Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: September 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 September, there were 57 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 19 participants. There were 53 individual titles reviewed, written by 44 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 July? There were four this month which is the most that we have had for a long time! All of these books were reviewed twice this month.

A Carol for Mrs Dickens by Rebecca Connolly tells the story of Charles Dickens' wife. It was reviewed by Laura from Laura's Reviews and also at The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. 

Agatha Christie is always well represented in the challenge and this month was no exception. At Bertram's Hotel was reviewed twice by Laura at Laura's Reviews and by Shellie at Shellie Loves Books. 

I was a bit surprised to see The Briar Club by Kate Quinn reviewed twice this month given that it was released a few years ago now. I reviewed it here and it was also reviewed at Reading World

The final book to be reviewed twice this month was The Heir by Darcie Wilde which is the first book in a new series which features the future Queen Victoria as a sleuth! It was reviewed by Kim at Goodreads and Laura from Laura's Reviews.

We also had multiple authors who were reviewed more than once this month

Kim at Goodreads is continuing her reread of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R King. This month she shared 6 reviews of books from the series. You can check out Kim's Goodreads profile here.

There were four books by Irina Shapiro reviewed this month. Laura at Reading Books Again reviewed The Highgate Cemetery Murder which is part of the Tate and Bell series and then Bev from My Reader's Block read three books from the Redmond and Haze series.

I was pleased to see that Kim on Goodreads also contributed reviews for a format we don't often see. She read two of the graphic novels in the Enola Holme, The Graphic Novels series by Serena Blasco.

If you love historical fiction and reading challenges, it isn't too late to join us! All the details can be found in the sign up post.

I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and A Cup of Tea and a Good Book hosted at Boondock Ramblings

Sunday Salon: Historical Fiction Reading Challenge June Statistics (and for the first 6 months of the year!)

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 June, there were 70 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 20 participants. There were 69 individual titles reviewed, written by 66 different authors. There were 5 reviewers who reviewed 5 or more books each. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 11 or just 1.

So which book was reviewed more than once in June? 

Last year The Women by Kristin Hannah was the most reviewed book for the whole year. This month, it was reviewed by both Bree from All the Books I Can Read and by myself. This book certainly made both of us feel a lot! 

There were also two other authors who had more than one book reviewed. 

I reviewed The Diamond Eye and Margaret from Books Please reviewed Signal Moon which is a short story. Both are by Kate Quinn.

Bev from My Reader's Block has been working her way through the Redmond and Haze mystery series by Irina Shapiro and reviewed the first three books. They were Murder in the Crypt,  Murder at the Abbey and Murder at the Mill.

I wonder what books will be featured next month!

It is hard to believe but we are half way through the challenge already for 2025, so I thought it would be interesting to look at the stats for the first 6 months and see what stands out. 

So far this year there have been 366 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 32 participants. There have been 335 individual titles reviewed, written by 292 different authors. There are 3 reviewers who have reviewed 25 or more books each with Laura from Laura's Reviews having contributed an astonishing 53 reviews so far! Thank you to everyone who has shared their links with the challenge.

There are 3 books that have all been reviewed 3 times for the challenge. They are The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn, The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry and The Versailles Formula by Nancy Bilyeau.

Agatha Christie tops the list of authors who have been reviewed most with 10 reviews, followed by Kerry Greenwood who has been reviewed 6 times, and Kate Quinn and Patrice McDonough who have both been reviewed 4 times. 

And so far there have been 29 books reviewed that have the words death or murder in the title! What a bloodthirsty bunch of readers we are!

It will be interesting to see what changes over the next 6 months when I do the statistics for the whole year!

If you love historical fiction and reading challenges, it isn't too late to join us! All the details can be found in the sign up post.

I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz