Historical Fiction about Real Life Women

Updated June 10, 2026
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Historical Fiction about Real Life Women

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The only woman in the room
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
The New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both? Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in...
Malinalli
Chapa, Veronica
Paper Book
Book Riot's Best New Book Releases A 2025 Latino Book Award Winner, Gold Medal for Best Novel -- Historical Fiction -- English "A vivid and unprecedented journey into the Spanish invasion of Aztec Mexico." --Luis Alberto Urrea, acclaimed...
Learned by heart
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder, this novel is based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York. "A wrenching love story." --Chris Bohjalian, The...
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