Historical Fiction

Virginia Feito's latest is a sharp and surreal stay at Ensor House alongside a psychotic governess with an insatiable appetite. Creepy, campy and crackling with energy, you'll read this in a single sitting.SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM FROM A24 STARRING...

An “evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran—from nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali. In 1950s Tehran,...

A gorgeous gothic ghost story and a Rebecca for a new age. Cañas delivers an atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of the Mexican War of Independence. A winning debut with electric prose.Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this...

From the Pulitzer Price winning author of The Return, this literary novel is surprising and special. With a propulsive narrative, it's a story of friendship and belonging, exile and home.WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION •...

William Warwick is back and facing the biggest challenge of his life and career as a criminal genius attempts to steal the Crown Jewels, in this pulsating instalment from the master storyteller and author of Next in Line. 24 hours to stop the crime of...

US writer Scott (1896-1940) published the collection of short stories in 1922. Editor James L. W. West III (English, Pennsylvania State U.) characterizes it as uneven, but calls attention to May Day and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz as masterpieces. In...

From the worldwide number one bestselling author of The Nightingale comes Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss.The New York Times number one bestseller.A woman has to be tough as steel up here...

Whimsical and charming, dark and mysterious, Emily Wilde's world of wonders is back. If you're a fan of supernatural love stories and banter that'll make you blush, this is the book for you.The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily...

A captivating YA historical fantasy that sends readers to the magic of archeaological Egypt, this is the first in a duology that teens and adults will love. How can it get any better than being compared to The Mummy?The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: Secret History sheds light on events hidden in the shadows of the original Mistborn trilogy.Kelsier, sentenced to die mining the Pits of Hathsin after attempting to rob the Lord...

Tolstoy’s titanic masterpiece redefined world literature and shifted the boundaries of psychological realism in the novel. Set during the maelstrom of Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia, War and Peace focuses on the inner lives and...

Celebrate the fifth anniversary of Madeline Miller's tantalising mythological tale of survival, transformation and revenge with this stunning hardback edition of Circe. The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of...

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, New York Times bestselling author Travis...

Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has...

A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are...

Narrated by a ghost, this unusual narrative written in a haunting and poetic voice is a fresh, subtly political take on class and memory, family and trauma. It's all about the importance of human connection and the unending search for it. It may be...

An instant New York Times bestseller! The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing...

Over one hundred years have passed since Dirk Struan founded Hong Kong's oldest trading company. But now, the Noble House is in danger. As Hong Kong itself becomes the deadly playground of the CIA, the KGB and the People's Republic of China, rival...

Homer's Iliad is the greatest and most influential epic poem ever written, telling of the tragic and bloody climax to the ten-year siege of Troy. This Penguin Classics edition was originally translated by E.V. Rieu, revised and updated with an...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoNamed a Best Book of Summer by Cosmopolitan * InStyle * Redbook * Us Weekly * PopSugar * Buzzfeed * Bustle * Brit+Co * Parade“No one does life and love better.”...