Browsing: Historical Fiction

Forced to downsize after the death of her husband, Lucy Muir moves to a purportedly haunted cottage in a small coastal village. The rumors prove true when she finds herself cohabiting with the ghost of a sea captain! A classic with over 900 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

In a story that spans continents, three generations of women strive for love and happiness in an era of upheaval. A “sweeping, uncommonly stirring narrative” (Publishers Weekly).

One bucking bronco. . .Oklahoma ranch hand Tyler Jenkins is too young, too sexy, and too damn wild to be…

A Pulitzer Prize finalist, this collection of stories from the celebrated author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love captures the minutiae of every day, with characters who “overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery, and possibility of life” (The Washington Post Book World).

A New York Times bestseller and Booker Prize finalist from the author of The Handmaid’s Tale: When middle-aged artist Elaine returns to her hometown, she must confront haunting memories from her childhood. “Brilliant… So real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer” (The Boston Globe).

This wildly popular Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller traces the journey of immigrant Josef and his cousin Sam. Together, they create a comic featuring a superhero who can go head-to-head against the Nazi empire. “Enrapturing” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: Based on a true story, this “absolute classic” (People) traces one boy’s journey from his Sudanese village to a new life in the United States. “It is impossible to read this book and not be humbled, enlightened, transformed” (New York Times bestselling author Khaled Hosseini).

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is the universally acclaimed novel—winner of the Booker Prize and…

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions…

First published in 1971 in a typewritten edition, then finally printed in book form in 1989, I Served the King…