Historical Fiction

A blind French girl and a German boy's paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive World War II.

The rise and fall of a 1970s rock band, told through oral history-style interviews.

The true story of Belle da Costa Greene, who became J.P. Morgan's personal librarian while hiding her Black identity.

A novel within a novel about a Wall Street titan, his wife, and the stories they tell about each other.

The story of Shakespeare's son, who died at age eleven, and the grief that may have inspired Hamlet.

Two half-sisters born in 18th century Ghana live radically different lives, one thread extending to modern America.

Two friends embark on a cross-country road trip in 1950s America, but their plans are quickly derailed.

Five characters across time and space are connected by a single ancient text.

Four generations of a Korean family navigate identity, discrimination, and survival in 20th century Japan.

A Russian count is placed under house arrest in a luxury hotel for decades following the Bolshevik Revolution.

A student at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation discovers that language is the key to magical power — and colonial control.

A socialite travels to the Mexican countryside to rescue her cousin from a sinister English mansion.

The rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.

A female chemist in the 1960s becomes the host of a cooking show and uses her platform to teach women about science.

Twin sisters who grow up in a small Southern Black community choose to live in two very different worlds.

A young enslaved woman makes a desperate bid for freedom via the Underground Railroad — reimagined as an actual railroad.

An ageing Hollywood icon finally tells the story of her glamorous, scandalous life and her seven marriages.