Historical Fiction Archives

4.5-STAR REVIEW: FORTUNE AND GLASS by John Mutter

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 6 October 2026

Publication Date: October 6, 2026 THE BOOK THIEF meets JOHN LE CARRÉ How do you stay human inside a regime built to erase you? Berlin, 1932. Germany' s fragile democracy is fracturing, its...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE THUNDER AND THE SILENCE by Roland Van Damme

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 5 October 2026

Publication Date: September 5, 2026 A sweeping historical novel revealing the man behind America's most enigmatic Founding Father-Benjamin Franklin, whose brilliance built a nation but shattered his family... From Boston's candlelit print shops to...

4-STAR REVIEW: RED SEAL by Rosa Kwon Easton

Historical Fiction Peggy K - 5 October 2026

Publication Date: October 6, 2026 A Korean mother and son navigate wars, displacement, and identity across decades and borders in a moving multigenerational saga by the author of White Mulberry. In 1943 Japan, the...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE BABY IN HER ARMS by Suzanne Goldring

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 September 2026

Publication Date: September 28, 2026 On a hot and dusty Parisian street, two brave women risk everything for a tiny, dark-haired baby… Paris, 1942. Hustled along by cold-eyed soldiers, a mother is making a...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SWAN HOUSE by Elizabeth Musser

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 24 September 2026

The Swan House: Book 1 Publication Date: July 1, 2001 A powerful novel of love, compassion, and self-discovery Mary Swan Middleton has always taken for granted the advantages of her family's wealth. But a tragedy...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RED CROSS GIRLS by Susanna Bavin

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 September 2026

The Red Cross Girls: Book 1 Publication Date: September 16, 2026 Lancaster, 1943: As the war rages on, the Red Cross girls will do whatever it takes to bring their boys home. But can...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CHALLENGE by A. M. Linden

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 14 September 2026

The Druid Chronicles: Book 5 Publication Date: December 15, 2026 For fans of medieval literature and classic fantasy, an adventurous series finale that follows a Saxon sheriff and a Druid priest as they join...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOTEL DANCER by Ellie Midwood

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 September 2026

Publication Date: September 4, 2026 She checks the ties on her dancing shoes under the spotlight at the Germans' favorite hotel. She moves automatically, her body remembering the steps, even though her mind...

5-STAR REVIEW: LITTLE FOX by Vincent Stoia

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 September 2026

Publication Date: April 7, 2026 Freedom has a price. Compassion makes it higher. Fan has been a slave since the day cutthroats murdered her father and sold her to the powerful Wang family. In...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE PAPER HOUSE by Barbara Josselsohn

Fiction Amy Wilson - 3 September 2026

Publication Date: September 2, 2026 It was a shop full of wonder; sheets of colorful paper, pots of ink on every surface, and spools of ribbon suspended on gleaming brass hooks. But it...

5-STAR REVIEW: FINCH AND HAWK by Alona Umansky and Aleksey Linetskiy

Book Reviews Amy Wilson - 27 August 2026

In 1897, the Klondike Gold Rush draws dreamers, schemers, and fortune-seekers north. Among them are Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd, a determined journalist writing under the pen name Paula Finch, and Tom Hawk, a...

5-STAR REVIEW: RISE by Kat Helgeson

Historical Fiction Sandy Saucier - 14 August 2026

Publication Date: May 26, 2026 The year is 1968, and American astronauts are making the final push toward landing on the moon. On the ground in Houston, their families devote their lives to...