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Vendor: Kirsty Manning
The Hidden Book
Author: Kirsty ManningISBN-10: 0063142791ISBN-13: 9780063142794Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2024Pages: 304Format: Paperback- $18.99
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Vendor: Susanna Kearsley
The Winter Sea
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters--sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"--DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author...- $17.99
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Vendor: Ariel Lawhon
The Frozen River
Author: Ariel LawhonISBN-10: 0593312074ISBN-13: 9780593312070Publisher: VintageLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.91d- $18.00
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Vendor: Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKA #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage,...- $17.99
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Vendor: Kristin Hannah
The Women
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time...- $30.00
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Vendor: Walter Mosley
Blood Grove
"Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in which the iconic detective's loyalties are tested on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California (National Book Foundation) It is 1969, and flames can be seen on...- $18.99
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Vendor: Allegra Goodman
Isola
An epic saga about a French noblewoman deserted on an island where her survival depends on the power of her faith and love--from the New York Times bestselling author of Sam. Heir to a chateau with its own village and lands, Marguerite is destined...- $28.99
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Vendor: David Baldacci
Strangers in Time
Author: David BaldacciISBN-10: 1538742055ISBN-13: 9781538742051Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 432Format: HardcoverSize: 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.33d- $30.00
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Vendor: Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles
A New York Times Bestseller"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art....A book I could not put down." --Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseA thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and...- $17.99
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Vendor: Marie Benedict
The Queens of Crime
The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie's legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women. London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers...- $29.00
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Vendor: Steve Berry
The Medici Return
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest installment in his wildly popular Cotton Malone series --- an adventure that takes Cotton to Italy and Tuscany to solve a five hundred year old mystery. Cotton Malone is on the hunt...- $30.00
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Vendor: A. Rae Dunlap
The Resurrectionist
In the tradition of The Alienist and Anatomy: A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic debut set in 19th century Scotland - when real-life serial killers Burke and Hare terrorized the streets of Edinburgh - as a young medical student is...- $28.00
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Vendor: Tammy Armstrong
Pearly Everlasting
Set during the Great Depression, an immersive and enchantingly atmospheric novel about a girl and a bear raised as sister and brother in a remote logging camp, and the lengths to which they'll go to protect each other. New Brunswick, 1934. When a cook...- $28.99
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Vendor: Maria Frances
Daughters of Warsaw
An emotional and inspiring World War Two time-slip novel of danger and courage. This is a story inspired by true events and stories of Irena Sendler and the women of the Polish Żegota.It's the worst time in humanity and yet there is still light...- $18.99
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Vendor: Patti Callahan Henry
The Story She Left Behind
Inspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both. In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's...- $29.99
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Vendor: Kate Quinn
The Briar Club
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House,...- $28.99
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Vendor: Brianna Labuskes
The Lost Book of Bonn
For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books.Germany, 1946: Emmy Clarke is a librarian not a soldier. But that doesn't stop the Library of Congress from sending...- $18.99
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Vendor: Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale Deluxe Edition
Limited edition hardcover jacket with foil and embossing, gorgeous designed edges, a ribbon bookmark, exclusive four color endpapers, and a decorative, gold foil stamp on the front case.A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, the stunning...- $35.00
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Vendor: Laurie R. King
Knave of Diamonds: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Mary Russell's allegiances are tested by the reappearance of her long-lost uncle--and a tantalizing case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve. When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black-sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn't heard from him in many years, and she's...- $30.00
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Vendor: Madeline Miller
Circe
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest...- $18.99
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Vendor: Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds
"The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis...- $18.99
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Vendor: Nancy Thayer
Summer Light on Nantucket
A touching novel about first love, family bonds, and rekindled relationships from the New York Times bestselling author and beloved Nantucket storyteller Nancy Thayer.Author: Nancy ThayerISBN-10: 0593724046ISBN-13: 9780593724040Publisher: Ballantine BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2025Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbs- $30.00
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Vendor: Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES--from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book...- $18.99
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Vendor: Martha Hall Kelly
Lilac Girls
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - One million copies sold! Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances. "Extremely moving...- $17.00
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Vendor: Jennifer Robson
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
USA Today Bestseller!A Real Simple Best Historical Fiction novels of the year!"The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkFrom the internationally...- $19.99
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Vendor: Jacqueline Winspear
The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel, a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world.By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea...- $18.99
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Vendor: Ariel Lawhon
Flight of Dreams
