Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 14 Apr - 20 Apr 2024
Last updated:
April 20, 2024
This week featuring new releases by David Baldacci, Michelle Gable, C.S. Harris, Lisa Grunwald, Esther Hatch, Victor Lodato, Greenwriter, 牧云岚卿, Kent Heckenlively, Nicolette Polek and many more.
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A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci...mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · suspense · legal · social-commentary · 20th-century · historical · audiobook · law-enforcement -
![The Beautiful People by Michelle Gable]()
The Beautiful People by Michelle Gable
Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set, a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach’s inner circle, and into a beguiling friendship with the star at its center, fashion designer Lilly PulitzerIt’s 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change...historical-fiction · fiction · audiobook · season-summer · womens-fiction · contemporary · female-mc · 20th-century · family · breakup -
![What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris]()
What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost...romance · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · industrial-era · regency · law-enforcement · cozy · amateur-sleuth -
![The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald]()
The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald
A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial tests her faith and her marriage in this moving novel from the author of Time After Time and The Irresistible Henry House.“Lisa Grunwald is a national treasure. . . . An essential American story from a master craftsman... -
![There Goes the Groom by Esther Hatch]()
There Goes the Groom by Esther Hatch
Catching a husband has never been so complicated.Matthew Harrison has only one task in life: to marry money. After failing miserably in London, his family takes matters into their own hands by arranging his marriage to the wealthy Lucy Bateman. But when he meets Lucy for the first time, his resolve to save his family from ruin crumbles...romance · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · victorian · historical · fiction · humor · literary-fiction · satire -
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![Honey by Victor Lodato]()
Honey by Victor Lodato
Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer’s Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past...fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · historical-fiction · trans-mc · romance · family · lgbtq -
![To Bewitch a Beast by Greenwriter]()
To Bewitch a Beast by Greenwriter
In a land not so far away, there lives a place that lives in the past...She is the governess...Agatha Blair has been with the Everards for nearly two years. She is plain and barely passes the category of pretty. And she is secretly in love with him. He is the Lord of Devonshire...Benedict Everard is the eldest of all Everard children. He is a beast and he secretly believes the governess is a bore...romance · historical · historical-fiction · dystopia · fiction · love-triangle · siblings · poc-author · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc -
![Cold Sands by 牧云岚卿]()
Cold Sands by 牧云岚卿
He’s just a low-ranking deputy general and he’s a prince. They meet on the battlefield but it turns out to be the beginning of a complicated and beautiful story.Murong Yu is a very confident man – until he meets Han Xin.There’s nothing he cannot get; there’s nothing he cannot destroy.To let live or not, is all up to him...romance · historical · lgbtq · mlm · historical-fiction · angst · enemies-to-lovers · sad · steamy · fantasy -
![The King of Italy: A Novel by Kent Heckenlively]()
The King of Italy: A Novel by Kent Heckenlively
Immerse yourself in a sweeping family saga spanning decades and including many famous names, including Benito Mussolini and King Victor Immanuel II. In New York Times bestselling author Kent Heckenlively's fiction debut, The King of Italy, we first meet Vincenzo Nicosia as a young boy in Sicily, watching as his father is sent to jail for nearly beating a man to death... -
![Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek]()
Bitter Water Opera by Nicolette Polek
An electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without itIn 1967, the dancer Marta Becket and her husband were traveling through Death Valley Junction when they came across an abandoned theater. Marta decided it was hers. She painted her ideal audience on its walls and danced her own dances until her death five decades later... -
![Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro]()
Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro
