Historical Fiction

This is the kind of book that will hold on to your heartstrings. Time-travel, romance and shadows of history are bundled into one sweeping tale of memory and identity.A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!For fans of The Ministry of...

From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the...

Blockbuster bestseller Rebecca Ross returns to the world of international sensation Divine Rivals with her most epic story yet. Before Iris sat at her typewriter and before Enva sang her song, a young goddess wandered dreams… Born to...

Fifty-two weeks. That's all the time Mona has left to learn about beauty before she loses her eyesight forever.Fifty-two works of art. Every Wednesday, Mona's grandfather picks her up after school and takes her to see a great work of art...

"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine…"   The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's...

Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his...

A passionate but unsentimental depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations.Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his...

And anyway, who cares? All that matters is that the guy is dead, right?A dark and thrilling ride about the most unlikely of killers, perfect for Tarantino fans, by the award-winning and bestselling author, PIERRE LEMAITREWith Mathilde, there is never a...

All Joseph wants is to be let into Tartuffe's world. All Ettie wants is to escape it.The year is 1920. The place is a remote farmhouse in Provence, home to the reclusive painter Edouard Tartuffe and his niece, Ettie. Into this strange, silent house walks...

The first in a delightful new mystery series set in the hidden heart of London's legal world, introducing a wonderfully unwilling sleuth, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Nita Prose. When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | A SUNDAY TIMES UK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR | SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION AWARD.“So much to relish here . . . and the writing is just lovely!” —Diane Setterfield, New York...

Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, trying to strip away everything she's spent all her life as a woman striving for, craving the anonymity and privacy her new off-grid life provides. But when she clears the last...

Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated, and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late twentieth century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place...

The beloved Stephen Fry follows up the bestselling Troy with a hugely entertaining retelling of Odysseus' turbulent decade-long voyage home to Ithaca. Discover the stunning conclusion to Stephen Fry's internationally bestselling Greek myths...

The instant New York Times bestselling prequel to the Cat & Mouse Duet is here . . .The married woman of the manor. The stranger outside. An intoxicating novel of dark temptation and dangerous desire by the New York...

Set against the backdrop of World War II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this is historical fiction that thrives in the time period it's placed in. With complex and compelling characters and political tension, it's a read that transports.An Oprah...

Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS.  ("You have to read them.").One of The New Yorker’s “The Best Books We Read in 2020” picks.No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. Fabien tonight was wandering over the vast splendour of a sea of clouds, but below him lay eternity. Inspired by his career as an aviator, Saint-Exupéry’s soaring novel follows the...

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .   Manchuria, 1908. In the last...

From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, painting the brutal and captivating empire of gods and men, and the one queen destined to rule them all. A common woman. The governor she...