Biographical Fiction

Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance

By Anita Pazner - By Sophie Casson (illus.) - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

This fictionalized biography in verse for middle-grade readers narrates the story of siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl, members of the White Rose Resistance ...Read Review

The Cardinal

By Alison Weir - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The Cardinal is Alison Weir’s most impressive novel to date. This reviewer has read them all. In it, Weir explores Cardinal Wolsey’...Read Review

The Teacher of Auschwitz

By Wendy Holden - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Wendy Holden’s remarkable novel is the true story of Alfred Hirsch, known as Fredy, who grew up as Hitler’s plan to ...Read Review

Shackled To A Ghost

By C.F. Kirkham-Sandy - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

Set in the years that were pregnant with, and gave birth to, the European Reformation, Shackled to a Ghost fields the familiar names ...Read Review

Saving Vincent: A Novel of Jo van Gogh

By Joan Fernandez - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger was Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law. When Vincent and his brother, Jo’s husband Theo, died in quick succession in 1890 ...Read Review

Love and Conductivity

By Erin Nieto - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1917, Eleanor Morgan and her friend Helen are enjoying the independence offered by war. They teach at Oklahoma University doing work normally reserved ...Read Review

Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft

By N.J. Mastro - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), novelist, journalist, and philosopher, authored the seminal A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and was a fierce advocate of ...Read Review

Prince George and Master Frederick: Royal Friends and Secret Brothers

By ROSALIND. FREEBORN - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

Freeborn brings to light the intriguing story of Frederick Blomberg. As a four-year-old orphan, Frederick was taken into the royal household of George ...Read Review

Madame Sorel’s Lodger

By Tracy Wise - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1880s, southern France. A troubled, impoverished painter embarks on a journey from Paris to southern France, seeking the tranquil countryside for artistic inspiration. ...Read Review

Julia: A Novel Inspired by the Extraordinary Life of Julia Child

By Heather B. Moore - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Julia is biographical fiction that follows Julia Child from the 1940s until after her cooking show begins in 1963. An afterword describes the remainder ...Read Review