Browsing: Historical Fiction

With over 2,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: In 16th-century France, Francis Crawford of Lymond and his army go head-to-head with England — but victory on the battlefield can’t stop the past from coming back to haunt him… “Dunnett is a master of suspense and misdirection” (The New York Times).

Cushite Zipporah is an outsider in her adopted tribe — but when she meets Moses, she discovers love, belonging, and purpose… With over 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads, this “vivid” international bestseller (Booklist) is perfect for fans of The Red Tent.

A “hilarious, endearing” New York Times bestseller (Los Angeles Times): As she comes of age in 1950s Mississippi, Daisy Fay Harper shares everything in her diary — from her sassy observations to her offbeat adventures. “Rollicking, funny, bubbling… Wonderful reading, fresh as Daisy herself” (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times bestseller from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Remains of the Day: In 1930s Shanghai, detective Christopher Banks seeks to solve his parents’ long-ago disappearance — and finds himself trapped in his own past. “His fullest achievement yet” (The New York Times Book Review).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The fifth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.…

In this haunting masterpiece from a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize–winning author, young Pecola navigates tragedy, hardship, and racism. “So precise, so faithful to speech, and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times).