Browsing: Historical Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp: A boy and his father flee a vengeful cop across 1950s New England in a novel that is “full-throated, hot-blooded, and clear-eyed… Majestic yet intimate” (Los Angeles Times).

With over 53,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: This beloved story that inspired the Academy Award–winning film follows the life of eccentric Holly Golightly. “Very funny… Capote makes unique reading” (The New York Times).

A little girl called Mirror and her shape-shifting guardian Goliath Honeyflower are washed up on the shores of Victorian England.…

The eighth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game…

A New York Times bestseller: In 1912, Tilly embarks on a life-altering journey when she discovers the heartbreaking diary of a flower girl from decades before. “Intriguing characters and a deeply absorbing story” (Booklist), with nearly 2,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author: During the Vietnam War, six runaways travel from country to country searching for belonging. “Rings with authentic detail and clearly descriptive sights and smells” (Publishers Weekly).

“Haunting” (People): Young wife Liesl must raise her stepchildren alone when her husband is forced to fight for the Nazis. “A deeply moving portrait of lives on the wrong side of history” (National Book Award–winning author Jesmyn Ward).

An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence…

In this searing New York Times bestseller, Waino Mellas arrives in Vietnam, where he and his fellow Marines must fight for survival while battling their inner demons. This “brilliant account” of combat (The New York Times) is “tense, brutal, honest” (Time).

An “extraordinary” #1 New York Times bestseller (People): When young Amir betrays his friend Hassan, the reverberations of his choice follow them both throughout their lives. “This is one of those unforgettable stories that stay with you for years” (Isabel Allende).