It’s a new day; it’s a new year. So who is holding the top ten spot for historical romance authors? Well, here’s the list, and interesting enough, there is a lot of crossover at the moment between true historical romance versus historical fiction.
By Diana Gabaldon’s own admission, her books are not historical romance. Philippa Gregory is in the number two spot, and she’s definitely historical fiction. How do they get there? Well, when books are loaded for sale into Amazon, publishers and authors can choose two categories to list their books. Most who write historical romance also choose historical fiction and sometimes other categories.
A few of the names are regulars in the top ten, such as Kathyrn Le Veque and Christi Caldwell, but an old favorite has made it this time around – Jane Austen. I wonder what she would think about being in the top ten over two hundred years later?
Here are your top ten for January 1, 2019.
- Diana Gabaldon
- Philippa Gregory
- Fiona Valpy
- Sally Britton
- Dragonblade Publishing (Various Authors)
- Kathryn Le Veque
- Christi Caldwell
- Natasha Lester
- Jane Austen
- Scarlett Scott
Below is a sample of their most popular books.
If you watched PBS’s recent show, The Great American Read, you’re probably aware that Diana Galbaldon came in second with her Outlander series, and To Kill a Mockingbird came in first. Other historicals that made the top ten were Pride & Prejudice, Gone with the Wind, and Jane Eyre. Is the Outlander book series truly a great American read compared to its hefty competition of literary classics? Honestly, ladies, just admit you’ve fallen in love with Jamie Fraser as portrayed in the Starz series. Being his lass is all you really want whether it’s a book or film.
It’s been difficult getting this blog off the ground in spite of advertising, helping other authors for free, writing posts, and updating daily.
In case you’re in a reading slump….
Entertainment’s online magazine today released an article regarding Elizabeth Hoyt’s new book, Not the Duke’s Darling, which is the first in a new series scheduled for release on December 18, 2018. The cover is finally up on Amazon. It’s an interesting article about the storyline. Check it out at the link below!
The #metoo movement is hitting the romance genre. “Put another way, how does a genre commonly dubbed “bodice-rippers” stay relevant in an era when the ripping of bodices sounds more like cause for a lawsuit than a display of passion?” Read more below. Perhaps us ladies should start ripping shirts instead!
My first exposure to the possibility of time travel came through the movie, The Time Machine (1960), about a 19th-century traveler transporting himself by his nifty machine 800,000 years into the future. The story was written by H.G. Wells in 1895.
An interesting read about scams on the Kindle platform – book stuffing. No, it’s not a book stuffed into a turkey cavity. It’s something entirely different where cheating authors make $100K per month abusing the KDP platform. Read how they scam you, the reader, and steal profits from honest authors. Amazon is putting a stop to the abuses of the system.