Task 19: Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist

[Cat]

Would The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue count for this task?

[Ariel]

Cat wrote: "Would The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue count for this task?"

If I remember correctly Addie dates both men and women throughout her life, so I think it would count.

[Regan]

Cat wrote: "Would The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue count for this task?"

Addie dates both men and women, but I imagine it's a little up in the air whether or not it counts as historical fiction. I think the parts that take place in the past are definitely well under half the book, but there are chapters that are historical fiction, so I suppose it depends on how you define the genre.

[Jessica]

Deacon King Kong by James Baldwin was excellent!

[Cat]

Regan wrote: "Cat wrote: "Would The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue count for this task?"

Addie dates both men and women, but I imagine it's a little up in the air whether or not it counts as hist..."

Yeah, I was thinking there wasn't enough of the historical to qualify as historical fiction.

[Mandie]

I'm going a little out of the box and reading Ring Shout for this prompt.

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I saw Dread Nation suggested on here so that's what I decided to go with. It was a great read, especially if you like historical zombies 😁

[Julia]

Candace,

I'm planning to read Giovanni's Room for task #4. (To go back to a discussion from January.)

How Much of These Hills Is Gold is very, very good for this task. I also have Rita Woods' Remembrance and Ring Shout on my 'list.'

Shoshana,

Did you know there's a sequel to Dread Nation? It's Deathless Divide. Who knew I loved historical zombies?

[JP]

Mandie wrote: "I'm going a little out of the box and reading Ring Shout for this prompt."


Great choice!

[Whitney]

Currently reading A Duke, the Lady and a Baby by Vanessa Riley. I randomly picked it out because it was a free borrow during May on Hoopla and I realized that it would work for this prompt.

[Cato]

I just finished Bodies of Water by V.H. Leslie and I would recommend it! It's a novella with subtle horror, so it was a quick read. One half of the book is set in Victorian London and I was amazed to find LGBTQ+ representation in there.

[Sara]

I read THE GREAT BELIEVERS by Rebecca Makkai for this. It's chronicles the AIDS crisis in Chicago. Several POC character present but not main, does touch on the added challenge of being a POC and dealing with AIDS. It's a slow burn but ended up being really good (fortunately it was for book club so I had to finish it and I'm glad I did).

[Juulna]

Dread Nation is some seriously awesome spec fic.
Kindred is a classic. Definitely recommend both!

[Sara]

I would recommend The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle for the history fans, and Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee for those looking for a funny cowboy adventure/romance focused on female friendship.

[Jessica]

Do you think Naamah works? It's both POC and LGBTQ+, but unsure about the historical fiction part...

Thanks!

[Summer]

Anything in the Parasolverse (fantasy, steampunk, supernatural, historical fiction) would work for this prompt since there are LGBTQ+ characters in all her books. These books are excellent.

[Summer]

I forgot to add the parasolverse author: Gail Carriger. The book titled Soulless.

[Megan]

Would A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende count? It's definitely historical fiction. It follows a Chilean family from Spanish roots. Not sure of their race, though. Would Chilean characters count as POC characters?

[Bethany]

Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie

[Elizabeth]

I thought about counting a couple of different things I've read so far this year that would fit this task, but I've decided not to use historical romance for this category as that is part of my regular routine and it isn't out of the usual for me to read historical romances about POC or LGBTQ+ characters.

I've decided I'm going to count one of my current reads, The Silence of Bones by June Hur, for this task. It's excellent so far.

[Megan]

I recently finished Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and decided to slate it in for this prompt.

[Elizabeth •]

I’m reading The Reckless Kind and I reckon that qualifies

[Octavia]

It's been on my list of books to read for ages, so I used this task to finally pick up The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles and it was fantastic. I'm so glad there are sequels! I want to read them all...

[Elise]

I ended up reading We Were Witches for this since it was categorized as historical fiction on Audible. Also, can I just say that it is super upsetting to have the early 1990s characterized as historical fiction?