Adult Historical Fiction

Adult Historical Fiction

Updated December 3, 2024
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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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Wandering stars
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its own people. It is also...

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The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year 'Sparkling' OBSERVER 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY<...

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Carrie Soto is back : a novel
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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The Briar Club : a novel
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, D.C., 1950 Everyone keeps to themselves at...

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The divorc?s
Beaird, Rowan
Paper Book
A dark and dazzling US debut from a beguiling new voice - for fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry.

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Butcher : father of modern gyno-psychiatry
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paper Book
'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going' GILLIAN FLYNN 'Delightfully disturbing' iNEWS 'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting...

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Tiananmen Square : a novel
Wen, Lai
Paper Book
'An extraordinary book. Truly important' - William Boyd A stunning, deeply moving novel about growing up in Beijing in the 1970s and 80s and taking part in Tiananmen Square protests It is Beijing in the 1970s, and Lai lives with her parents, grandmother and younger brother...

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Miss Morgan's book brigade : a novel
Skeslien Charles, Janet
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France. 'This is hands...

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You dreamed of empires
Enrigue, Alvaro
Paper Book
'An Aztec West Wing' GUARDIAN 'A triumph' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Glorious' i-D A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF 2024 A GUARDIAN TOP FIVE TRANSLATED FICTION OF 2024 In 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés...

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The modern fairies
Pollard, Clare
Paper Book
'Elegant and decadent, vulgar and clever, enchanting and dark. The love child of Angela Carter and Anaïs Nin - the book I really really needed' SARAH PERRY, author of The Essex Serpent 'The sentences sing on the page with wit and intelligence ... This memorable novel...

12

Time of the child
Williams, Niall
Paper Book
**The instant Irish Times Top Ten bestseller** A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love 'A rich and gorgeous book' The...

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Sisters under the rising sun
Morris, Heather (Screenwriter)
Paper Book

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The cabinet of Dr. Leng
Preston, Douglas J.
Paper Book
How can you stop a serial killer who has been dead for a hundred years? The nail-biting new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Agent Pendergast series.FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds...

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Flags on the bayou : a novel
Burke, James Lee
Paper Book

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I am homeless if this is not my home
Moore, Lorrie
Paper Book
From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of longing and surprise.

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Stars in an Italian sky
Santopolo, Jill
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a sweeping and achingly romantic story of the course of fate, the meaning of family and the power of love. . . Italy, 1946 The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor belong to...

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Everyone knows your mother is a witch
Galchen, Rivka
Paper Book
'Riveting' Margaret Atwood 'I loved this book intensely' Lauren Groff Guardian The plague is spreading. The hundred year war is beginning. Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch. Known for her herbal remedies and successful children - among them Johannes...

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Mrs. Porter calling : a novel
Pearce, A. J.
Paper Book

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The vaster wilds
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Exhilarating' GUARDIAN 'Her writing has a timeless quality' THE TIMES '[Has] a visionary quality' OBSERVER A profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive

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The last dance of the debutante
Kelly, Julia
Paper Book

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The invisible hour : a novel
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the enduring magic of books. Sixteen-year-old Ivy is pregnant and alone. Cast out by her family, she runs...

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Loyalty
Scottoline, Lisa.
Audiobook

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The golden doves : a novel
Kelly, Martha Hall
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author. Two spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II. 'Kelly weaves a fascinating tale of lesser-known heroes, inspired by true events, to enhance our understanding of history....

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The glutton : a novel
Blakemore, A. K.
Paper Book
One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.

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The little liar : a novel
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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The maniac
Labatut, Benjamín
Paper Book
The author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AI.

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The house of doors : a novel
Tan, Twan Eng
Paper Book
The anticipated novel from the Booker-shortlisted author exploring love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang

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Booth : a novel
Fowler, Karen Joy
Paper Book
A major new novel from million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

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The sweetness of water
Harris, Nathan
Paper Book

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The good left undone : a novel
Trigiani, Adriana
Paper Book
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** THE SWEEPING, SUN-DRENCHED STORY OF LOVE, FAMILY AND UNTOLD SECRETS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF WWII, FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER 'Adriana is a storyteller second to none' HEATHER MORRIS,...

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Trust
Da?z, Hern?
Paper Book
Longlisted for the Booker PrizeThe Sunday Times BestsellerTrust is a sweeping, unpredictable novel about power, wealth and truth, set against the backdrop of turbulent 1920s New York. Perfect for fans of Succession.Can one person change the course of history?A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman...

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The marriage portrait
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022) An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022) A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)<...

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The fervor : a novel
Katsu, Alma
Paper Book

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Titans of war
Smith, Wilbur A.
Paper Book
Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith,returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series.

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My policeman
Roberts, Bethan
Audiobook

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Survive the night : a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book

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The forest of vanishing stars
Harmel, Kristin
Paper Book
'A cracking story and characters that zing from the page. Totally immersive' LIZ TRENOW 'A master storyteller' SANTA MONTEFIORE Yona has used her knowledge of the wilderness to help hundreds of Jews escape the Nazis. But what happens when a secret from her past...

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The Saboteurs
Cussler, Clive
Paper Book
THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FEATURING DETECTIVE ISAAC BELL FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER 'The Adventure King' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' STEPHEN COONTS _________ ...

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Blind tiger
Brown, Sandra
Paper Book
THE NEW INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE 80 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 1920, Texas Soldier Thatcher Hutton returns to a country unlike the one he left behind - where Prohibition is the new law of the land. When he...

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Go tell the bees that I am gone : a novel
Gabaldon, Diana
Paper Book
'Gabaldon's vast and sweeping account of the war is so intricately plotted and peopled that one is amazed she could conceive and write it in only seven years' Independent The author of the Sunday Times bestselling Outlander series returns with the...

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The secret keeper of Jaipur
Joshi, Alka
Audiobook

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Our woman in Moscow : a novel
Williams, Beatriz
Paper Book
Don't miss the gripping new book from the international bestseller - the story of two sisters caught up in Cold War espionage In 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a...

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Nineteen steps : a novel
Brown, Millie Bobby
Paper Book

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Hazardous spirits : a novel
Salam, Anbara
Paper Book
Shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland's National Book Awards 2024 'An exquisitely written work of Caledonian gothic' Francine Toon, author of Pine 'A darkly sparkling jewel of a book' Kirsty Logan, author of...

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Dawnlands : a novel
Gregory, Philippa
Paper Book
THE NEW SPELLBINDING NOVEL IN THE FAIRMILE SERIES FROM NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF TIDELANDS and DARK TIDES, PHILIPPA GREGORY In a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all . . . Ned Ferryman,...

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The girl in the castle
Patterson, James
Paper Book
'Thrill seekers will be absorbed by this exciting story' Kirkus 'Nobody does it better.' Jeffery Deaver 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin ____________________________ My Name is Hannah Dory and I need you to...

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