Browsing: Historical Fiction

Biographical Fiction

Hemingway’s Girl

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“Richly realized” (Publishers Weekly): During the Great Depression, Mariella takes a job as a maid — and finds herself drawn into the volatile life of Ernest Hemingway. “Dazzlingly written and impossibly moving, this novel is a supernova” (New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt).

Action and Adventure

Clash of Eagles

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In 1218, Gaius Marcellinus crosses the Atlantic to conquer a newly discovered continent for the Roman Empire — and ignites a thunderous clash of civilizations. “That rarest and best of alternative histories: the one you believe… a ripping good yarn” (Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series).

Africa

Circling the Sun

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An “utterly engrossing” New York Times bestseller (Ann Patchett) and an NPR Best Book of 2015! In 1920s Kenya, Beryl becomes entwined with an exhilarating set of European expats — and discovers her fate as a record-setting aviator. “Beryl Markham crackles to life” (Jodi Picoult).

Classics

Lord Jim

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This immortal novel of the sea tells the story of a British sailor haunted by a single youthful act of…

Biographical Fiction

Illuminations

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This “gripping” novel (Publishers Weekly) imagines the life of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine abbess who experienced divine visions — and devoted herself to creativity and service. A “tour de force” that “will captivate the reader from the very first page” (New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman).

Fiction

Some Luck

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A “sweeping, carefully plotted” novel (The New Yorker) from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and “master storyteller” (Los Angeles Times): Over three decades, the Langdon family weathers war and the Great Depression on their Iowa farm. With over 3,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.