Adult Historical Fiction

Adult Historical Fiction

Updated January 23, 2026
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The last days of Marilyn Monroe
Patterson, James
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the story of Marilyn Monroe and take a deep dive into the shocking circumstances of her death... 'Electrifying . . . A spellbinding new account of the star's final days by the world's greatest thriller writer' - ...

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Miss Morgan's book brigade a novel
Skeslien Charles, Janet
Paper Book
" The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the "captivating, richly drawn" (Woman's World) The Paris Library returns with a brilliant new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson--the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France...

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Tiananmen Square
Wen, Lai
Paper Book
A stunning, deeply moving autobiographical novel about growing up in Beijing in the 1970s and 80s and taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests.

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Isola : a novel
Goodman, Allegra
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history."--Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name "A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a...

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Polostan
Stephenson, Neal
Paper Book
'Inventive' THE TIMES From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy--an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. ...

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The sirens a novel
Hart, Emilia
Paper Book
A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward 2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Horrified,...

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The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book

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Butcher : father of modern gyno-psychiatry
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paper Book
From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women's asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr...

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The frozen river
Lawhon, Ariel
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that unhinges her small community. Now a million-copy bestseller! ...

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The little liar
Albom, Mitch
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Moving' Daily Mail 'It will stay with you' Independent 'Profound' Irish Examiner ____________________ A moving new novel from the...

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Sisters under the rising sun
Morris, Heather
Paper Book
Sisters under the Rising Sun, the captivating new novel by Heather Morris, is a story of women in war: a testament to resilience, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances.

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Loyalty
Scottoline, Lisa
Paper Book

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The perfumist of Paris
Joshi, Alka
Ebook

14

The girl in the castle
Patterson, James
Audiobook

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Carrie Soto is back
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
***NEW NOVEL ATMOSPHERE COMING JUNE 2025 - PREORDER NOW*** From the bestselling author of MALIBU RISING, DAISY JONES & THE SIX and THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO 'It made me cry twice, and when I finished reading, I had to sit for a minute with...

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