Six Regency-era novels that aren’t romances

Katie Moench is a librarian, runner, and lover of baked goods. A school librarian in the Upper Midwest, Moench lives with her husband and dog and spends her free time drinking coffee, trying new recipes, and adding to her TBR list.

At Book Riot she tagged six Regency-era novels that aren’t romances, including:

Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell

This historical mystery novel dives into the system of capital punishment that existed in Regency-era England. Returning from the Napoleonic Wars, Rider Sandman expected to come home to a gentleman’s life, but, two years after Waterloo, his family has no money and he has called off his engagement to the woman he loves. Desperate to bring in money, he takes a job working for the government investigating pleas for mercy from condemned criminals. His first case involves a painter who is sentenced to hanging, but as he looks into the case, Rider begins to have his doubts about the man’s guilt.

Read about another novel on the list.

Also see Celeste Connally's six Regency-era historical mysteries with headstrong heroines and Tara Sonin's fifty best regency romances.

--Marshal Zeringue