Historical Fiction

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds.In 1870, three...

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the Booker-longlisted THE SWEETNESS OF WATER     'Amity is deeply adventurous and astonishingly beautiful' Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets   'A writer of...

'At least that post-Reformation sovereignty of the word still yields novels as richly imagined and skilfully crafted as this' The Spectator Longlisted for the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionLonglisted in the 2024 HWA Crown Awards ANNO...

Before the Second World War broke out, Hermine Braunsteiner was an ordinary young woman, a teenage housemaid from Vienna. By the time the war ended, she had transformed into one of the most notoriously cruel and violent guards in the Nazi...

THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEARTHE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT, IRISH...

As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2026**'Extraordinary . . . clever, strange and beautifully written' THE TIMES'Prompts thoughts of both THE CRUCIBLE and THE VIRGIN SUICIDES . . . Purvis is an exquisitely...

‘Sparkling’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Magnetic’ IRA GLASS‘Fierce’ TIMEWhen Catalina, a witty, vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student, arrives at Harvard, she feels like one of the chosen. She is a miracle child who...

They were sent away to be forgotten. This is their story.In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER.INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER. Known for her “delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense” (People), New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict,...

It’s 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly...

Girl, Interrupted meets The Handmaid’s Tale in 1940s North Carolina, as a young woman is accused of “promiscuity” and unjustly incarcerated at The State Industrial Farm Colony for Women…Based on the long-buried...

‘Will break your heart and take you to the stars. I loved it.’ Kiley Reid‘A breathtaking debut about family, identity, and love across generations.’ Reese Witherspoon===Steph Harper was born running. Now she is reaching...

Samson Kolechko has been assigned a most perplexing case - though it is mostly perplexing because it's hard to understand why selling the meat of one's own pig constitutes a crime. But apparently it does, and at the insistence of the Chekist secret...

In an unforgettable saga of survival, motherhood, sisterhood, and the secrets that haunt us, one desperate decision creates a fault line that spans decades and threatens to break a family wide open. In 1946, two German sisters, child refugees in a...

'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow'A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.'A heart-bursting story of resilience and love' Louise...

'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow'A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.'A heart-bursting story of resilience and love' Louise...

A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.It is 1968 Oakland, and Natalia Fuentes has been hearing rumors about the beautiful...

'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually     'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs     'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have...

The baihe/Girls' Love novel originally written in Chinese and available in English for the first time! Two powerful swordswomen face off in this enemies-to-lovers historical tale.Brash, brilliant, and beautiful, Fu Wanqing is an unconventional choice to...