Top new historical-fiction books in January 2024
Last updated:
November 29, 2023
January 2024 featuring new releases by Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Madeline Miller, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Louise Fein, Colleen Houck, Mimi Matthews, Mimi Matthews, Jeanne Mackin, Suzanne Allain and many more.
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Love Letters From a Lord by Tessa Dare
Sally Bright has a growing heap of love letters from a handsome lord.Unfortunately, none of them are addressed to her...romance · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · industrial-era · regency · mystery · humor · young-adult · military -
romance · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · audiobook · industrial-era · regency · book · adult
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![Untitled by Madeline Miller]()
Untitled by Madeline Miller
In an interview with Bustle, she said, "I’m working on a retelling of Shakespeare’s [The] Tempest right now. I’ve learned so much about storytelling from theater, and specifically from directing Shakespeare’s plays, and I always love working with his characters. That said, I think I’m drawn to The Tempest precisely because I wouldn’t want to direct it...historical-fiction · retellings · fiction · fantasy · myths · historical · literary-fiction · book · adult -
![My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton]()
My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton
Slated for summer 2024, described as "Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Little Mermaid... -
![The London Bookshop Affair: A Novel of the Cold War by Louise Fein]()
The London Bookshop Affair: A Novel of the Cold War by Louise Fein
A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bookshop involved in an espionage network, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff. In nuclear war, there can be no winners. It’s 1962, and the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear war. But daily life must go on...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · cold-war · espionage · war · family · romance · 20th-century · political-intrigue -
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fantasy · myths · historical-fiction · fiction · paranormal · romance · historical · young-adult · ancient-civilization · retellings
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![The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews]()
The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
The final book in The Belles of London series, in which unconventional equestriennes fight for individuality, independence and love in mid-Victorian England, set amid the dawn of the Impressionist Art Movement. This is Stella Hobhouse’s story and her hero is Teddy Hayes from the author's Parish Orphans of Devon series... -
![The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews]()
The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews
Lady Anne and Felix Hartford’s story. Tentative release date of January 2024...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · christian · industrial-era · victorian · paranormal · supernatural · gothic -
![Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin]()
Picasso's Lovers by Jeanne Mackin
A tangled and vivid portrait of the women caught in Picasso’s charismatic orbit through the affairs, the scandals, and the art—only this time, they hold the brush.The women of Picasso’s life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame—until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light... -
![The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain]()
The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain
From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England about a widow who takes high society by storm.Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her fortune. So when she discovers that she’s listed in a directory of rich, single women she is furious, and rightly so...romance · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · historical · fiction · kind-mc · humor · book · adult -
![The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks]()
The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in the twilight years of the Gilded Age in New York as she tracks a killer.New York City, 1911. Edith Wharton, almost equally famed for her novels and her sharp tongue, is bone-tired of Manhattan... -
![Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett]()
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
An intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets in the delightful and heart-warming second instalment of the Sunday Times bestselling Emily Wilde series.Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side...romance · fantasy · fae · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · magic · magical-realism · dark · dark-fantasy -
![Untitled by Vanessa Len]()
Untitled by Vanessa Len
Third volume estimated for...romance · fantasy · young-adult · monsters · paranormal · time-travel · supernatural · fiction · historical-fiction · book -
romance · fantasy · young-adult · historical · historical-fiction · fantasy-of-manners · fiction · high-fantasy · sword-sorcery · book
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![Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings]()
Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings
The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings—when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, fielding questions from both irate housekeepers and heartbroken mothers is par for the course..."Dear Miss Hermione—what is a mother to do?"Sensible Violet Manville and her very ladylike half-sister Sephora are absolutely bored, thank you very much...mystery · historical-fiction · fiction · murder · cozy · historical · amateur-sleuth · female-mc · book · adult -
romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · young-adult · historical · new-adult · magical-realism · retellings · fiction · book
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![The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James]()
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making.In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men...western · historical-fiction · fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · historical · mystery · journey · revenge · religion -
![Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa]()
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in this heartwrenching YA reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice , part of the Remixed Classics series. London, 1812 . Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations...romance · historical-fiction · lgbtq · retellings · young-adult · historical · trans-mc · fiction · mlm · industrial-era -
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![Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban]()
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea...romance · wlw · lgbtq · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · lesbian-mc · industrial-era · victorian · regency -
![The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan]()
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
Rebecca meets Fatima Farheen Mirza in this sweeping, gorgeously atmospheric novel about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened there a hundred years previousAkbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa...asia · south-asia · india · fantasy · horror · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · historical · literary-fiction -
![Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin]()
Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin
By day, Jingwen delivers bones for her grandmother, the exclusive surgeon to the most formidable gang in Shanghai. By night, she dances at a lavish cabaret club, competing ruthlessly with her fellow dancers to part wealthy foreign playboys with their wallets... -
![Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel by Tara Karr Roberts]()
Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel by Tara Karr Roberts
A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures. Evangeline Hussey’s husband is dead―lost at sea―and she has only managed to hold on to his Nantucket inn by employing a curious gift to glimpse and re-form the recent memories of those around her...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · magic · family · literary-fiction · secrets · retellings · magical-realism · female-mc -
![Hard by a Great Forest: A Novel by Leo Vardiashvili]()
Hard by a Great Forest: A Novel by Leo Vardiashvili
"This novel annihilated me. I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it. Rich with irony and animated with astonishing humanity, this tale of a young Georgian refugee’s odyssey into his birthplace to rescue family left my heart bruised and battered and aching for more...
