Beat the Backlist 2023 - hosted by austinedecker

set in or inspired by the 1700s or 1800s
 the setting is either inspired by the time period or set in it 
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Impossible by Darcy Burke

Impossible

The Phoenix Club #5

Darcy Burke

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

321 pages

Daniel Plainway: Or The Holiday Haunting of the Moosepath League by Van Reid

Daniel Plainway: Or The Holiday Haunting of the Moosepath League

The Moosepath League #3

Van Reid

fiction historical mystery funny mysterious slow-paced

398 pages | first published 2000

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen with Kathryn Sutherland

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced

544 pages | first published 1816

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

516 pages | first published 2020

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced

832 pages | first published 2004

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo with Isabel F. Hapgood (Translator)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

1264 pages | first published 1862

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

400 pages | first published 2015

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced

756 pages | first published 1859

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister

Anne Choma with Sally Wainwright

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ reflective medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2019

Indecent by Darcy Burke

Indecent

The Phoenix Club #4

Darcy Burke

fiction romance emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

326 pages | first published 2022