Top new historical-fiction books in March 2024
Last updated:
March 31, 2024
March 2024 featuring new releases by Chris Bohjalian, Lisa Scottoline, Jennifer Ryan, Audrey Blake, Rhys Bowen, Clare Broyles, Joanna Goodman, Katherine Reay, Don Winslow, Stephanie Dray, Xóchitl González and many more.
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The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian
THE PRINCESS IS FAKE. THE MURDERS ARE REAL • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and The Lioness, a Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of money and murder in this twisting tale of organized crime, cryptocurrency, and family secrets on the Las Vegas strip...mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · suspense · audiobook · thriller · female-mc · psychological · murder -
![The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline]()
The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline, the #1 bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts, presents another pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family, justice, and the lies that tear us apart.TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm—except him...mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · legal · thriller · historical-fiction · domestic-drama · siblings · killer -
![The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan]()
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community’s beloved library in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Chilbury Ladies' ChoirWhen new deputy librarian, Juliet Lansdown, finds that Bethnal Green Library isn't the bustling hub she's expecting, she becomes determined to breathe life back into it...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · urban · historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war -
![The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake]()
The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake
She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned… 1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat's life is over. She's estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose...historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war · audiobook · espionage · female-mc · 20th-century · violent-conflict -
![In Sunshine or in Shadow by Rhys Bowen, Clare Broyles]()
In Sunshine or in Shadow by Rhys Bowen, Clare Broyles
Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the latest book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting...mystery · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · 20th-century · cozy · female-mc · book · adult -
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![The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman]()
The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman
From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband’s high-paying job...fiction · womens-fiction · drama · contemporary · historical-fiction · family · female-mc · romance · literary-fiction · new-adult -
![The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay]()
The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay
Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · espionage · christian · audiobook · cold-war · family · mystery · military -
![City in Ruins by Don Winslow]()
City in Ruins by Don Winslow
Following City on Fire and City of Dreams , City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow’s epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career. Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich...fiction · crime · historical-fiction · mystery · family · organized-crime · suspense · thriller · audiobook · historical -
![Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray]()
Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and richly dramatic novel about American heroine Frances Perkins, who pulled the nation out of the Great Depression.Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference...historical-fiction · fiction · politics · historical · womens-fiction · 20th-century · female-mc · friendship · book · adult -
![Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González]()
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis...fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · latinx-mc · poc-mc · poc-author · coming-of-age -
![Memory Piece by Lisa Ko]()
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different...fiction · historical-fiction · sci-fi · contemporary · literary-fiction · poc-author · friendship · audiobook · lgbtq · female-mc -
romance · fantasy · young-adult · lgbtq · fiction · historical · mlm · historical-fiction · high-fantasy · magic
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![All the World Beside by Garrard Conley]()
All the World Beside by Garrard Conley
An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New EnglandCana, a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold...romance · historical-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · mlm · social-commentary · religion -
![A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn]()
A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn
Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn...romance · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · industrial-era · victorian · cozy · murder · female-mc -
![The Lost Book of Bonn by Brianna Labuskes]()
The Lost Book of Bonn by Brianna Labuskes
For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books. Germany, 1946: Emmy Clarke is a librarian not a soldier. But that doesn’t stop the Library of Congress from sending her overseas to Germany to help the Monuments Men retrieve and catalog precious literature that was plundered by the Nazis...historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war · lgbtq · new-adult · 20th-century · female-mc · literary-fiction -
