Historical Fiction

A Southern Living Best New Book of Winter 2019; A Refinery29 Best Book of January 2019; A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at The Week, Huffington Post, Nylon, and Lit Hub; An Indie Next Pick for January 2019...

“Compelling . . . unfailingly interesting, building suspense as readers wonder what will happen” —Booklist (starred review). “Schlink knows how to tell a gripping yarn . . . [The Grandaughter] is a rewarding and wonderfully...

A vast, sweeping tale across humanity, time and history from Elif Shafak. This story of love, grief and hope is great for fans of Richard Powers and Ruth Ozeki.From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new...

A gorgeous historical fiction combining the investigative suspense of Louise Penny and the compelling historical backdrop of Outlander. This is the story of a woman ahead of her time and the impact she makes on a world that isn't ready for her...

A beautifully written short novel about the price of isolation and the desire for community and connection that's perfect for fans of one of our fiction monthly picks, Paul's Harding's This Other Eden.“Tender, riveting, and inventive...

Nobel Prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude andLove in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez blends the natural with supernatural in Of Love and Other Demons - a novel which explores community, superstition and...

Sasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin’s terror to the present day, in a novel full of heart and humanity.   One struggles not to forget, while the other would like nothing better. Tatiana Alexeyevna is an old woman,...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK.“Homeseeking is about the love of home and family, even against unimaginable circumstances…[A] sweeping epic.” —Good Housekeeping.“Fans of historical fiction will want to pick up this...

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg’s film, tells of a young boy’s struggle to survive World War II in China.Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than...

The beloved story of an orphaned girl living in the Swiss Alps is now available in an unabridged, illustrated cloth hardcover edition in Union Square and Co.’s Children's Signature Clothbound Classics series.When Heidi’s parents die and she...

A ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary reinvention of the love story by the legendary Nobel Prize winner.Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a...

From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by...

After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of “happily ever after.”   Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon...

A magical novel suffused in a rich atmosphere all its own, Morgenstern's modern masterpiece revolves around the eponymous nocturnal institution and the unforgettable characters that inhabit it. A beautiful hardback edition of the modern fantasy...

A new selection of the much-loved Father Brown stories, now part of the Penguin English Library.'No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be'With his round, unassuming face, his pipe and umbrella, the bumbling priest Father Brown...

INTRODUCED BY LOUIS DE BERNIERES.Formidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog for the morals of North Oxford. Anthea, her great-niece, is in love with a dashing undergraduate with political...

What if Maid Marian were the real outlaw? Returning from an extended trip abroad, Maid Marian finds that much about her beloved England has changed. Her best friend, Robin, has been banished; her beloved uncle, King Richard, is dead; and the village of...

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...

Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori...

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick • An October 2024 Indie Next Pick • An October 2024 LibraryReads Pick. “Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you.” —Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of She Who...