Historical Fiction

Recent historical fiction releases.
Updated March 25, 2026
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The Paris Express
Emma Donoghue
Paper Book
In this riveting historical thriller, a deadly plot unfolds aboard a train hurtling towards Paris. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue takes you on a heart-pounding ride in The Paris Express. 'Ratchets up the pace until it's...
The Listeners
Maggie Stiefvater
Paper Book
A beguiling, powerful and heartbreaking novel from an exceptional voice in fiction, The Listeners is the story of ordinary people thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, and the things we do to survive. 'Cinematic and so very satisfying... a phenomenally...
Circle of Days
Ken Follett
Paper Book
'Monumentally epic . . . a superb novel' LEE CHILD 'A tour de force' PETER JAMES From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A...
Rules of the Heart
Janice Hadlow
Paper Book
Inspired by real history, Rules of the Heart is the sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of The Other Bennet Sister, Janice Hadlow.Propriety of conduct was never my forte, so that if any lady chooses to make observations, theywill always have enough to find fault with.Lady Henrietta...
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende
Paper Book
'A spellbinding masterpiece' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Isabel Allende is a literary treasure' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A captivating novel of love and war from one of our most revered storytellers' KATE MORTON The new historical novel from literary legend Isabel...
These Days
Lucy Caldwell
Paper Book
From 'one of Ireland's most essential writers' (Sunday Times) comes the exquisite story of two sisters trying to survive in life and love against the backdrop of the Belfast Blitz.
Boleyn Traitor
Philippa Gregory
Paper Book
She ​survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant? Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly. As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king's love is a fickle thing. And when the royal...
Boudicca's Daughter
Elodie Harper
Paper Book
'Boudicca's Daughter is Elodie Harper's masterpiece.' Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia 'One of the best books I have ever read.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen 'Certainly my book of the year.'...
No Friend to This House
Natalie Haynes
Paper Book
'Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer' - Radio TimesNo Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes.This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This...
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