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and The Frozen River, here is a suspenseful, heart-wrenching novel that brings the fateful voyage of the Hindenburg to life. "At every page a guilty secret bobs up; at every page Lawhon keeps...- $16.95
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Vendor: Minrose Gwin
Promise
In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart--one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager--fight for their families' survival in this lyrical and...- $15.99
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Vendor: Victoria Christopher Murray
Harlem Rhapsody
The extraordinary story of Jessie Redmon Fauset whose exhilarating world of friends, rivals, and passions all combined to create the magic that was the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. In 1919, as civil...- $29.00
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Vendor: Charmaine Wilkerson
Good Dirt
The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman...- $30.00
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Vendor: Marjan Kamali
The Lion Women of Tehran
From the nationally bestselling author of the "powerful, heartbreaking" (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely...- $28.99
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Vendor: Gill Thompson
The Oceans Between Us: A Gripping and Heartwrenching Novel of a Mother's Search for Her Lost Child During Ww2
Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel. For readers of Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, The Letter by Kathryn Hughes,...- $15.99
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Vendor: Kate Quinn
The Rose Code
Don't miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club, coming July 9th! "The reigning queen of historical fiction" -- Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author...- $19.99
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Vendor: Jamie Ogle
Of Love and Treason
Valentine defies the emperor and becomes a hero . . . and the most wanted man in the empire. Compelled by his faith, he has nothing to lose, until a chance encounter with the daughter of a Roman jailor changes everything.Rome, AD 270. In...- $16.99
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Vendor: Ava Reid
Lady Macbeth
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. "Lady Macbeth doesn't retell Shakespeare so much...- $28.99
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Vendor: Alex Howard
The Ghost Cat
A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time, following a cat through his nine lives in Edinburgh, moving through the ever-changing city and its inhabitants over centuries Early morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the...- $21.99
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Vendor: Patti Callahan Henry
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
When a woman discovers a rare book with connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood in the English countryside during World War II are revealed in this "beguiling blend of hope, mystery, and true familial love" (Sadeqa Johnson,...- $17.99
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Vendor: Cristina Henriquez
The Great Divide
A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in...- $30.00
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Vendor: Tracy Chevalier
A Single Thread
An immersive, moving story of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War, from internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier 1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus...- $17.00
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Vendor: Andrea Penrose
Murder at King's Crossing
When the murder of a scientific genius on the verge of a momentous discovery upsets the wedding of their dear friends, Wrexford and Charlotte must risk all they hold dear to deconstruct a sinister conspiracy in the latest installment of Andrea Penrose's USA Today...- $27.00
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Vendor: Geraldine Brooks
Horse
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." --The New York Times Book Review "Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." --TIME"A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create...- $19.00
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Vendor: Anna Rasche
The Stone Witch of Florence
The premium special edition hardcover will feature an exquisite gold foil jacket, stunning four-color endpapers designed for personal inscription, and beautiful blue stained edges."A feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the...- $30.00
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Vendor: James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE ONE OF BARACK...- $28.00
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Vendor: Evie Woods
The Lost Bookshop
The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. 'The thing about books, ' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream...- $18.99
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Vendor: Pam Jenoff
The Orphan's Tale
Look for Pam Jenoff's new novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, an unforgettable story of courage and friendship during wartime.A New York Times bestseller!"Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. " --Library Journal"Secrets,...- $15.99
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Vendor: Edward Rutherfurd
London: The Novel
"A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking."--The Orlando Sentinel A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel...- $22.00
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Vendor: Daniel Mason
North Woods
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of...- $18.00
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Vendor: Diana Gabaldon
Lord John and the Private Matter
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey. The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June,...- $19.00
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Vendor: Lynda Rutledge
West with Giraffes
An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America."Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes..."Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he...- $14.95
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Vendor: Faye Kellerman
Straight Into Darkness
The New York Times bestselling "master of mystery", Faye Kellerman delivers a riveting novel set in 1920s Munich, a war-wounded city rocked by political agitation and stalked by a nameless, barbaric butcher (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Lustmord - the joy of murder. The terrifying concept...- $8.99
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Fiction Historical Books
Fiction historical books are a distinct genre that combines the allure of storytelling with the engaging exploration of historical events, eras, and people. These books transport readers to different time periods, offering a unique blend of fiction and non-fiction elements. Whether it be ancient civilizations, medieval times, or more recent historical events, fiction historical books provide an immersive experience that educates and entertains. One of the defining features of fiction historical books is their ability to intertwine fictional characters and storylines with real historical events and figures. This creative approach allows authors to delve into the past and bring it to life in a way that resonates with readers. These books often present meticulously researched details, ensuring accuracy within the historical context while still conveying a captivating narrative.
