With the growing popularity of the graphic format, I think it’s really exciting to see more and more historical settings and stories! As a visual learner, there is something really powerful about seeing history come to life before your eyes, and I think graphic novels accomplish that - a bit like seeing a black and white photo colorized, or watching a digital remaster of a turn of the century video recording. Historical fiction is a great way at looking at history from the lens of women, people of color, queer folks, and others from marginalized identities, all while telling important stories about the past and how people lived - and it can be really fun, too! I enjoy everything from slice-of-life to fiction set against the backdrop of major historical events to speculative historical fiction, because I think all of these stories challenge assumptions we might hold about the past and prompt us to think about history in a new light. One of my favorite genres is historical fiction, because I love reading about the human side of history and learning about the details that are often left out or glossed over in official records.
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