Historical Fiction

This zesty blend of bawdy entertainment and thoughtful coming-of-age story tantalizes the contemporary conscious.

This zesty blend of bawdy entertainment and thoughtful coming-of-age story tantalizes the contemporary conscious.

For readers looking for a tremendously entertaining, emotionally charged story, look no further.

For readers looking for a tremendously entertaining, emotionally charged story, look no further.

Kanon uses taut prose and sly dialogue to dial up the intrigue and tension on a level to satisfy any reader.

Kanon uses taut prose and sly dialogue to dial up the intrigue and tension on a level to satisfy any reader.

Scharer makes an impressive debut with this bold historical novel. 

Scharer makes an impressive debut with this bold historical novel. 

ON SWIFT HORSES offers many painful reminders of the damage that repression can do, but it’s also a deep-breathing, atmospheric novel.

ON SWIFT HORSES offers many painful reminders of the damage that repression can do, but it’s also a deep-breathing, atmospheric novel.

In The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys has once again written gripping historical fiction that combines impeccable research with sweeping storytelling.

In The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys has once again written gripping historical fiction that combines impeccable research with sweeping storytelling.

In rural Tennessee, two stories unfold as a federal dam helps bring electric power and prosperity to a post-Depression-era community.

In rural Tennessee, two stories unfold as a federal dam helps bring electric power and prosperity to a post-Depression-era community.

The bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU immerses readers in a wonderful novel based on the real-life Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky.

The bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU immerses readers in a wonderful novel based on the real-life Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel is grounded in a profoundly simple truth: A person’s humanity is tied to their freedom.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel is grounded in a profoundly simple truth: A person’s humanity is tied to their freedom.

Alice Hoffman travels to a hidden world built amid the horrors of the Holocaust and brings forth a spellbinding tale of love, loss and what it means to endure.

Alice Hoffman travels to a hidden world built amid the horrors of the Holocaust and brings forth a spellbinding tale of love, loss and what it means to endure.

Maaza Mengiste has produced a work of fiction that is epic in reach, with brilliant borrowings from the forms of classic tragedy.

Maaza Mengiste has produced a work of fiction that is epic in reach, with brilliant borrowings from the forms of classic tragedy.

A female war correspondent raises a young orphan girl in WWII Paris.

A female war correspondent raises a young orphan girl in WWII Paris.

Meg Waite Clayton brings to life the true story of Truus Wijsmuller, a Dutch woman who helped transport hundreds of Jewish children out of Austria.

Meg Waite Clayton brings to life the true story of Truus Wijsmuller, a Dutch woman who helped transport hundreds of Jewish children out of Austria.

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