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LIBERTIE, by Kaitlyn Greenidge. (Algonquin, 366 pp., $26.95.) In Reconstruction-era New York, the daughter of a Black female doctor struggles to reconcile her own independence with her mother's ...

Jenny Erpenbeck's " Kairos ," a novel about a torrid love affair in the final years of East Germany, won the International Booker Prize, the renowned award for fiction translated into ...

The days are long, but this summer's bounty of historical fiction will remind you that the years are short. By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was ...

Malibu Rising. by. Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author) It's August 1983, and the Riva clan's legendary end-of-summer party in Malibu is quickly going off the rails. Taylor Jenkins Reid's jagged ode to the 1980s explores the combustible nature of family secrets, severe heartbreak, and Too Much Alcohol. Reid has a way with recent history.

Best Historical Fiction of 2023. A smart, sensual debut. Full review >. A treat for fans of historical fiction. Full review >. A stunning and evocative portrait of love, pride, and survival. Full review >. Delicate, warm account of a brutal, cold time, grounded in humanity, small details, and unwavering clarity. Full review >.

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The Sweet Blue Distance. By Sara Donati - Published 2024. Editors' Choice. Genres: Another inviting plunge into 19th-century America, Donati's long-awaited novel sits between the Wilderness series (1792-1824) and the Waverly Place duology (1883-1885).

9. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. Time Period and Setting: Early 1900s, U.S. Description: A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.

Neema Shah's debut is a heartbreaking historical fiction novel set in Uganda and Britain. Uganda, 1972. When a devastating decree is announced which says all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days, Asha and Pran and Pran's mother Jaya must leave everything they've ever known for a new life in Britain.

Le Guin, however, invests her with a rich inner life and a canny awareness of the tricks played by historical memory. In the book that bears her name, Lavinia converses with the shade of Virgil himself, wresting the narrative out of his control to rewrite it herself. 3. I, Claudius by Robert Graves.

In Stock Online. Uniquely told and riddled with biting historical observation, The Flamethrowers tells the story of 1970s New York City on multiple levels. Cinematically told with bouncing prose, it's at times funny, provocative and moving, but at all times compulsive. Paperback $15.99 $18.00.

Narrowing down a best-of-the-year list is always daunting. So let's just say these 10 historical novels, arranged in alphabetical order, are the ones that ranked highest in my personal triage.

To be deemed historical, a novel must have been written at least fifty years after the events described. flag. All Votes Add Books To This List. 1. Memoirs of a Geisha. by. Arthur Golden. 4.15 avg rating — 2,009,858 ratings. score: 434,917 , and 4,410 people voted.

28. Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood. Setting: 1940s, New York. Historical fiction books and mysteries are a match made in heaven, and author Stephen Spotswood's 2020 novel, Fortune ...

Historical Fiction. The reviewer of each book decides which categories it belongs in - but we're only human, mistakes happen. If you see a book that you think is in the wrong place, tell us! A reading list for the best new books featuring Book reviews, excerpts, reading guides and more of exceptional historical fiction., with links to full book ...

review: The Education of Little Tree. Set during the Great Depression, this story covers a variety of experiences a Native American family faced living on the fringes of an Appalachian community. The narrator is Little Tree, a five-year-old part-Cherokee boy whose goes to live with his grandparents after the death of his mother and father.

Also, The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont and Woman on Fire (about Nazi-looted art) by Lisa Barr sounds really intriguing as well. This is a list of the Best (New & Anticipated) Historical Fiction Books for 2022. The list has been compiled based on stuff I've read, other reviews, early buzz, etc., so I'll be updating it as more titles ...

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself. Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two.

Title: Alina: A Song for the Telling Author: Malve von Hassell Genre: Historical fiction / Coming-of-age Alina: A Song for the Telling by Malve von Hassell follows the journey of fourteen-year-old Alina and her brother, Milos, as they travel with a group of knights from twelfth-century Provence to Jerusalem. March 28, 2024 Book Review Directory ...

THE EVERLASTING, by Katy Simpson Smith. (Harper, 352 pp., $28.99.) An ambitious novel that peels back the layers of history, moving from modern-day Rome to the times of the Medicis and the Romans ...

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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Vintage. Colson Whitehead makes one major change to historical fact in his 2016 novel: The titular Underground Railroad, the path that escaped slaves took to get from the South to the North, is reimagined as an actual network of clandestine locomotives.

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Dec. 3, 2021. Plenty of high-profile authors are serving up historical fiction this season, including Colm Toibin, Lauren Groff, Anthony Doerr and Jonathan Franzen. But there's still plenty of ...

Synopsis. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother's endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa ...

COURTING DRAGONS (Severn House, 210 pp., $30.99) is the first in a new series narrated by Will himself, a sprightly figure with a well-cultivated flair for gossip and a vigorously pansexual ...

Book review - The Last Dress from Paris by Jade Beer. The Last Dress from Paris, Jade Beer, Jonathan Ball Publishers, ISBN: 9781399712217. A ROMANCE novel inspired by several iconic dresses that ...