Historical Fiction

Updated October 21, 2025
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Historical Fiction

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1

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club : a Novel
Kelly, Martha Hall
In this spectacular novel inspired by true events, New York Times bestselling author Martha Hall Kelly weaves a captivating tale of love, loss, and resilience. 'A delight!' KATE QUINN 'A heart-in-your-mouth tale of family, friendship, and...

2

Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New York Times Bestseller The Radio 2 Book Club Pick From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .

3

The comfort of ghosts
Winspear, Jacqueline
Paper Book
1945. For many in London, the peace feels harder than the war. Years of devastating Luftwaffe bombing have obliterated stretches of the city. Against this backdrop, psychologist-investigator Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the plight of a group of young squatters at a Belgravia mansion. Maisie's attempt...

4

The most
Anthony, Jessica
Paper Book
From 'one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page' (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightly wound, consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife, for fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen and Taffy Brodesser-Akner LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 A...

5

Wandering stars
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK 2024 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that...

6

Bellevue : a novel
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
A young doctor must come to terms with some of the greatest medical advances in history made. In Bellevue, dark truths are revealed in this the gripping suspense-horror from New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook. Twenty-four-year-old Michael "Mitt" Fuller...

7

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

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...

9

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 'At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible' STEPHEN...

10

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

11

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...

12

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

13

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...

14

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

15

The book spy
Hlad, Alan
Paper Book

16

SNOW HARE
LICHTAROWICZ, PAULA.
Paper Book
'Wonderful . . . a vivid and endearing picture of family life' The Times 'Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure, this is an exquisite, compelling study of survival and emotional resilience' Daily Mail Lena has her life mapped out....

17

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....

18

The night travelers : a novel
Correa, Armando Lucas
Paper Book
Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall...   Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed...

19

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...

20

Loyalty
Scottoline, Lisa.
Audiobook

21

Love & saffron : a novel of friendship, food, and love
Fay, Kim
Paper Book

22

Family of liars
Lockhart, E.
Paper Book

23

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,...

24

Circus of Wonders
MacNeal, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
It is 1865 and in a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart from her community because of the birthmarks that pepper her skin, Nell keeps her head down and her sights small: her world is her beloved brother and devotion to the sea. Then, Jasper Jupiter's...

25

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)<...

26

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...

27

My name is Yip
Crewe, Paddy
Paper Book
A THE TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2023 "MY NAME IS YIP TOLROY & I am a mute. I have made not a sound since the day of my birth, October 2nd, 1815. I will say that my life has been...

28

The Paris bookseller
Maher, Kerri
Paper Book

29

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...

30

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...

31

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

32

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...

33

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...

34

The last dance of the debutante
Kelly, Julia
Paper Book
Amidst the glamour of high society, a tawdry secret will change Lily's life forever 1958. The last year debutantes will be presented at court to the young Queen Elizabeth and officially come out into society. To appease her traditional mother, aspiring university student Lily Nicholls...

35

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...

36

Small things like these
Keegan, Claire
Paper Book
An exquisite winter tale of courage - and its cost, set in Catholic Ireland.

37

The four winds
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'A story of love, family, unbreakable bonds, bravery and hope' - Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Four Winds, an...

38

Survive the night : a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book

39

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...

40

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...

41

Nothing more dangerous : a novel
Eskens, Allen
Paper Book
'This powerful, unforgettable crime novel is a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as William Kent Krueger's Ordinary Grace or Larry Watson's Montana 1948 . . . A must-read.' Library Journal (starred review) In a small town where loyalty...

42

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...

43

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...

44

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...

45

The atomic city girls
Beard, Janet
Ebook
"The Atomic City Girls is a fascinating and compelling novel about a little-known piece of WWII history."--Maggie Leffler, international bestselling author of The Secrets of Flight In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and The Wives of Los Alamos, comes this riveting novel of the...

46

The bishop's pawn
Berry, Steve
Paper Book
The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's iconic hero, Cotton Malone. History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files,...

47

Transcription
Atkinson, Kate
Paper Book
The magnificent novel by bestselling and award-winning Kate Atkinson: 'A masterpiece' - Telegraph; 'Pageturner' - Evening Standard; 'Wise, funny and paced like a thriller' Observer In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into...

48

The clockmaker's daughter
Morton, Kate
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton brings us her trademark mix of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in The Clockmaker's Daughter. My real name, no one remembers. The truth...

49

Unsheltered a novel
Kingsolver, Barbara
Paper Book
The international bestselling author of The Lacuna, Flight Behaviour and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards - including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize - returns with a timely novel that interweaves past...
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