Historical Fiction

Love, Like Apples by Jeff Zentner Review, Ending Explained, Verdict

Love, Like Apples by Jeff Zentner is a 400-page novel about a Tennessee orchard boy who becomes a puppeteer on … Read more

Jazz by Toni Morrison does not begin with a plot. It begins with a voice that has already decided what … Read more

Paradise by Toni Morrison is a 1997 novel about nine men from an all-Black Oklahoma town who raid a nearby … Read more

The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires is a 176-page historical mystery set in Newville, … Read more

The Witch by Freida McFadden is not the book I expected from the author of The Housemaid. To be published … Read more

Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson is a masterful blend of historical fiction, dark comedy, and spy thriller set against … Read more

The Stationery Shop of Tehran reveals a moving story about love, political turmoil, separation, and the long shadow of choices … Read more

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon is the rare historical novel that feels like a storm at sea: loud, dangerous, … Read more

The Scarlet Letter is a historical romance set in 1640s Puritan Boston, telling the story of Hester Prynne, a woman … Read more

When I first heard that Douglas Stuart, the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, was setting his third novel on … Read more

Did you know that on December 3, 1976, just two days before a peace concert, seven gunmen stormed Bob Marley’s … Read more

The Disappearers by Marlon James is not an ordinary historical novel, and that may be exactly why it deserves your … Read more

Did you know that in 1645, a single witch trial in Bury St. Edmunds resulted in the execution of 18 … Read more

Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir, the woman who wrote The Second Sex and became the intellectual godmother of … Read more

Did you ever wonder what happens when the stories we tell about heroes and villains turn out to be completely … Read more

Did you ever wonder what it costs to live a life that isn’t truly your own? Nina LaCour’s Meet Me … Read more

Did you know that an estimated 14,000 Jewish lives were saved by real-life forgers like Adolfo Kaminsky, who joined the … Read more

Did you know that a single novel published in 1852 sold 300,000 copies in its first year and helped ignite … Read more

Did you know that the word “nostalgia” comes from the Greek nostos (homecoming) and algia (pain or longing)? Stephen Fry’s … Read more

Did you know that a single, ordinary couple managed to terrify the entire Gestapo apparatus in Berlin for over two … Read more

Do you ever finish a book and feel like you’ve been dragged through hell, yet you can’t stop thinking about … Read more