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    1. Thin_Rip8995 on

      based on your taste (and love for Slammerkin—great pick), here are some historical fiction recs that are:

      * female-led
      * immersive but not overwhelming
      * relatively easy to follow
      * mostly under 400 pages
      * The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber okay this one’s long but soooo worth it if you liked Slammerkin smart, gritty, 19th-century London prostitute trying to climb up and out
      * The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Amsterdam, 1600s a quiet but eerie mystery through the eyes of a young bride easy prose, strong female voice
      * Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Victorian con artists, double-crosses, and sapphic tension dark but very readable
      * The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman short, gritty, female POV during a cholera outbreak in 1800s England similar tone to Slammerkin
      * Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood based on a real 1840s murder case compelling narrator, sharp writing, not overly dense
      * The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave based on a real witch trial in Norway sparse, clean prose and haunting atmosphere

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