An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive dark fantasy from the author of The Haunting of Alejandra.Hundreds of years ago, she was known as La Malinche: a Nahua woman who translated for the conquistador Cortés. In the centuries since, her name has gone down in infamy as a traitor...romance · horror · vampires · fantasy · paranormal · fiction · historical-fiction · urban-fantasy · latinx-mc · spooky -
![Castle of the Winds by Christina Baehr]()
Castle of the Winds by Christina Baehr
At Midsummer’s Eve, the Red Dragon will choose his bride.Following this mysterious invitation, Edith sets off on a quest to the Castle of the Winds to find a lost family of dragon keepers in the mountains of Wild Wales. But all is not as it seems. Edith must guard her own hidden power, or she might not return to her friends in Ormdale—including the man who has come to love her...fantasy · dragons · historical-fiction · gaslamp · industrial-era · new-adult · historical · fiction · sword-sorcery · paranormal -
![Deadly Gamble by Kate Parker]()
Deadly Gamble by Kate Parker
In 1940s Portugal, everyone is willing to trade secrets if the price is right.Britain stands alone against the forces of Nazi Germany. Livvy Redmond is a young newspaperwoman determined to serve Britain’s spymaster in the face of danger. When she arrives in neutral Lisbon, she discovers a city full of spies, refugees, and the secret police...historical-fiction · mystery · ww2 · amateur-sleuth · historical · female-mc · 20th-century · fiction · book · adult -
![RETURN OF THE DRAGON: THE FIGHTING TOMCATS BOOK 10 by Sofia Maki, M. L. Maki]()
RETURN OF THE DRAGON: THE FIGHTING TOMCATS BOOK 10 by Sofia Maki, M. L. Maki
In the Philippines, Captain Samantha 'Spike' Hunt has once again saved the day. The price, her destroyer squadron and her husband.In Britain, a disgruntled Commodore Carpenter convinces General James Doolittle to approve thousand plane raid deep into Germany. A raid that must get past a forty-mile belt of anti-air defenses...fiction · war · military · historical-fiction · historical · action-adventure · violent-conflict · book · adult -
![Mo Shang Hua Kai by Heibai Jian Yao, 黑白剑妖, 黑白劍妖]()
Mo Shang Hua Kai by Heibai Jian Yao, 黑白剑妖, 黑白劍妖
This is a love story between an Emperor and His subject. The story start from the present (their current relationship), which has been six years long, with the flashback from how they started their relationship and how their relationship is growing day by day to their present relationship... -
![Thorn Tree: A Novel by Max Ludington]()
Thorn Tree: A Novel by Max Ludington
Terrifically vivid...Remarkable." --The New York Times Book Review: A beautifully wrought novel on the aftershocks of the heady but dangerous late 1960s and the relationship between trauma and the creative impulse.Now in his late-sixties, Daniel lives in quiet anonymity in a converted guest cottage in the Hollywood Hills...north-america · usa · california · urban · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · dark · drama · suspense -
![On the Tobacco Coast: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman]()
On the Tobacco Coast: A Novel by Christopher Tilghman
The culmination of Christopher Tilghman's great Chesapeake saga, a story spanning four centuries of an American family.It is the Fourth of July 2019, and the Mason family is gathering for its annual celebration at the family’s historic Chesapeake farm, Mason’s Retreat... -
![Sister Lumberjack by Candace Simar]()
Sister Lumberjack by Candace Simar
Bottle fever has Nels Jensen by the throat. Swindled out of his summer’ s pay, he heads to the logging camps of Northern Minnesota, only to discover he is blacklisted at reputable operations. He is neither a thief nor a liar, but he cannot prove his innocence. Widow Solveig Rognaldson is left alone with heartache and a mortgage. Without a well-paying job, she will lose her Foxhome farm... -
![Blame it on the Moon: A Haunted House Mystery by Lou Pugliese]()
Blame it on the Moon: A Haunted House Mystery by Lou Pugliese
“BLAME IT ON THE MOON” is a haunted house mystery of 83.000 words.Richard Eugene Craft lives alone in a house built by his great grand uncle, Dr. Richard Eugene Craft, in the mid-1800s. The house, in Arlington Virginia, has a rich history and a seemingly haunted past, having been a field hospital during the Civil War. Many people died in this house, including Richard’s wife and son...romance · historical-fiction · paranormal · psychological · contemporary · ghosts · supernatural · suspense · spirituality · mystery -
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![The Traitor's Son by Wendy Johnson]()
The Traitor's Son by Wendy Johnson
"Exquisitely written. An evocative and thoughtful retelling of the early life of Richard III." Philippa Langley, MBECaught between a king and a kingmaker, young Richard Plantagenet knows he’ll have to choose...1461: Richard Duke of York, King by Right, has been branded a traitor and slain by his Lancastrian foes. For his eight-year-old son—Richard Plantagenet—England has become a dangerous place...
