Historical Fiction

USA Today Bestseller! “As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. . . . This is the unhinged cannibal book of my dreams—and my nightmares.”...

National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann returns with a poignant story centered on a mission to fix our communication systems — both personally and globally. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “urgent [and] ingenious”...

The author of the acclaimed My Name Is Leon delivers a luminous novel about the meaning of kindness and the way love can alter the course of one's life. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026. 'It's not every hurt you...

In this historical novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz, a girl liberated from a carnival sideshow discovers her mysterious purpose in a moving story about family, sacrifice, and transcendent love.   The human...

Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of The Conductors, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic...if not murder. In the 1960s, the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026.A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2025.A New York Times Notable Book of 2025.A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025.A Guardian Book of the Year 2025...

A NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BEST—SELLER. A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE. A vibrant tale of love, companionship, and renewal set against the transformations of 1960s Vienna. “How I loved this book! Filled with truth after...

A poignant portrait of a war-torn mind, The Remembered Soldier is a gripping story of lost love, broken identity and the winding path to healing in the midst of turmoil. INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST.   NATIONAL BOOK AWARD...

From fan-favorite author Alexis Hall comes a story of faith, redemption, and love—a melancholic tale of queer romance set in nineteenth-century England.   On the grim streets of London, a young man succumbs to his demons. Discarded by his...

A fierce wind is at the center of this daring literary adventure that explores the complex relationship between humans and natural phenomena. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily...

A LibraryReads Pick ∙ A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 FROM MARIE CLAIRE ∙ A BEST BOOK FOR BOOK CLUBS FROM GLAMOUR ∙ A SOUTHERN LIVING BOOK WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS MARCH.A remarkable trio...

What if Anne Boleyn had survived her execution? Rebecca Lehmann crafts a unique novel that rewrites history and allows Anne to finally see her story through…after sewing her head back on.Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .We all know...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection Muriel Spark's classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie features a schoolmistress you'll never forget, in this beautifully...

A thrilling gothic debut • The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and...

A critically acclaimed #1 bestseller in France—a novel of art, desire, and time lost and regained, from Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano “[Modiano’s] words conjure up the promise of hidden worlds.”—Tobias...

"Fierce, funny and unflinching."—Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters.A richly drawn, unsettling, and wickedly funny story of envy and ambition set against the glamor and privilege of media and high society...

“Molly is one of the greatest young female characters I’ve had the luck of reading since I picked up Joy Williams’s The Quick and the Dead back in 2000 . . . I TRULY LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!” —Gillian Flynn, Gillian Flynn Books...

New York Times Bestseller. What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie,...

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. "Confessions is a remarkable debut. A complex and compulsive read that unravels the intricate twists and revelations among three generations of women with elegance and urgency." —Miranda...

Leading the reader to the Australian Outback of 1958 and painting an unforgettable portrait of a community of lonely souls, this deeply moving novel from the bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans finds the lives of the MacBride family...