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The Fugitive Wife
This wide-ranging novel spans territory from Minnesota to the Seward Peninsula. Leaving difficult circumstances in Minnesota, Esther “Essie” Crumney…
Jubilee Trail
This book, originally published in 1950, is just one of a number of historical novels by Bristow that were…
The Tailor’s Wife
In 1930s Salford, Suzannah Clark is forced to raise her two siblings after her mother, the tailor’s wife of…
The Law of Dreams
Editors' choice
Life burns hot in The Law of Dreams, an exceptional novel about a young man’s struggle for survival during the…
The Birth House
Editors' choice
This novel, already and deservedly a best-seller in Canada, tells the story of Dora Rare and her struggles to…
The Valley
Landis’ third novel tells the story of Sarianna, a student in late 1930s Massachusetts with nihilistic leanings and a…
Rachel’s Prayer
In this cozy inspirational novel set during World War II, Leisha Kelly has written a story full of homespun…
The Soldier’s Lady
In this heartwarming Christian novel, the second book in the Carolina Cousins series, a black, spiritual, wounded buffalo soldier happens…
Icebergs
Johns’ prizewinning first novel is a literary story of how one coincidence can have repercussions in the lives of…
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Luis Alberto Urrea had a “flying Yaqui aunt” in Tijuana, Mexico, a woman who was said to be the mystical…
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Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