![The Resurrection Mystery by Karen Charlton]()
The Resurrection Mystery by Karen Charlton
A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to be cursed as they roam the city, causing consternation and death wherever they go. What possible connection can this have to a gang of female jewel thieves and a pot of raspberry jam?There's a new man in charge at Bow Street Magistrates' Court and all is not well...historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · mystery · fiction · cozy · book · adult -
![Hathor and the Prince by J.J. McAvoy]()
Hathor and the Prince by J.J. McAvoy
Hathor Du Bell has always fought to break free from the shadow left by her revered older sister, Aphrodite. It has been two years since Hathor’s debut, and while Aphrodite has married a duke and become a duchess, Hathor has been left with the ton’s most mediocre suitors. With the London season coming to a close, Hathor’s anxieties reach a peak...romance · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · fiction · royalty · poc-mc · enemies-to-lovers · audiobook -
![The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy]()
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman under pressure—from the living and the dead. The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices. Missouri, 1955...historical-fiction · horror · paranormal · fiction · suspense · ghosts · gothic · historical · mystery · audiobook -
![The Medicine Woman of Galveston: Sneak Peek by Amanda Skenandore]()
The Medicine Woman of Galveston: Sneak Peek by Amanda Skenandore
Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition!Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine show to support her disabled son is forced to weather the storm and its aftermath in a town hostile to the troupe’s unconventional ways but desperate for their help...historical-fiction · 20th-century · female-mc · fiction · literary-fiction · medical · historical · book · adult -
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![The Swan's Nest by Laura McNeal]()
The Swan's Nest by Laura McNeal
A tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th-century poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth BarrettOn a bleak January day in 1845, a poet who had been confined to her room for four years by recurrent illness received a letter from a writer she secretly idolized but had never seen...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · 21st-century · literary-fiction · drama · industrial-era · victorian · family · romance -
![The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett]()
The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett
When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn there’s only one way to treat true love—with a happily ever after.When Lucinda Peterson’s recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup goes missing, she’s certain it’s only the latest in a line of misfortunes at the hands of a rival apothecary... -
![Medea by Hewlett Rosie]()
Medea by Hewlett Rosie
Shunned by her mother. Beaten by her father. Separated from her sister. Medea has never fit in because she possesses a unique and dangerous power - witchcraft.When the dashing young hero and leader on the famed Argonauts, Jason, arrives to claim the Golden Fleece that her father fiercely protects, Medea takes her opportunity to escape...myths · fantasy · historical-fiction · retellings · fiction · historical · witches-wizards · feminism · ancient-civilization · magic -
![The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer]()
The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer
The discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical mystery.A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers...romance · mystery · fantasy · historical-fiction · magic · historical · fiction · audiobook · young-adult · female-mc -
![Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash]()
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash
Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow.Lacey Bond is a thirteen-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents’ rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits...mystery · lgbtq · fiction · historical-fiction · wlw · horror · literary-fiction · historical · spooky · killer -
![The Sapphire Daughter by Soraya M. Lane]()
The Sapphire Daughter by Soraya M. Lane
Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her mouth to his, the sapphire tiara sparkling beside them. “Yes,” she whispered against his lips. “I will marry you. If you can find a way, then I promise you. I will marry you.”London, present day. Georgia holds the rare pink sapphire in her hands, watching it glitter in the morning light...romance · historical-fiction · mystery · audiobook · 20th-century · friendship · female-mc · epic · historical · fiction -
![The Duchess by Sophie Jordan]()
The Duchess by Sophie Jordan
The thrilling second book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s amazing new high concept series, The Scandalous Ladies of London, which chronicles the lives of a group of affluent ladies reigning over glittering, Regency-era London, vying for position in the hierarchy of the ton . They are the young wives, widows, and daughters of London’s wealthiest families...romance · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · forced-proximity · female-mc · industrial-era · regency · book · adult -
![James by Percival Everett]()
James by Percival Everett
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of viewWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan...north-america · usa · mississippi · historical-fiction · fiction · retellings · literary-fiction · historical · classics · slavery -
![The War Orphan by Anna Stuart]()
The War Orphan by Anna Stuart
