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Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

Tiffany Blues

By M.J. Rose - Published 2018

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M.J. Rose’s luscious new book, Tiffany Blues, follows artists Jenny Bell and Minx Deering as they take advantage of the opportunity ...Read Review

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

By Kathleen Rooney - Published 2017Published 2018

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In the style of a first-person memoir, this is actually a fictionalized riff by the author upon the eventful life of an actual ...Read Review

The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival

By Terry Roberts - Published 2018

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Inspirational

Set in rural North Carolina amidst the swing of Prohibition, this story follows the perilous adventures of the passionate traveling preacher Jedidiah Robbins. ...Read Review

The Stranger

By Kate Riordan - Published 2018

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Everyone living in Penhallow Hall in the summer of 1940 has a secret. There is the autocratic invalid Mrs Fox; her anxious, downtrodden daughter ...Read Review

Eagle & Crane

By Suzanne Rindell - Published 2018

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A complicated love triangle set against the backdrop of World War II, Japanese internment camps, and a flying traveling circus show is the ...Read Review

Overland

By Graham Rawle - Published 2018

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Literary

Considering one of Graham Rawle’s previous novels was composed entirely of text cut from vintage women’s magazines, it should come as ...Read Review

Out of the Ashes

By Kimberley Woodhouse - By Tracie Peterson - Published 2018

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InspirationalRomance

The title refers to the main characters’ difficult pasts: Frenchman and ex-soldier Jean-Michel Langelier suffers from PTSD after fighting against a revolt in 1920...Read Review

The Air You Breathe

By Frances De Pontes Peebles - Published 2018

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Literary

A soaring fusion of emotion, intense drama, and the compelling rhythms of Brazilian music, The Air You Breathe belongs to the special category ...Read Review

Where the Crawdads Sing

By Delia Owens - Published 2018

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Mystery/Crime

In 1952, 10-year-old Kya Clark is growing up in the coastal marshes of North Carolina, alone and abandoned. Her Ma walked out of her ...Read Review

Warlight

By Michael Ondaatje - Published 2018

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Literary

The title of this dreamlike novel refers to the tiny, discreet points of London street illumination used during the WWII blackouts, which were ...Read Review