Browsing: Historical Fiction

An unforgettable New York Times bestseller from the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring: Two devoted fossil hunters make an astonishing discovery on the 19th-century English coast in this “stunning story, compassionately reimagined” (The Guardian), with over 10,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A young woman inspires Vermeer’s masterpiece in this “vibrant, sumptuous” New York Times bestseller (The Wall Street Journal) that became an Academy Award–nominated film. “Marvelously evocative” (The New York Times), with over 206,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

In Chinatown to deliver a baby, Sarah Brandt meets a group of women she might otherwise never have come across:…

A classic work from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: When Elizabeth Proctor is accused of being a witch in 17th-century Salem, the town descends into a shocking mix of fear and revenge.

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of…

Turn-of-the-century New York City shines in the Gaslight mystery series. Midwife and sleuth Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy…

“Sure to entrance readers” (Library Journal): In this dazzling novel, the fall of the Romanovs is reimagined from the perspective of kitchen boy Leonka. “Ingenious” (USA Today), with over 3,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A New York Times bestseller that’s “distinct, inhabited, vivid, and real” (The Washington Post Book World): Narrated by a cast of relatives, lovers, servants, and a gravedigger, this luminous tale follows two families in 20th-century England. “Boldly plotted and beautifully written” (Library Journal).

From a New York Times bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author: Born on a Jamaican plantation, Lilith has only ever known slavery — but the Night Women see her as the key to freedom. “Beautifully written and devastating… in the spirit of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker” (The New York Times Book Review).

A New York Times bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: When rare-book expert Hanna comes across a famous medieval text with unusual artifacts inside, she sets out to uncover its mysteries… “Complex and moving” (The New Yorker), with over 42,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!