Historical Fiction

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 glittering rush of sugar-sweet enchantment’ -- Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse for True Love. Nottingham, 1906. Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are...

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...

A woman discovers a collection of invaluable antiquities in her late-grandparents' flat in Athens, in this luminous, searching novel about passion, injustice and redemption from the bestselling author of The Island. Concealed beneath the dust sheets...

Vilest Things is a dazzling tale of revenge, betrayal and suspense from the one and only Chloe Gong.Chloe Gong returns with power plays, spilled blood, and lethal romance in the thrilling fantasy sequel to New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Immortal...

With a nod to classic WW II stories like Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, National Book Award winner Johnson (Jesus's Son), switches gears from tightly-written short novels to an epic of the Vietnam War — while...

The most famous anti-war novel ever written. In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is...

Historical fiction that will transport you, The Glutton is satisfyingly atmospheric and builds around a core question of the necessity of love and companionship. Brilliantly written with prose that will make you forget you’re even reading, this is...

From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime...

We love immersive books you can read in one sitting, and Jessica Anthony's novel of a housewife at her wits end packs a punch. The clever premise and unflinching narrative voice might remind you of The Swimmer by John Cheever.From “one of our most...