Historical Fiction

A case gone cold, two detectives on the hunt, and everyone with their own personal agenda. Terrifying twists and addictive action makes this another hit from Michael Connelly.LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone...

The Ryanverse continues with President Ryan stuck in Panama during a coup. As the threat grows and the obstacles mount, will Ryan survive to fight another day? If you’ve trusted Jack Ryan for your action-packed thrill reads thus far, don’t...

The incomparable Richard Price weaves the perspectives of individual characters into the voice of a community shaken by disaster. This is a snapshot of life and death from the author of Freedomland.In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of...

Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows nothing is simple when you’re thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, but her upcoming marriage proves to be the ultimate complication in the tenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series.As...

Borges' first collection of stories (1935). In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild...

The bestselling classic about three generations of a deaf family in modern America, by the author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. ‘A miracle of empathy, a tour de force’ -- The New York Times. Two young deaf people, Abel and Janice,...

Daring, darkly comical and profound, The Zone of Interest masterfully blends humour, moral curiosity and fearless originality to deliver a harrowing love story set in Auschwitz. Martin Amis returns with a violently dark love story set in a Second...

Two murders in Chelsea plague amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II in the fourth book in the charming series, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear.1957, England. Young Queen Elizabeth II is finding her way in postwar Europe, trying to...

'[I was] completely transported . . . so sparely and yet vividly told. I admired it immensely' -- Clare Chambers.'Aroa Moreno Durán writes with a rare sensitivity about the unconsidered consequences of giving everything up for love' -- Claire...

The second part of the duology, Where The Library Hides packs even more rip-roaring historical adventure through 19th-century Egypt, complete with sizzling romance, unexpected twists and turns and a great sense of humor.The stunning conclusion to the...

Turn a Blind Eye is the third installment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by master storyteller Jeffrey Archer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles.Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William...

Pitching the reader into the heady milieu of eighteenth-century Paris, Mazzola's haunting narrative of vanished children and sinister mechanical experiments is an irresistible read perfect for fans of The Binding and The Essex Serpent. Paris, 1750. In...

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay. The Papal authorities commission lieutenant governor Stefano Bracchi to investigate as subtly as he can.Meanwhile, to the...

Who tells her story? In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind. Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled talent finally recognised. The tireless efforts of one woman gave the world one...

A nineteenth-century utopia becomes a powder keg of political intrigue and betrayal in an enthralling historical novel—inspired by actual events—by the author of Flight Risk. Key West, 1886. The booming cigar industry makes it the most...

Some secrets can only stay buried for so long. . . .Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father, drawing intricate sketches at every dig. When they find dinosaur bones near their home in Wyoming Territory, they're given...

In this exquisitely dark debut, Kate Howard delivers a stirring tale on the cost of beauty, packed with suspense and period detail worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, and Tracy Chevalier.Cursed from birth by the bird-shaped blemish across her face,...

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023. “A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling.”—Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. “A beautiful, haunting book...

Shakespeare created the myth of the Macbeths as indefensible murderous conspirators. But now internationally bestselling author Val McDermid drags the truth out of the shadows, exposing the patriarchal prejudices of history. Britain’s reigning...

In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to give away the location of the sacred relics of St Columba, the missionary who first brought Christianity to Scotland. Following a night of rampage and mayhem,...