Tag Archives: Historical Fiction

Rating Title: Code Name SapphireAuthor: Pam JenoffPublication: February 7, 2023Publisher: Park RowGenre: Historical FictionPages: 369 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Amazon) 1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at …

Rating Title: In the Shadow of a QueenAuthor: Heather B. MoorePublication: October 3, 2022Publisher: Shadow Mountain PublishingGenre: Historical FictionPages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Princess Louise’s life is upended after her father’s untimely death. Captive to the queen’s overwhelming mourning, Louise is forbidden to …

Rating Title: Pride and PremeditationAuthor: Tirzah PricePublication: March 1, 2022Publisher: HarperTeenGenre: YA Fiction, Teen, Historical RomancePages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman who desires a law career must be in want of a case. So …

Rating Title: Mexican GothicAuthor: Silvia Moreno-GarciaPublication: June 30, 2020Publisher: Del ReyGenre: Historical FictionPages: 321 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a …

Rating Title: The Thread CollectorsAuthor: Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson RichmanPublication: August 30, 2022Publisher: Graydon HouseGenre: Historical FictionPages: 382 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to …

Title: The Codebreaker’s SecretAuthor: Sara AckermanPublication: August 2, 2022Publisher: MIRAGenre: Historical FictionPages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in “the dungeon” at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from …

Title: The Book of Lost NamesAuthor: Kristin HarmelPublication: May 25, 2021Publisher: Gallery BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 416 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II—an experience Eva remembers well—and the search to …

Rating Title: The Librarian SpyAuthor: Madeline MartinPublication: July 26, 2022Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 400 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads): Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the …

Rating Title: Lessons in ChemistryAuthor: Bonnie GarmusPublication: April 5, 2022Publisher: DoubledayGenre: FictionPages: 394 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. …

Title: A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and MayhemAuthor: Manda CollinsPublication: November 10, 2020Publisher: ForeverGenre: Historical FictionPages: 352 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) England, 1865 : As one of England’s most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power. And she’s determined to inform and …