HNR Issue 116 (May 2026)

Fables & Lies: A WWII Novel Based on a True Story

By Elisabeth Storrs - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

After Germany invades Poland and Britain declares war, Berlin-based early and pre-history museum assistant Freyja Bremer starts categorizing and packing up priceless artifacts ...Read Review

After My Brother Sam

By James Lincoln Collier - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This is a sequel to the 1974 Newbery Medal honor book My Brother Sam is Dead, by the present author and his brother Christopher. ...Read Review

Lady of Lincoln (The Nicola de la Haye Series)

By Rachel Elwiss Joyce - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Lady of Lincoln centers on minor noblewoman Nicola de la Haye, the female constable of Lincoln Castle in 12th century England. Under the ...Read Review

Elegy in Blue

By Mark Helprin - Published 2026

Genres:

Elegy in Blue is set in Brooklyn and told in the first person by an 82-year-old man. The novel is structured as an ...Read Review

The Lusitania Code: A Lady Butterschloss Mystery

By Linda Robertson - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

In this meticulously researched political thriller, Lady Emmeline “Foxy” Butterschloss is drawn out of her comfortable retirement in the country when confidential documents ...Read Review

A Ghastly Catastrophe (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery)

By Deanna Raybourn - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the tenth book of the Veronica Speedwell mystery series, featuring a sophisticated Victorian heroine equally adept at launching flying kicks off ...Read Review

The Antiquarian’s Object of Desire (Love’s Academic)

By India Holton - Published 2026

Genres:

Historical FantasyRomance

Amelia Tarrant battled sexism and mischievous enchanted objects to land her professorship in the history department of Oxford University, only for her career ...Read Review

When Royal Heads Are Hunted

By Will Granger - Published 2025

Genres:

Adventure

In 1566, a Spanish ship sighted off the coast of southwest Florida by the native Calusa people sets off a series of unfolding and ...Read Review

The Harvey Girl

By Dana Stabenow - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

Best-selling writer Dana Stabenow (of the beloved Kate Shugak mysteries) introduces a brand new detective series set in the 19th century of America’...Read Review

Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk

By Francesca De Tores - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Francesca de Tores’ follow up to Saltblood, which retold the story of pirate Mary Read, continues to retell tales of real people during ...Read Review