Readers are drawn to fiction historical books for various reasons. Some are history enthusiasts seeking to expand their knowledge in an engaging and accessible manner. Others are fiction lovers who are intrigued by the prospect of fictional characters experiencing historical events firsthand. Regardless of their motives, readers often find themselves immersed in richly detailed settings, vivid descriptions, and well-developed characters navigating through historically significant events. The diversity of fiction historical books is worth mentioning as well. From epic sagas to intimate stories, this genre encompasses a wide range of narratives. Some books focus on well-known historical figures, shedding light on lesser-known aspects of their lives and the events surrounding them. Others explore ordinary people and their experiences during specific historical periods, providing a glimpse into the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of regular individuals.
While fiction historical books are a mix of imagination and reality, they are not purely historical in nature. Authors often present their interpretations and creative liberties, shaping the story to suit their vision. With this in mind, readers should approach these books with the understanding that they may encounter fictional elements and alternative perspectives. Fiction historical books continue to captivate readers around the world, offering them a unique way to learn about and engage with history. By blending fiction and reality, these books provide an enjoyable experience that educates, stimulates curiosity, and fosters a deeper understanding of the past.
Popular Historical Fiction Books
The genre of historical fiction has always captivated readers, taking them on an immersive journey through past centuries, where real events blend seamlessly with the creative storytelling of the authors. Within the vast collections of fictional historical books, several titles have stood out, captivating audiences with their rich narratives and unforgettable characters. Here are some of the most popular books in this genre:
1. "The Pillars of the Earth"
2. "Gone with the Wind"
3. "The Book Thief"
4. "Wolf Hall"
5. "All the Light We Cannot See"
6. "Outlander"
These are just a few examples from the extensive array of popular books in the genre of fictional historical fiction. Each of these titles showcases the immense talent of their respective authors in transporting readers to bygone eras, allowing them to witness pivotal moments in history through the eyes of engaging and memorable characters. Historical fiction continues to provide a captivating escape into the past, satisfying the thirst for knowledge and entertainment in equal measure.
Popular Historical Fiction Book Authors
The world of fiction historical books is rich and diverse, filled with talented authors who have captured the imaginations of readers worldwide. These authors have seamlessly blended history with fiction, transporting readers to different eras and allowing them to experience the past through vivid storytelling. Here are some popular authors of fiction historical books:
1. Philippa Gregory
2. Ken Follett
3. Diana Gabaldon
4. Bernard Cornwell
5. Hilary Mantel
6. Kate Mosse
These are just a few of the popular authors who have gifted readers with their fictional interpretation of history. From royal courts and battlefields to forgotten civilizations and untold stories, these authors have elevated the genre of fiction historical books, making it a favorite among literature enthusiasts around the world.
At White Rain Book House, we understand the allure of historical fiction. Through these novels, readers can experience the past through the eyes of fictional characters, unveiling the wonders and challenges of bygone eras. Whether you are a history enthusiast, a book lover, or simply seeking an escape from the present, our collection of fiction historical books has something for everyone.