Welcome to my annual “best-of” celebration! Like last year, I’m separating the categories of my yearly best-of lists over a few days. It’s going to take me a few days to talk about all the stories I loved in 2019!
I have exceeded my reading goals for 2019 according to my Goodreads reading challenge! If you’d like to see all of my 5-star reads and extensive reviews, just check out my completed Goodreads challenge or browse my blog archives. Each day leading up to New Year’s Day you’ll get a new post about my 2019 favorites:
- Best of 2019: Novellas & Audiobooks
- Best of 2019: Contemporary Fiction
- Best of 2019: (General) Historical Fiction
- Best of 2019: (Inspirational) Historical Fiction
- Best of 2019: Film & TV
- Best of 2019: Happy New Year #OnTheBlog
The rules: because sometimes I need to keep things brief, I’m choosing to share 3 things that describe each of these stories along with a link to Goodreads and my review.
Today I’m featuring some general market historical fiction I read and LOVED, including a classic! Funny thing: I just realized all but the classic on this list are mostly or partly set in the UK! Must be my inner Anglophile showing up. Annnd, I see that I can call this the list author Rachel McMillan recommended to me 😉
Best of 2019: (General) Historical Fiction
Bear No Malice by Clarissa Harwood | Review
Grace. Unconditional love. Romance.
The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber | Review
Cleverly complex. Atmospheric. Courage.
A Modest Independence by Mimi Matthews | Review
Adventure. Resilience. Friendship.
The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews | Review
The dogs! Security. Marriage of convenience ❤ .
The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
The cabin. Barney Snaith. Sneezing.
Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind by Carla Kelly | Review
Family secrets. Wisdom. Forgiveness.
The Green Mockingbird 
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The Blue Castle–a friend has bugged me to read it forever. I even got it for Kindle. Maybe this is the year I’ll read it? Interesting choices.
Thank you! The Blue Castle is AMAZING! The beginning of it is a little harder to get through, I think, but it sets everything up for when the story gets really fun! I hope you read it and like it 😉
Good! I’ve put it on my priority list for 2020.