Staff Picks

Category: Historical Fiction

Find your new favorite reads with this collection of top titles curated by our expert librarians.

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Crisanne
The Book of Everlasting Things
Aanchal Malhotra
"A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition"
- Crisanne
Joanna
Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead
"An enjoyable historical fiction with great and nuanced characters, especially strong women."
- Joanna
Jeannie
The Engineer's Wife
Tracey Enerson Wood
"Spanning 1864--1884, Wood's impeccably researched debut narrates the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge from the viewpoint of a woman central to its creation."
- Jeannie
Alice
The Rose Code
Kate Quinn
As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes.
- Alice
Dawn
The Last Green Valley
Mark T. Sullivan
A compelling and inspiring story of heroism and courage in the dark days at the end of World War II.
- Dawn
Jeannie
The Children's Book
A.S . Byatt
This is a story that spans the Victorian era through World War I about a children’s author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the lives of her family and loved ones.
- Jeannie
Alice
West with Giraffes
Lynda Rutledge
An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.
- Alice
Andy
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. This chronicles the life of Thomas Cromwell, and the narrative is focalised through him.
- Andy
Alice
Hamnet: A Novel of The Plague
Maggie O'Farrell
A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest masterpieces of all time.
- Alice