Biographical Fiction

With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott

By ReShonda Tate - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A jazz prodigy at twenty-three, Hazel Scott’s dazzling performances at Café Society in New York City launched her as a major Harlem ...Read Review

When We Were Brilliant

By Lynn Cullen - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This novel delves deeply into the bonds between Marilyn Monroe (1926-62) and famous photographer Eve Arnold (1912-2012). Never knowing her mother or father, ...Read Review

The Determined

By Rachel Rueckert - Published 2026

Genres:

AdventureBiographical FictionNautical

1721. The Golden Age of Pirates is winding down as two pregnant young women, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, face the gallows for piracy. ...Read Review

The Secret Life of Father Time

By Mark Batey - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

This book presents itself as a historical biography of the Victorian scientist Sir George Biddell Airy, the British Astronomer Royal in Greenwich, London ...Read Review

Maid of Honour: Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court (The Anne Boleyn Chronicles)

By Rozsa Gaston - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

This first in The Anne Boleyn Chronicles is set in 1513/1514, when 13-year-old Anne is sent to the Burgundian-Habsburg court in Malines (Mechelen), as ...Read Review

Salt Upon the Water

By Lyn Dickens - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

A fictional recreation of the life of Colonel William Light, Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia and responsible for planning ...Read Review

Flames of the Cherry Tree

By Leena A. Khan - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1940. Aafreen Khan lives in the home of her beloved Dadaji (grandfather), a doctor, in the Kashmir Valley. She is loved and sheltered and ...Read Review

Fulvia (Book 1 of 2)

By Kaarina Parker - Published 2025

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Biographical Fiction

In her debut novel, Kaarina Parker spotlights ancient Rome in the dying days of the Republic, through the eyes of a lesser-known figure. ...Read Review

Mask of Romulus

By Mark Jamilkowski - Published 2025

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A combination of dual biography, travelogue, and philosophical exploration, this novel constructs a fascinating historical tapestry through two central figures: Augustus Caesar, formerly ...Read Review

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

1782, England: Caroline Herschel has followed her older brothers George and Adam from Hanover to Bath, England. Under George’s tutelage, Caroline, stunted and ...Read Review