Welcome to the 2021 Historical Fiction Challenge!  May the new year be blessedly uneventful! 

Grab your drink of choice and get ready to peruse your shelves.....

This challenge begins on January 1, 2021 and ends on December 31, 2021.  

There are two challenges to choose from.  Have fun!

THE "BLACKJACK" CHALLENGE:  

Novice Level: Complete 7 categories

Hustler Level: Complete 14 cetegories

James Bond Level: Complete 21 categories

1) Read a book featuring gambling

2) Read a book set in a major war

3) Read a bookk translated into English

4) Read a book featuring a religious figure

5) Read a book on the NYT bestseller list

6) Read a book featuring the legal profession

7) Read a book with a weapon on the cover (sword, dagger, gun, etc...)

8) Read a book with a dual timeline

9) Read a book with a female protagonist

10) Read a book set in a country with the letter "C"

11) Read a book with a body of water on the cover

12) Read a book released in 2021

13) Read a family saga

14) Read a book written by a person of color

15) Read a book with a city name in the title

16) Read a book by a deceased author

17) Pick one city - read 2 books set in that city

18) Read a book with a man facing away (walking away) on the cover

18) Read a book on your shelf that has been there the longest

19) Read a book with the name of a character in the title

20) Read a book with gold lettering

21) Read a book more than 500 pages

THE "REBEL" CHALLENGE:

Read any HF 21 books you want :)

Thank you Carolyn

Love it!  Thank you, Carolyn, for yet again coming up with new an interesting categories!  Looking forward to 2021, and hoping it is less stressful than this year! At least, no matter, what, we can always read so we have that to comfort us in challenging times!

Thanks Bunches Carolyn, hoping to make better progress in reducing my historical books mountain next year.

Thanks, Carolyn, it's a great challenge!

You’re welcome! Hope everyone is safe!

CR

All,

I just realized there are 22 categories in the challenge instead of the intended 21.  There are two #18 categories listed.  Feel free to delete a category of your choosing.

CR

Does anyone have any suggestions for the category for a country starting with the letter C?  I was going to use China by Edward Rutherfurd, but I've read so many huge books this year that I decided I will hold this off until next year.  

You might want to look at books about Cambodia, Carolyn, like In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddy Ratner.

Thanks, Jeanne. I'm going to check it out!