Browsing: Historical Fiction

With over 6,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads, this National Book Award winner traces the lives of the McLeod family over three summers as they confront the joys and heartache of love in all its guises. “Rich, absorbing, and full of life” (The New Yorker).

The internationally bestselling author of War Brides delivers a sweeping novel with over 5,700 five-star ratings on Goodreads. Adopted at a young age, Menina’s only connection to her origins is a medal that will send her on a startling search through the past…

A New York Times bestseller that chronicles the life and achievements of one of the greatest minds of the Renaissance: His exploits as an artist, scientist, and inventor made him a legend — but who was the real Leonardo da Vinci?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides: At a Southern military institute, Will McLean becomes a mentor to the school’s first Black student — and is drawn into a fight for honor, justice, and change. “Suspense-ridden… Quivers with excitement and conviction” (The Washington Post).

From the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth comes a novel about love, tradition, and assimilation. Peony is sold as a bondmaid to a Jewish family and falls in love with their son, David, as they grow up together. But David is duty bound to marry another…

Julia and her husband, Samuel, are determined to keep their children safe, despite the devastation that the Great Depression has wrought. When they come across a farmhouse owned by kind, elderly Emma, have they found shelter at last? A “beautifully descriptive” Christian novel (Publishers Weekly).

The first volume of John Jakes’s acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil…

From a USA Today bestselling author: Charles Knox is invited to stay at the English country home of beautiful Rosamund — but he’s shocked when her husband is murdered in the middle of the night! All the guests are suspects, and only Angela Marchmont can uncover the truth…