Historical Fiction

Recent historical fiction releases.
Updated June 23, 2026
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Historical Fiction

Recent historical fiction releases.
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Circle of days : a novel
Follett, Ken
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. "Superb." --Lee Childs, New York Times...
Daughter of Egypt
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER Known for her "delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense" (People), New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, returns with a sweeping...
Skylark : a novel
McLain, Paula
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below--where a woman's quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor...
The listeners
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER· An Oprah Daily Best Summer Read · A Christian Science Monitor Best Book · Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of the Year "Wonderfully observed--actually, flat-out wonderful." --The Wall Street Journal "Richly imagined ....
The bookbinder's secret
Bell, A. D. (Novelist)
Paper Book
Every book tells a story. This one tells a secret. A young bookbinder begins a hunt for the truth when a confession hidden beneath the binding of a burned book reveals a story of forbidden love, lost fortune, and murder. Now a USA Today bestseller! ...
A far-flung life : a novel
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
From the mega bestselling and acclaimed author of The Light Between Oceans, a global phenomenon, comes a magnificent and spectacularly moving new novel about family secrets that must never be revealed, and what the heart can endure for the sake of love. When we do...
An ordinary sort of evil
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Victorian Scotland in the latest in the genre-blending Rip Through Time series. Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Mitchell has grown accustomed to life in Victorian Scotland after travelling 150...
Boleyn traitor
Gregory, Philippa
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII. "Gregory skillfully captures the lust for power and wealth that overcomes those who serve...
Death times seven
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
Two violent crimes challenge the investigative skills of young Daniel Pitt and his wife, Miriam, in the final novel of iconic mystery writer Anne Perry's beloved Daniel Pitt series. "A towering achievement from a towering talent--superb!" --Jeffery Deaver, author of the Colter Shaw...
Keeper of lost children
Johnson, Sadeqa
Paper Book
*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman's vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in unexpected and soul-stirring ways. Ethel...
The wayfinder : a novel
Johnson, Adam
Paper Book
Named one of Ten Best Books of 2025 by The Wall Street JournalNamed one of Ten Best Books of 2025 by The Washington PostNamed a Best Novel of 2025 by NPR and Publishers WeeklyNamed a Best Historical Novel of 2025 by The New York Times...
Wolf worm
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher This gorgeous...
Meet the Newmans : a novel
Niven, Jennifer
Paper Book
From #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America's favorite TV family, whose perfect façade cracks "I LOVED Meet the Newmans!" --Judy Blume, #1 New York Times bestselling author "[A] WITTY AND MOVING novel." --...
The last of Earth : a novel
Anappara, Deepa
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line comes a "splendid" (The New York Times) novel set in nineteenth-century Tibet that follows two outsiders--an Indian schoolteacher spying for the British Empire and an English "lady" explorer--as they venture into a...
Lidie : the further travels and adventures of Lidie Newton
Smiley, Jane
Paper Book
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, a rousing novel that follows two young women fleeing a divided America: one running toward a dazzling future and the other running from a troubled past Christmas, 1857. America's future is precarious; civil war looms on the...
Amity
Harris, Nathan
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their...
Ruby falls : a novel
Phillips, Gin
Paper Book
One body. Five suspects. Total darkness. A tense, claustrophobic historical mystery set almost entirely underground at the onset of the Great Depression about the discovery of a 150-foot waterfall in the middle of a mountain, the unthinkable crime that happens in its caves...
Burn down master's house
Cane, Clay
Paper Book
As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at...
In the great quiet : a novel
Vogt, Laura
Paper Book
A pioneer unwaveringly endures the Oklahoma frontier in an epic adventure about a woman haunted by secrets and searching for home. A cannon booms at high noon, and the race begins in the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. Amid the crowd is Minnie Hoopes. Tenacious and fiercely...
Queen Esther : a novel
Irving, John
Paper Book
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud's, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther--a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism....
The stolen life of Colette Marceau
Harmel, Kristin
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who "is the best there is at sweeping historical drama" (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a...
A pair of aces
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney for the City of New York and Manhattan's first Black female prosecutor, has her sights set on the one and only Lucky Luciano, head of New York City's five largest organized crime families. Other prosecutors have tried to bring down Lucky, but they've all...
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