Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 25 Feb - 2 Mar 2024
Last updated:
March 2, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Tommy Orange, Amanda Skenandore, Traci Chee, Suzanne Kelman, Karen Witemeyer, Lynn Messina, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Leta Blake, Thomas Mullen, Jill Eileen Smith and many more.
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Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There There —winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize, the American Book Award, and one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018— Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through to the shattering aftermath of...north-america · usa · colorado · historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · historical · indigenous-mc · poc-author · poc-mc -
![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 -
![Kindling by Traci Chee]()
Kindling by Traci Chee
From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven...fantasy · young-adult · historical-fiction · high-fantasy · lgbtq · magic · historical · audiobook · epic · war -
![The Last Day in Paris: A totally heartbreaking WW2 historical novel by Suzanne Kelman]()
The Last Day in Paris: A totally heartbreaking WW2 historical novel by Suzanne Kelman
“No, Mama, please don’t make me leave!” Sophie cries, clutching her teddy bear as her blue eyes fill with tears. “I’d rather be here in Paris with you, than far away somewhere safe…”Paris, 1940: All over Paris, families are being pulled from their beds in the middle of the night. And ever since her husband was shot in cold blood, Brigitte Goldstein has known she is running out of time...historical-fiction · ww2 · contemporary · fiction · female-mc · romance · literary-fiction · 20th-century · book · adult -
![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 -
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![A Lark's Conceit by Lynn Messina]()
A Lark's Conceit by Lynn Messina
Verity Lark is in a new flap!Bedeviled by Colson Hardwicke’s treatment—summarily dumping her via tersely worded message!—Verity Lark is lying awake in her bed seething over his behavior when she hears a floorboard creak. Immediately alert to the presence of a late-night intruder, she deftly thwarts the attack. Taking her would-be kidnapper captive is easy...romance · mystery · fiction · industrial-era · regency · historical-fiction · cozy · historical · law-enforcement · humor -
![The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin]()
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women working together to undermine the Confederates—from the award-winning author of We Cast a ShadowThe American Daughters follows Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl who is enslaved alongside her mother, Sanite to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · civil-war · family · poc-author · slavery · poc-mc · black-mc · female-mc -
![My Skin Begs You Please by Leta Blake]()
My Skin Begs You Please by Leta Blake
Mitchell "Minty" Arnold receives some devastating news, setting the light-hearted optimist on a dark and self-destructive path. Luke Montgomery has experience with pain and suffering. In fact, he's a professional at it. With Minty's behavior escalating dangerously, Luke takes it upon himself to help Minty indulge his self-destructive urges in a safe and sane way...romance · mlm · dark · lgbtq · university · contemporary · age-gap · lgbtqia-hate · disability · family -
![The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen]()
The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen
A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-era Boston.June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors...historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · suspense · dark · ww2 · organized-crime · crime · 20th-century -
![The Ark and the Dove by Jill Eileen Smith]()
The Ark and the Dove by Jill Eileen Smith
Zara and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives, and they have done their best in an increasingly wicked and defiant world to raise their three sons to follow in their footsteps. It has been a challenge--and it's about to get much, much harder...romance · christian · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · wholesome · family · ancient-civilization · spirituality · book -
![My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar]()
My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar
An exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man's life from his 1935 birth in a small village in India to his death from COVID-19 in 2020Jadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. While pregnant, his mother nearly dies from a cobra bite--and this is only the first of many challenges in store for Jadu... -
![Eynhallow by Tim McGregor]()
Eynhallow by Tim McGregor
ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island paradise her husband promised it to be when they wed. Now with four young children, she struggles to provide for her family while her husband grows increasingly distant.When a stranger comes ashore to rent an abandoned cottage, Agnes and the other islanders are abuzz with curiosity...horror · historical-fiction · gothic · fiction · retellings · dark · historical · sci-fi · body-horror · suspense -
![Betting Against The Scoundrel by Mariah Stone]()
Betting Against The Scoundrel by Mariah Stone
