Sarah L. Johnson

This book is candy for historical fiction nuts! It's the 2009 "sequel" to Johnson's 2005 Historical Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, and full of lists and brief descriptions of historical novels published between 2005 and 2009. It's organized by subgenre: multi-period epics, historical romance and romantic historicals, historical fantasy, literary historicals, etc., and the subgenres are further divided, making it easy to find novels that are similar to the one you've just read and loved. There are also some excellent brief essays discussing what's currently gaining or losing popularity with readers, and what ingredients go into the various subgenres and why they appeal to the readers who love them, making it a great resource for authors and aspiring authors of historical fiction.

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