Books by Katherine Arden
“It gives us the history of Russia that we already know, and then it throws in Russian and Slavic folklore. The way it does this, it speaks to how someone in the time period may perhaps have viewed their reality – where this folklore was not something that was considered ‘folklore’, but was part of the natural world. The supernatural and natural world here remain blurred.” Read more...
The Best Historical Fantasy Books
P. Djèlí Clark, Novelist
Interviews where books by Katherine Arden were recommended
The Best Historical Fantasy Books, recommended by P. Djèlí Clark
Historical fantasy books intermingle real history with counterfactual and speculative elements. P. Djèlí Clark, historian and Nebula Award-winning novelist, talks us through his top five magical re-imaginings of past eras, taking us from fourteenth century Russia into the Washington D.C. of the Roaring Twenties.