"I'll be your scoundrel, not your hero."Broken and devastated, the former Duke of Grandhampton, Lord Spencer Seaton, returns home from the war to find he has lost everything. His only goal is to exact vengeance upon the man who took everything from him.Nothing will stop Spencer... except, Miss Joanna Digby—intelligent, cunning, and mysterious...romance · mystery · historical · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity · female-mc · angst · industrial-era · regency · cozy -
![The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes]()
The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renowned 1700s English painter Thomas Gainsborough, who struggle to live up to the perfect image the world so admired in their portraits.Peggy and Molly Gainsborough—the daughters of one of England’s most famous portrait artists of the 1700s and the frequent subject of his work—are best friends...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · family · drama -
![Miss Austen Investigates: The Hapless Milliner by Jessica Bull]()
Miss Austen Investigates: The Hapless Milliner by Jessica Bull
A witty, engaging murder mystery featuring Jane Austen as an intrepid amateur sleuth—the first in a series.Jane Austen—sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever—is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner’s dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball...mystery · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · cozy · murder · industrial-era · regency · killer · audiobook -
![The Lost Viking by Peter Gibbons]()
The Lost Viking by Peter Gibbons
If you like Bernard Cornwell, David Gemmell, John Gwynne and Conn Iggulden you will love this Viking adventure packed with battles, betrayal, axes and swords.881 AD, Northumbria. Hundr, The Man with the Dogs Name, sails the England’s coastline raiding and challenging Viking champions to single combat...europe · scandinavia · action-adventure · historical-fiction · myths · fiction · male-mc · medieval · fantasy · historical -
![The Bride of Death by F.M. Aden]()
The Bride of Death by F.M. Aden
In the vein of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale— this unforgettable adult debut follows the journey of a young woman who seeks to defeat Death himself and save her village from his torment. As a young child, Zerryn grew up on tales of the Lord of Death, Erlik Khan, and his penchant for stealing wild girls...romance · fantasy · gothic · myths · historical-fiction · fiction · retellings · historical · enemies-to-lovers · high-fantasy -
![Sisters of Belfast: A Novel by Melanie Maure]()
Sisters of Belfast: A Novel by Melanie Maure
In the spirit of Heather Morris, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff, an enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters in Ireland whose lives diverge for decades, until fate—and faith—reunite them in the twilight of their lives...historical-fiction · historical · fiction · ww2 · war · audiobook · family · 20th-century · female-mc · literary-fiction -
![Blood Warm Waters: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel by Scott Cook]()
Blood Warm Waters: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel by Scott Cook
Death rises from the deep and tropical seas burn as the tide of war continues to rise…Art Turner and the crew of USS bull Shark are about to become the spearhead in a new offensive in the Pacific. As an island nation, the Empire of Japan depends on the sea to maintain its vital supply chain… and it’s into this jugular that Admiral Nimitz intends to plunge his knife...action-adventure · war · historical-fiction · 20th-century · ww2 · thriller · military · fiction · historical · violent-conflict -
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![Remember, Remember by Elle Machray]()
Remember, Remember by Elle Machray
Gunpowder, treason and a plot to destroy the British Empire… 1770. Delphine lives in the shadows of London: a secret, vibrant world of smugglers, courtesans and small rebellions. Four years ago, she escaped enslavement at great personal cost. Now, she must help her brother Vincent do the same...historical-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · historical · wlw · audiobook · alternate-history · crime · black-mc · action-adventure -
![Ludsecke by J.C. Jarvis]()
Ludsecke by J.C. Jarvis
As World War Two begins, Michael Fernsby is once again called into action. His mission behind enemy lines has history hanging in the balance.In the third chapter of the Fernsby's War Series, Ludsecke, readers are catapulted into the darkening storm over Europe at the end of 1939, where the drum beats of World War II are getting louder...ww2 · historical-fiction · action-adventure · war · 20th-century · fiction · military · historical · violent-conflict · book -
![Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur]()
Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur
In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women’s education who assumes the right to choose his daughters’ vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city’s dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule...fiction · literary-fiction · family · lgbtq · historical-fiction · historical · 20th-century · book · adult -
![A Knight and a Spy 1415: Agincourt by Simon Fairfax]()
A Knight and a Spy 1415: Agincourt by Simon Fairfax
A deadly game of politics. War is inevitable. Can he survive intrigue, betrayal, and enemy agents to reach his journeys end? After all, the road to Agincourt is perilous. Sir James de Grispere recovering from an assassin’s dagger, returns to England and greater peril as he carries two documents that could usurp King Henry and bring about civil war...action-adventure · war · historical-fiction · military · fiction · historical · violent-conflict · book · adult
