Historical Fiction

Women’s Hotel

Daniel M. Lavery, author of Something That May Shock and Discredit You, makes his historical fiction debut with Women’s Hotel, a slice-of-life comedy following the residents of a hotel for young working women in 1960s New York City. Lavery was Slate’s Dear Prudence columnist from 2016–2021, and his humor, curiosity and empathy lend themselves perfectly to this charming subject matter.

Daniel M. Lavery, author of Something That May Shock and Discredit You, makes his historical fiction debut with Women’s Hotel, a slice-of-life comedy following the residents of a hotel for young working women in 1960s New York City. Lavery was Slate’s Dear Prudence columnist from 2016–2021, and his humor, curiosity and empathy lend themselves perfectly […]

There Are Rivers in the Sky

By Elif Shafak

For decades, Elif Shafak’s fiction has deftly explored politics, culture and human rights, and her 2019 novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her latest, There Are Rivers in the Sky, moves across time between London and Turkey, the Tigris and the Thames, as three disparate characters pay homage to the Epic of Gilgamesh and to the power of water.

For decades, Elif Shafak’s fiction has deftly explored politics, culture and human rights, and her 2019 novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her latest, There Are Rivers in the Sky, moves across time between London and Turkey, the Tigris and the Thames, as three disparate characters […]

The Modern Fairies

By Clare Pollard

An award-winning poet and translator, Clare Pollard has great fun with these cleverly revealing fairy tales told amid gossip, flirtations and sex at the court of Versailles.

Nicked

By M.T. Anderson

Inspired by true events from the year 1087, Nicked is a thrilling and fast-moving adventure in which a naive monk accompanies a relic hunter on a quest to steal the corpse of St. Nicholas.

Inspired by true events from the year 1087, Nicked is a thrilling and fast-moving adventure in which a naive monk accompanies a relic hunter on a quest to steal the corpse of St. Nicholas.

They Dream in Gold

By Mai Sennaar

Mai Sennaar’s prose in They Dream in Gold is elemental, flowing like a river at times, then burning like fire, heightening the reader’s senses until all five mingle into one.

Mai Sennaar’s prose in They Dream in Gold is elemental, flowing like a river at times, then burning like fire, heightening the reader’s senses until all five mingle into one.

A Thousand Times Before

By Asha Thanki

A Thousand Times Before is a riveting magical family saga examining the indelible yet complicated bonds between mothers and daughters while transporting readers through major moments in 20th-century Indian history.

A Thousand Times Before is a riveting magical family saga examining the indelible yet complicated bonds between mothers and daughters while transporting readers through major moments in 20th-century Indian history.

The Lion Women of Tehran

By Marjan Kamali

Prepare to lose yourself in Marjan Kamali’s The Lion Women of Tehran, a historical drama that evokes the sights and sounds of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar while artfully exploring the labyrinthian complexities of deep friendship.

Prepare to lose yourself in Marjan Kamali’s The Lion Women of Tehran, a historical drama that evokes the sights and sounds of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar while artfully exploring the labyrinthian complexities of deep friendship.

The God of the Woods

By Liz Moore

Set in the summer of 1975 at a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods is a devilishly clever work full of nerve-shredding suspense.

Set in the summer of 1975 at a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods is a devilishly clever work full of nerve-shredding suspense.

Teddy

By Emily Dunlay

This cleverly plotted story unravels in a series of flashbacks as our protagonist, Teddy, tries to set the record straight to Italian detectives in the aftermath of an embassy party gone wrong.

The Glassmaker

By Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier’s 12th book is potent, bewitching and addictive as it elegantly glides along the line between historical drama and something more experimental.

Last House

By Jessica Shattuck

Jessica Shattuck (The Women in the Castle) returns
with a sweeping historical saga mapping the lives of
one family in the decades following World War II.

Jessica Shattuck (The Women in the Castle) returns with a sweeping historical saga mapping the lives of one family in the decades following World War II.

Malas

By Marcela Fuentes

With her debut novel, Malas, Marcela Fuentes puts her own electrifying spin on the legend of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman), turning it into a fiery family epic teeming with rage, revenge and revolution.

With her debut novel, Malas, Marcela Fuentes puts her own electrifying spin on the legend of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman), turning it into a fiery family epic teeming with rage, revenge and revolution.

The Safekeep

By Yael van der Wouden

In Yael van der Wouden’s mesmerizing debut, The Safekeep, Isabel lives a circumscribed life in her dead mother’s house until her brother’s girlfriend comes to stay, alarming Isabel when an obsessive attraction develops between the two.

In Yael van der Wouden’s mesmerizing debut, The Safekeep, Isabel lives a circumscribed life in her dead mother’s house until her brother’s girlfriend comes to stay, alarming Isabel when an obsessive attraction develops between the two.

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