Hello and a very warm welcome to damppebbles. It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve decided to take part in That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesday meme to mix things up a little here at damppebbles. Add a little bit of variety to our bookish weeks.

The meme was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish but has lived with Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl since January 2018. It was created to encompass a love of books, of lists and to bring readers together. If you would also like to take part then you’re very welcome: the more, the merrier. Just make sure you link back to Jana’s post every week. If you don’t have a blog, then no problem, just add your list to the comments below.

This week’s theme is a Genre Freebie. As I don’t tend to read a lot outside of my preferred crime genre, I find I often struggle with these genre themes. This week I thought I would go with a genre/sub-genre I actually don’t tend to read a lot of and that’s historical fiction. I read a lot of dark fiction (it’s ALL dark fiction, pretty much!), but with more of a contemporary setting than historical. If I am reading something that is set in the past it tends to be the 1980s, not the 1880s! (And yes, I know ‘the past’ and ‘historical’ includes the 1980s – that the 80s were forty years ago – but they feel like they were only yesterday!) Anyway, I’ll try to avoid anything set in the 1980s. That would make compiling this list FAR too easy (and perhaps a little painful….! 🤭) Although I make no promises whatsoever…

So, here is my list of Ten Dark Historical Fiction novels.

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1. With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

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2. Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary

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3. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

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4. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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5. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

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6. Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke

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7. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

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8. Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

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9. The Fervor by Alma Katsu

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10. The Hunger by Alma Katsu

 

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Turns out I read a lot more historical horror than anything else! And Alma Katsu gets a double mention (both books are very good but The Hunger just edged it for me). Do you read a lot of historical fiction? Do you have any recommendations for me? Have you read any of these books? Are you taking part in Top Ten Tuesday this week? Let me know in the comments.

So there we have it! If you fancy joining in next week then head on over to That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog to find out what the next theme is!