog link, but the correct address that will guide us directly to your review). 
• it doesn't matter where you review - Bookstagram, Goodreads etc as long as you share a direct link to your review.
• any kind of historical fiction is accepted (fantasy, young adult, graphic novels...)
• You will always find a link to the current month's post for links in the sidebar of my blog
• if you have time, have a look some of the other links that are present. You never know when you will discover new blogs or books!

You can also join the challenge group on Facebook which you can find here and don't forget to use the #histficreadingchallenge hashtag on the socials.

Let the reading begin!!


If you have any more links to add, please add them to February which you can find here. 

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Participants

1. Circle of Days (Laura@RBA) 2. Traci @ TitleSurfingwithTraci 3. The Fourth Daughter (Laura@RBA) 4. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (Laura's Reviews) 5. The Silver Branch (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 6. Anneke Jans in the New World (The Chocolate Lady) 7. Cape Fever (Bree @1girl2manybooks) 8. Marg @ The Intrepid Reader (2 HF novels) 9. Typewriter Beach (The Chocolate Lady) 10. Darjeeling Inheritance (Laura@RBA) 11. Flashlight (Bree @1girl2manybooks) 12. Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin, by Nancy Springer (Kim) 13. What Me Read (The NIght Watch) 14. What Me Read (Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and flying club) 15. What Me Read (Saint Peter's Fair) 16. The Book of Hours (Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts)

17. The Eights (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 18. Lois the Witch (Laurie @ ClassicLaurie) 19. A Sea View Christmas by Julie Klassen (Laura's Reviews) 20. Mary, Queen of France (Shellie@ShellieLovesBooks) 21. A Fatal Encounter in Tuscany (Shellie@ShellieLovesBooks) 22. Jinjer (The Post Office Girl) 23. Butterfly Games by Kelly Scarborough (Sarah @ Reading the Past) 24. The House of Echoes (Sarah @ Reading the Past) 25. To Chase the Glowing Hours (Sarah @ Reading the Past) 26. Count the Nights by Stars (Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts) 27. Cape Fever by Nadia Davids (Tracey @ Carpe Librum) 28. The House of Barbary (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 29. Evelina by Frances Burney (Laura's Reviews) 30. Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff (Deb Nance at Readerbuzz) 31. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Deb Nance at Readerbuzz) 32. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Deb Nance at Readerbuzz)

33. A Slow and Secret Poison (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 34. Snowbound Regency Christmas (Laura's Reviews) 35. Confessions of a Grammar Queen (The Chocolate Lady) 36. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (Laura's Reviews) 37. High Marks for Murder (Bev@My Reader's Block) 38. Wild Geese (Jinjer) 39. The Land in Winter (Helen @ She Reads Novels) 40. The French Kitchen (Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts) 41. Mary Anne (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 42. Whale Fall (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 43. Katabasis (Bree @1girl2manybooks) 44. To Kill a Cook (Davida @ The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog) 45. Arsenic at Ascot by Kelly Oliver (Shellie@ShellieLovesBooks) 46. The Bastard (Shellie@ShellieLovesBooks) 47. Benbecula (Cathy@WhatCathyReadNext) 48. Beloved by Toni Morrison (Laura's Reviews)

Learn more about Historical Fiction Reading Challenge here.

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