Historical Fiction About a Scientific Discovery

Updated April 27, 2026
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Euphoria: A Novel
King, Lily
Paper Book
The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller From the author of Writers & Lovers, Euphoria is Lily King's gripping novel inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world. 'Pretty much perfect' -...
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia.
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. 'ONE OF...
When we cease to understand the world
Labatut, Benjamín
Paper Book
Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.
The Circus Train: A Novel
Parikh, Amita
Paper Book
Picks and shovels
Doctorow, Cory
Paper Book
THE YEAR IS 1986. THE CITY IS SAN FRANCISCO. Here, Martin Hench will reinvent the forensic accountant for the digital age - what a bounty hunter is to people, he will be to tech money - but for now he's an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the...
Outside Looking In A Novel
Boyle, T.C.
Paper Book
One family's adventures in LSD: the brilliantly strange new novel from the mind of 'one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)Chosen as a Book of the Year 2019 by the HeraldIt is Harvard in the early 1960s. Just off...
Us conductors in which I seek the heart of Clara Rockmore, my one true love, finest theremin player the world will ever know
Michaels, Sean
Paper Book
The last days of night : a novel
Moore, Graham
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A thrilling novel based on actual events, about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America--from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and author of The Sherlockian ...
The Giant, O'Brien
Mantel, Hilary
Paper Book
From the author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light, comes the true story of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O'Brien, who was exhibited in London and eventually dissected by the surgeon John Hunter. Charles O'Brien, bard and giant. The cynical...
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...
The confessions of Frannie Langton : a novel
Collins, Sara
Paper Book
They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done? 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs...
Poor things : episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M. D. Scottish public health officer
Gray, Alasdair
Audiobook
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...
All the light we cannot see : a novel
Doerr, Anthony
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a...
The fair botanists
Sheridan, Sara
Paper Book
Skylark : a novel
McLain, Paula
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an irresistible story of love, courage and resistance on the streets of Paris - and in the secret network of tunnels that lies beneath * A Good Morning America Book Club pick for January 2026! * 'A real treat' The Times<...

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