We know novels have the power to take us to different places and time periods. And with biographical historical fiction books ...

Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

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Here are our top picks for the best historical fiction of 2025. “Echoes of Byzantium” by Eleni ... Whether you’re a history ...

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport ... gaps left by the likes of Homer and Euripedes; of all the recent books offering female-focused retellings of old legends and sagas, they ...

Historical fiction is having a moment ... This immersive novel from the author of Small Pleasures (one of the best books I read in 2022!) follows an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital ...

(Hamish Hamilton) Jodi Picoult’s first foray into historical fiction sees the best-selling author ask us to consider: what if Shakespeare wasn’t who he thought he was? What if he was actually ...

From Tudor England to the White House, read the unmissable fiction that’s inspired by history. Conjure up some of your favourite books and we can guarantee some of them will have their roots in ...

(Bonnier Books) The construction of the Panama ... (Harper Collins) Jodi Picoult’s first foray into historical fiction sees the best-selling author ask us to consider: what if Shakespeare ...