Browsing: Historical Fiction

“Extremely readable and ultimately moving” (The New York Times): A group of Jewish refugees escapes Nazi Germany aboard an overcrowded ship — only to be sent to a British penal colony. A “stirring” novel of survival (Publishers Weekly).

“A moving, uplifting read” (Kate Quinn): While fighting in World War I, Thomas exchanges letters with Evie, his best friend’s sister. Fifty years later, Thomas travels to Paris to confront his past. “For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society… Simply unputdownable” (Karen White).

When Nazi officers abduct a Jewish man on Kristallnacht, his wife and children are hurled into a hostile new world… A haunting novel about a family’s struggle to survive in a time of dictatorship and genocide.

In the aftermath of World War II, twins Lenny and Miriam leave London’s East End behind for a strange new life in a tuberculosis sanatorium. “Exhilaratingly good… Sharp, bright, heartbreaking” (The Guardian).

“I am sixteen years old and I will die on the morning of my seventeenth birthday. As tradition dictates, I…

With over 1,800 five-star Goodreads ratings: A terrible evil looms on the horizon, and the chosen few known as the fatemarked struggle to accept their prophesied destinies… An epic fantasy that’s first in a series.

DESTINY IN DEATH   Egypt, 1908   Eminent archeologist Dr. Emeryk Quintillus has unearthed the burial chamber of Cleopatra. But…

Following the downfall of a tyrant in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Kingfountain trilogy, years have passed in prosperity for…

From “a magical writer” (Margaret Atwood): As colonialism sweeps across Africa, three generations of men find their lives dismantled in this classic trilogy that includes Things Fall Apart. “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe… He is unsurpassed” (Toni Morrison).

With over 1,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: Jack realizes his Victorian home has more history than he ever imagined when he discovers a beautiful woman living there with him — though the two are separated by a century… A “rich and satisfying” story (Kirkus Reviews) of love and faith.