Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 11 Feb - 17 Feb 2024
Last updated:
February 17, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Katherine Arden, Allison Pataki, Yangsze Choo, Laurie R. King, Gian Sardar, Charlie N. Holmberg, T. Kingfisher, Emmy Sanders, S.T. Gibson, Rae Giana Rashad and many more.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the NightingaleJanuary 1918...historical-fiction · fantasy · historical · fiction · paranormal · ghosts · ww1 · horror · war · gothic -
![Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki]()
Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined a nation—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post. Massachusetts, 1836... -
![The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo]()
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi , or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Manchuria, 1908.A young woman is found frozen in the snow...historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · mystery · historical · sci-fi · spooky · myths · literary-fiction · book -
![The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King]()
The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are caught up in a case that turns intensely personal, shining light on a past that even Holmes himself did not suspectAfter their recent adventures in Transylvania, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes look forward to spending some time getting to know Holmes' son, the artist Damian Adler, and his family...mystery · historical-fiction · fiction · suspense · crime · historical · female-mc · cozy · book · adult -
![When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar]()
When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar
In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · ww1 · war · ww2 · literary-fiction · friendship · 20th-century · romance -
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![Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg]()
Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg
A boy like no other embarks on a transformative journey of magic and self-discovery in the next enchanting Whimbrel House novel by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg. Merritt Fernsby’s life has changed considerably since he inherited Whimbrel House. He’s engaged to Hulda Larkin, who opened his eyes to the uncanny...fantasy · historical-fiction · magic · fiction · magical-realism · fantasy-of-manners · myths · historical · gaslamp · industrial-era -
![What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher]()
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .Retired soldier, Alex Easton, returns in a horrifying new adventure.After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war...horror · fantasy · gothic · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · lgbtq · paranormal · spooky · mystery -
![To Catch a Firefly by Emmy Sanders]()
To Catch a Firefly by Emmy Sanders
He was my beginning. And my never-ending. EllisThere’s a lot I’ve never told my best friend. The fact that I love him. That I miss him every day he’s gone. That, sometimes, I ache for him with a ferocity that leaves me breathless.Lucky Buchanan tore into my life as a boy, wild and daring, my opposite in every way. He drew me in, stole my heart without trying...romance · mlm · contemporary · lgbtq · disability · mental-illness · friends-to-lovers · small-town · slow-burn · angst -
![An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson]()
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls...romance · fantasy · horror · gothic · vampires · wlw · lgbtq · historical-fiction · dark-academia · historical -
![The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad]()
The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
In the vein of Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood, a harrowing novel set in an alternate United States —a world of injustice and bondage in which a young Black woman becomes the concubine of a powerful white government official and must face the dangerous consequences. Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists...north-america · usa · texas · urban · louisiana · fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · historical-fiction · alternate-history -
![Medea by Eilish Quin]()
Medea by Eilish Quin
Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe , Elektra , and Stone Blind .Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised...myths · fantasy · retellings · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · witches-wizards · audiobook · classics · feminism -
![Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks]()
Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks
A Regency widow shouldn’t be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely’s magical gift for divining the truth makes her prodigiously good at lying. To absolve a guilty secret, she travels to the exiled Duke of Sargen’s estate, but the last thing she expects is to run into the duke himself, who is lamentably now even more attractive than in his volatile youth...romance · fantasy · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · paranormal · industrial-era · regency · magic · vampires -
![Projections by S.E. Porter]()
Projections by S.E. Porter
S.E. Porter, critically-acclaimed YA author of Vassa in the Night , bursts onto the adult fantasy scene with her adult novel that is sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Vandemeer and China MievilleLove may last a lifetime, but in this dark historical fantasy, the bitterness of rejection endures for centuries...fantasy · horror · gothic · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · paranormal · revenge · dark-academia · crime -
![Blackmailer's Delight by David Lawrence]()
Blackmailer's Delight by David Lawrence
“All the hopes, doubts, pain and sensuality of hidden gay love in the English 18th century fill David Lawrence’s sparkling new novel… He brings it all together in the most unexpected way in this charming, sexy, witty romp...romance · historical · mlm · lgbtq · fiction · industrial-era · regency · historical-fiction · humor · literary-fiction -
![Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks]()
Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they’re willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation’s first federal reparations program.Every American waits with baited breath to see whether or not the country’s first female president will pass the Forgiveness Act...fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · poc-author · historical-fiction · audiobook · family · black-mc · female-mc · poc-mc
