Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 4 Feb - 10 Feb 2024
Last updated:
February 10, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Kristin Hannah, Alan Gratz, Lynn Austin, Martha Waters, Heather Webb, Sarah Sundin, Jamie Pacton, Paul Theroux, David Downing, Daniel Griffin and many more.
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
The missing. The forgotten. The brave… The women.From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · war · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · feminism · audiobook · family · 20th-century -
![Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz]()
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz
A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degrees ) is a major publishing moment. A new World War II novel from Alan Gratz? That's even bigger! Get ready for an action-packed, inventive, and powerful take on the attack on Pearl Harbor, as only Alan Gratz can tell it. December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good...historical-fiction · middle-grade · young-adult · historical · fiction · war · children-books · ww2 · survival · friendship -
![All My Secrets by Lynn Austin]()
All My Secrets by Lynn Austin
Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opulence of Gilded Age New York, where three generations of women in one family must reckon with the choices they have made and their hopes for the future.New York, 1898...urban · new-york-state · romance · historical-fiction · historical · christian · fiction · wholesome · mystery · family -
![To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters]()
To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters
The final installment in the Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister. West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances...romance · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · industrial-era · regency · humor · book · adult -
![Queens of London by Heather Webb]()
Queens of London by Heather Webb
"Looting, lying, and the letter of the Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the criminal underbelly of post-WWI London. Gritty at times and tender at others, Queens of London unmasks the most lawless―and likeable―gang of women you've never heard of...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · family · female-mc · book · adult -
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![Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin]()
Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin
As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to wait out the Occupation. Separated from her three-year-old son, Theo, in the process, the young widow desperately searches for her little boy even as she works for an agency responsible for evacuating children to the countryside...romance · historical-fiction · christian · historical · ww2 · fiction · mystery · 20th-century · spirituality · book -
![The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton]()
The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton
Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy!For Sybil Clarion, the Belle Époque city of Severon is a wild, romantic dream, filled with cafés, cabarets, and glittering nightclubs. Eager to embrace the city’s freedom after running away from home, she’s traded high-society soirées for empty pockets and barren cabinets...romance · fantasy · wlw · lgbtq · young-adult · historical-fiction · historical · fae · fiction · lesbian-mc -
![Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux]()
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
From the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast and The Bad Angel Brothers comes a riveting new novel exploring one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell—and the early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the British Raj policeman, into Orwell the anticolonial writer... -
![Union Station by David Downing]()
Union Station by David Downing
British journalist John Russell is adrift in a McCarthy-era Los Angeles, having left a life of international spying behind him—until his research into a wartime conspiracy brings him face-to-face with the perilous instability of a post-Stalin Berlin.Los Angeles, 1953...historical-fiction · fiction · thriller · mystery · audiobook · espionage · historical · political-intrigue · crime · assassinations -
![The Gathering by Daniel Griffin]()
The Gathering by Daniel Griffin
Whispers of betrayal. A blacksmith with the soul of a gunfighter. Secrets more valuable than gold. Eli's quest for peace is shattered when the Gathering commences. Bounty hunters swarm the town of Shadow Gulch, each one drawn by the allure of wealth and the thrill of the hunt, but among them walks Eli—a man whose hammer shapes metal but whose heart seeks justice...fiction · historical-fiction · thriller · mystery · historical · action-adventure · suspense · western · industrial-era · book
