Historical Fiction

Catherine Millet's best-selling The Sexual Life of Catherine M. was a landmark book — a portrait of a sexual life lived without boundaries and without a safety net. Described as "eloquent, graphic — and sometimes even poignant"...

“A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love.”—The Spectator. Written in 1953, the last book by best-selling novelist Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance is a quietly gripping story about the...

Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey in this sharp and sexy Regency Romance that begs the question: what if Cady and Regina just… kissed? When Catherine Pine relocates to Bath in 1817, she comes face-to-face with her mother’s arch...

Wed to one brother. In love with the other.   Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince collide in this Victorian-inspired romantasy; the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Rose Bargain...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers.Theo visits the local...

A young woman harnesses the power of her own mesmerizing beauty in order to protect her family in this moving tale inspired by an ancient Chinese legend. A poignant story on womanhood, power and sacrifice that’s perfect for fans of Shelley...

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...

“Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review“A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR“[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social...

Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, “aged thirty-two, profession variable, at present advertising...

Winner of the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeWinner of the 2023 Arab American Book Award for FictionShortlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book AwardShortlisted for the 2022 VCU Cabell First...

She tries to be the perfect wife, but life has other plans. When the lines between truth and imagination start to blur, one woman must come to terms with the reality of her seemingly perfect suburban existence. THE INSTANT NEW YORK...

From the Orange Prize-nominated author of The Observations comes an absorbing, atmospheric exploration of one young woman's friendship with a volatile artist and her place in the controversy that consumes him. Jane Harris's Gillespie and...

A stunning new novel of power, desire and the secrets all families carry, from the acclaimed author of Nightingale, Marina Kemp.When fledgling writer Zoe arrives at the Sicilian holiday home of famed novelist Don Travers, she feels that she has made...

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...

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...