I don't see that around here. Going through the last 13 historical fiction books I've read, 3 are set in the 19th century, 2 are set in the early 1900's, 1 is set during WWW I. 4 are set in the 1920-1939 era, 1 is set during WWW II and the last two are set in the 1960s.
This is going by the common definition of historical fiction as being written at least 50 years after the era where the story is set. This makes my re-reads of
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque published in 1929 or
Run Silent, Run Deep is a novel by Edward L. Beach Jr. published in 1955 ineligible to be counted as historical fiction. OTOH,
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell published in 2016 does qualify.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Most eBooks I see are set in or around WWII.
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Perhaps your statement says more about your limited genre choices in ebooks than it does about the breadth of historical fiction?
And yet once again, you seem to feel that your opinion is to be conflated with fact.