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The Best Historical Fiction of the Summer

Bestselling authors and buzzy debuts make up the best historical fiction of the summer for 2025.
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New Must Read Historical Fiction in 2025

These must-read new historical fiction books from 2025 cross genres, time periods, and settings.
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Summery New Historical Fiction for June

Jam-pack your summer reading with these great new historical fiction books coming out in June.
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The Best Historical Fiction Books You Haven’t Read

Historical Fiction Set in America’s Varied Chinatowns

Read your way into these excellent works of historical fiction set in the various American Chinatown communities.
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A Banned 1920s Book and a Nazi-Era Filmmaker

The history of a banned 1920s book comes to light. Plus, what these two WWII historical fiction novels have to tell us about today.
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Historical Fiction Exploring Motherhood

A list of three books of historical fiction about motherhood set in three distinct time periods and places…
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Great New Historical Fiction for May

Enjoy all the best of the new historical fiction May has to offer including new books by Isabel Allende and Natalie Jenner.
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Backlist Historical Fiction Published Before 2000

The context of the time an author is looking back on history from greatly influences how they're going to think and write about history.
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Get a Blast From the Recent Past with 2000s “Historical” Fiction

4 Older Backlist Historical Fiction Books To Read

These backlist titles—which were all published between 2010 and 2020—include narratives about estranged brothers and a young Sacajewea.
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All the Books, All the Access. One Reasonable Price.

Book Riot has been doing what we do since 2011: recommending buzzy and under-the-radar books, reporting on headlines from the...
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Historical Fiction about the Vietnam War, 50 Years Later

Written by authors from Vietnam and Vietnamese diasporas, these books contain nuanced explorations of the war, its end, and its legacy…
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All the Best April Historical Fiction

There are mysteries and retellings and historical fiction that runs the gamut from literary to romantic.
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New Trans Historical Fiction for the Trans Rights Readathon

Read these new trans historical fiction books in support of the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon.
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