Sorry for not responding to you right away! Between my depression, issues in real life, and being sick I haven't been on here for so long. I've read some of the stories in the Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories and they are really good. I thought that they were going to be limited to a specific timeline, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a range of ghost stories from the Victorian Era to the mid 20th century. I love ghost stories so the stories I've read were great fun to read.

I haven't read my way through all of the stories right now. I've since found another book called 'The Oxford Book of English Detective Stores' that I got from one of my local libraries monthly book sale. It does have a Sherlock Holmes story which I think is to be expected given how well known Sherlock Holmes, but it's got so many short stories from the genre (or subgenre?). I've been really enjoying my time with these little stories as well.

I just wish that Oxford did something with a collection of women detectives. I do have the Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime but I haven't read any of the stories yet. I have to finish reading all the library books I've recently taken out since I got a little crazy with placing holds on books. O.o

I am going to search up the books you recommended for historical fiction. I've really, really been loving historical fiction lately. If you like historical fiction, I found some self published authors that you might like. I found some amazing books by looking for Indie authors on Amazon. In time, I hope to do some book reviews on here so I can tell people about the books that I've read!