Popular Posts from 2014

Continuing to feature popular posts year by year – here’s a look at 2014. A number of these posts derive from an examination of the 2013 reader survey results.

Favourite Historical Fiction Authors from the 2013 survey  This post contains a list of favourite authors based on tabulating write-in responses from over 2000 participants in the 2013 reader survey. You can see the top 10, 20 and 30 authors.

Highlights from the 2013 reader survey of over 2000 participants plus a link to the full report. This was the second reader survey I conducted. There are surveys from 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018 as well as a survey of WWI reading conducted in 2017.

In this post, readers tell us what detracts from their enjoyment of historical fiction.

Having written three novels featuring WWI, I assembled 10 facts about WWI trenches. The post has been a perennial favourite and thousands have stopped by for a read.

The gender gap exists in reading. Not surprisingly, women and men have different reading habits and preferences. This post looks at these differences. A second post compares the favourite authors of men and women.

Comments from readers on what they love about historical fiction.

It turns out that reading preferences vary by country, which you can read about in part 1 and part 2.

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M.K. Tod writes historical fiction. Her latest novel, TIME AND REGRET was published by Lake Union. Mary’s other novels, LIES TOLD IN SILENCE and UNRAVELLED are available from Amazon, NookKoboGoogle Play and iTunes. She can be contacted on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads or on her website www.mktod.com.

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