Browsing: Historical Fiction

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize! The North and South collide in this gripping fictional account of the Battle of Gettysburg. “Remarkable… A book that changed my life” (Ken Burns).

A Man Booker Prize–winning novel with over 37,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: A boy born just as India wins independence finds his path inextricably linked with his country’s in this “marvelous epic” (Newsweek) from “a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker).

Introducing an exciting new series! Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she…

A New York Times bestseller: When teenage Jane Grey becomes the queen of England, she struggles to survive in a realm ruled by intrigue, treachery, and violence. “Completely absorbing… Brilliantly vivid” (Booklist starred review).

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award.The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to…

“Masterful” (Publishers Weekly): Tribal police sergeant Jim Chee must untangle a web of intrigue and corruption as the FBI swoops in to take over a seemingly straightforward murder on Navajo land. A New York Times bestseller!

“Haunting, lyrical, entirely absorbing… Deserves a place on the shelf next to classics like True Grit and To Kill a Mockingbird” (O, The Oprah Magazine): Left to care for her grandson alone after her daughter’s departure, Olivia delves into bitter secrets surrounding her family and small mountain town.

Lavish and Luxurious Versailles King Louis XIV’s burgeoning palace is the place to be–and be seen. And the last place…

Visit a pillar of the Old Testament in this spectacular, sumptuous tale for fans of The Red Tent. After a life of hardship, Sarah rises as the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar — but gives it all up in favor of following Abram, who speaks to an invisible deity…

A Pulitzer Prize–winning author weaves a tapestry of life in a Florida retirement home in this vivid novel that follows the residence’s new director and five of its elderly occupants. “Michener is, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber” (The New York Times).