Historical Fiction

Love can make you lose your head… Lily thought she was just sightseeing at Hampton Court, until a bump on the head lands her in the body of Catherine Howard. Yep, the Tudor queen who gets beheaded. Lily's PhD is in psychology, not history, but...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of a dazzling future.‘Ratchets up the...

'Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams' SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea'Thrilling, heart-pounding adventure meets thoughtful feminist history . . ...

A Sunday Times Book of the YearA Press Association Book of the Year'Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil'- Laura Shepherd-Robinson,...

'A MASTERPIECE OF MEDIEVAL DARK FICTION' Christopher Buehlman, author of Between Two FiresFrom the bestselling M. R. Carey comes an enthrallingly dark medieval tale - a story of twisted folklore, macabre magic and the strangest of found...

The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this beautifully illustrated queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island...

The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America, from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author T. Kingfisher. Perfect for...

A prophetic, darkly comic lost classic about down-and-outs in a fractured Berlin by the author of the Sunday Times bestselling rediscovery The Passenger 'A writer of great insight and talent' FT Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and...

The Horrors gain strength when things in our world are broken.A bone. A promise. A heart.Ever since she first encountered 'The Horrors', Alice has hidden herself safely behind the walls of her family's Whitby guest house. Only her beloved sister,...

*Winner of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor in the Young Adult category! Part historical mystery, part sweeping romance, The Rebel Girls of Rome brings the stories of two young women to brilliant life: Lilah, a college student looking to...

Lady Viviane leaves the lakes of the far North for the splendour of Camelot to capture the heart and hand of the young prince, Arthur.But it is Arthur’s sister Morgan who captures Viviane’s eye. Fierce and headstrong, Morgan sees...

From P. C. Cast, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the landmark House of Night urban fantasy series, comes an epic, lusty, magic-filled romantasy about British warrior queen Boudicca. Perfect for fans of Sue Lynn Tan and...

‘If you’re doing romantasy without Freya Marske, you’re doing it wrong’– Casey McQuiston, author of Red, White & Royal BlueA dazzling queer fantasy from the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light, brimming...

A murdered princess strikes a deal with the god of death to get revenge and save her people, unleashing the witch within… With her resurrection comes a thirst for revenge which only a god can quench... When...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD'A kaleidoscopic and linguistically daring work . . . Scintillating.' OCEAN VUONG'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating...

The new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron: a sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America’s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD...

It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible for realising the spectacular visions of...

Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic—a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy's...

Perfect on the screen, the Newmans have played curated versions of themselves for decades, but as their off-screen lives begin to unravel, ratings plummet, and 1960s television may never be the same again. From #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING...

Jane Austen’s sass and satire are always wonderful companions, and nowhere are they more prominent than in Emma, the story of a hapless matchmaker and her genuine attempts to spark love. It’s heartfelt, hilarious and an endearing...