1945, I stumble out of the gates, tightly grasping the hands of two smaller children. Hunger swirls in my stomach and the barren landscape swims before my eyes. I can barely believe it. We’re free. We survived. But what happens now…Sixteen-year-old Tasha Ancel turns to take one last look at the imposing place that stole her freedom and her childhood...historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · fiction · religion · 20th-century · friendship · female-mc · epic · romance -
![If the Boot Fits : by Karen Witemeyer]()
If the Boot Fits : by Karen Witemeyer
Determined to prove that cattle king Eli Dearing has no justification for evicting his stepmother and half brothers, Asher Ellis uses the cover of a fancy ball to break into the Three Cedars ranch house to search for proof of wrongdoing. On the verge of discovery, he flees, but a boy's cry compels him to make a daring rescue...romance · christian · historical-fiction · historical · retellings · mystery · western · humor · fiction · action-adventure -
![The Wickedness of a Highlander by Elisa Braden]()
The Wickedness of a Highlander by Elisa Braden
An angel in freefallA year ago, Sabella Lockhart lived in sheltered gentility as the sister of a Scottish lord. Then her brother’s shocking crimes came to light, leaving her with nothing but horrifying memories, unpayable debts, and a blackened name. Before she leaves Scotland for good, she must face the family he harmed the MacPhersons... -
![The Last Verse: A Novel by Caroline Frost]()
The Last Verse: A Novel by Caroline Frost
From the award-winning author of Shadows of Pecan Hollow comes The Last Verse , a gripping novel set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville about a struggling musician who writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · suspense · female-mc · thriller · coming-of-age · crime · family -
![The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks]()
The Woman in the Sable Coat by Elizabeth Brooks
At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two year old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks losing everything for Guy Nicholson: her comfortable home, her childhood friends, and, especially, the love of her father, an enigmatic widower... -
![The Other Gwyn Girl by Nicola Cornick]()
The Other Gwyn Girl by Nicola Cornick
1671 – LondonThe Civil War is over and Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’, is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and all the privileges and power that comes with it. Sharing the spoils is his favourite companion, the celebrated beauty, actress Nell Gwyn...romance · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · ghosts · horror · psychological · magical-realism · female-mc · coming-of-age -
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![Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley]()
Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley
To save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam that could ruin the most powerful aristocrats in Victorian-era London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret of Bow Lane...mystery · historical · historical-fiction · cozy · fiction · audiobook · romance · suspense · industrial-era · victorian -
![Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose]()
Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose
Discover a spellbinding love story in this dazzling time-travel adventure from the NYT bestselling author of The Last Tiara, M.J. Rose...romance · historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · time-travel · magical-realism · sci-fi · paranormal · historical · mystery -
![Lighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski]()
Lighthouse Keeper by Eliza Lentzski
In 1874, in the quaint coastal town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, the ocean’s waves echo with tales of lost love. Lizzy Darby, a resilient young woman with a heart marked by past sorrows, seeks refuge in the familiarity of her parents' general store. Scarred by the loss of her first love to the unpredictable sea, Lizzy strives to find solace in the routine of her daily life... -
![To Forge Her Fate by Kasey Stockton]()
To Forge Her Fate by Kasey Stockton
Two worlds. Two hearts. Can they ever meld together as one?Eliza Rose: accomplished in pianoforte, riding, drawing, three languages, and the art of flirtation using only a fan.Jacob Ridley: skilled blacksmith, honest tradesman, appreciates a hot meal, and not susceptible to any lady’s charm.Until Eliza needs help, and Jacob cannot turn her away. Now she has him wrapped around her dainty finger... -
![A Love Discovered by Tracie Peterson]()
A Love Discovered by Tracie Peterson
Invited by a friend to trek west and help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the painful memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, so Edward approaches his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage... -
![One Dangerous Night by Cathy Maxwell]()
One Dangerous Night by Cathy Maxwell
The second book in New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell’s humorous and heartwarming series The Gambler’s Daughters, in which three aristocratic Irish sisters are determined to make their ways in Regency London...only to learn the path to making a brilliant society marriage isn’t easy—especially when Love gets in the way...romance · historical · historical-fiction · slow-burn · audiobook · fiction · young-adult · humor · industrial-era · regency -
![A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins]()
A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins
Two friends reunite—and discover hidden feelings—while investigating a murder in this sensual, witty historical romance. Jane Halliwell once dreamed of a home of her own—but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, preparing her charge for a future no longer within her reach...
