When academics start paying attention to a genre (for good or bad), it's a sure sign that the genre has snagged more than a few readers:
Snagging modern readers of historical fiction has not been that difficult, for a huge number of writers now ply this genre. Some are familiar to the proverbial common reader who, as Samuel Johnson famously declared, by common sense ... uncorrupted with literary prejudices ... finally decide[s] all claims to [literary] honours:
Others are more familiar to folks who stick primarily to sub-genres within the general genre:
Part of the overall genre's popularity must no doubt be attributed to the fact that so many titles are published as part of a series (see our posts of 20-24 September 2009)...
Perhaps equally important is the fact that should one run out of current titles (extremely unlikely), there are lots of classic titles with which to while away the hours....
There are a number of online checklists of such fiction, should one not wish to spring for a print edition of one of the standard bibliographies (see second image above). Click, for example, here, here or here....
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