Historical Fiction

Updated February 25, 2025
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Shy creatures : a novel
Chambers, Clare
Paper Book
From the Women's Prize longlisted, British Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Small Pleasures, a new novel about love, family and the joy of freedom. 'I was worried this wouldn't be as good as the brilliant Small Pleasures, but it might be even better....

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Bellevue : a novel
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
A young doctor must come to terms with the dark truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in history made at Bellevue in this the gripping suspense-horror from New York Times bestselling author Robin CookTwenty-four-year-old Michael "Mitt" Fuller starts his surgical residency at the iconic...

3

The midwife of Auschwitz
Stuart, Anna
Paper Book

4

Unicorn woman
Jones, Gayl
Paper Book
'A literary giant' TAYARI JONES A richly imaginative and moving new novel from the Pulitzer finalist and acclaimed author of Corregidora A cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But...

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The bright sword : a novel of King Arthur
Grossman, Lev
Paper Book
A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub, BookRiot and more! 'This Year's Must-Read Novel . . . Grossman's...

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The cliffs
Sullivan, J. Courtney
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB JULY PICK A deeply satisfying and enjoyable novel about family, secrets, ghosts and homecoming 'Entrancing ... filled with mystery' Reese Witherspoon, Reese's Book Club July Picks 'I could not put this book down'...

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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...

8

The God of the Woods : A Novel
Moore, Liz.
Paper Book
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS ___________ Some said it was...

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The glassmaker : a novel
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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The comfort of ghosts
Winspear, Jacqueline
Paper Book
Maisie Dobbs returns for a final time in the bestselling mystery series.

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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 'Gripping ... Bravura storytelling' VOGUE 'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and...

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

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Foul heart huntsman
Gong, Chloe
Paper Book
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'An electrifying, swashbuckling tale' CASSANDRA CLARE 'Intoxicating and dazzling' ROSHANI CHOKSHI 'Brilliant pacing and utterly dynamic characters' ELIZABETH LIM The utterly...

15

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

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Mortal follies : a novel
Hall, Alexis J.
Paper Book

18

Loyalty
Scottoline, Lisa.
Audiobook

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CABINET OF DR. LENG
PRESTON, DOUGLAS.
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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Clive Cussler's The sea wolves
Du Brul, Jack
Paper Book

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A dangerous business
Smiley, Jane
Paper Book
'I raced through this murder mystery' Good Housekeeping, 10 Books to Read Right Now! 'Smiley is a masterful writer' Sunday Times 'Outstanding. Her sentences are sublime' Roxane Gay From a brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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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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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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The girl in the castle
Patterson, James
Paper Book
My Name is Hannah Dory and I need you to believe me NOW- Hannah is brought to Belman Psych, told she is suffering from hallucinations and delusions. Hannah knows the truth- she must return to the past and save her sister. 1347- Hannah and her village...

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A truth to lie for
Perry, Anne
Paper Book

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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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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 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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Disappearance of a scribe
Stabenow, Dana
Paper Book
In this exquisite, absorbing historical mystery, Tetisheri, confidant of Queen Cleopatra, must solve a troubling case in ancient Alexandria. Alexandria, 47BC. Cleopatra - seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt - watches over her city....

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Sharpe's assassin : Richard Sharpe and the occupation of Paris, 1815
Cornwell, Bernard
Paper Book
SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter,...

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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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Cloud cuckoo land : a novel
Doerr, Anthony
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian 'Ingenious, hopefuly and totally absorbing' Financial Times 'Buoyant with humanity' Daily Mail When everything...

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Three Words for Goodbye : A Novel
Gaynor, Hazel, author.
Paper Book
From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn.   Three cities, two sisters, one...

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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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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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Survive the night : a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book

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Light perpetual : a novel
Spufford, Francis
Paper Book
From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, a novel of five everyday lives - their dramas, their redemptions, their commonplace miracles - in the teeming, ever-changing immensity of 20th century London.

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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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Katharine Parr, the sixth wife : a novel
Weir, Alison
Paper Book

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The four winds
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
'Kristin Hannah is a classic storyteller and The Four Winds sees her at the top of her game' - Matt Haig'Powerful and compelling' - Delia Owens, number one international bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing'A story of love, family, unbreakable bonds, bravery and hope. I loved this book so...

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The Paris library : a novel
Skeslien Charles, Janet
Paper Book

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Royal : a novel
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever. As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest...

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The night watchman : a novel
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION 2021 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council...

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A long petal of the sea : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
_______________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'A powerful love story spanning generations... Full of ambition and humanity' - Sunday Times 'One...

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Spy : a novel
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel. At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary. She is a stunning beauty who...

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Ghost fire
Smith, Wilbur A.
Paper Book
From Wilbur Smith's Courtney series comes an epic story of tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of the French Indian War.

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Meet me in Monaco : a novel of Grace Kelly's royal wedding
Gaynor, Hazel
Audiobook
Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d'Azur in this page-turning novel of...

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Summer of '69
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
'I just LOVE [Elin Hilderbrand's] books, they are such compulsive reads' - Marian Keyes 'The beach read of the summer . . . A must buy' - Library Journal Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century ....

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Anna of Kleve, the princess in the portrait : a novel
Weir, Alison
Paper Book

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Master of his fate
Bradford, Barbara Taylor
Paper Book
From Victorian London to the vibrant port cities of England and France, from gracious stately homes in Gloucestershire to the decadence of Paris, Master of his Fate launches an unforgettable new historical series. London 1884: Queen Victoria is Empress of India and Britain is at its peak...

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Heads you win
Archer, Jeffrey
Paper Book
Chosen as one of the best books of 2018 by the Mail on Sunday 'The master storyteller returns with a nail-biter every bit as good as Kane and Abel - utterly enthralling' - Joanna Lumley Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling...

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