HNR Issue 116 (May 2026)
The Lumber Baron’s Wife
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In 1873 New York, Hannah Wagner is suffering from an unimaginable loss. All three of her children died after their father, a doctor, took ...Read Review
Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak
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1943 Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Doris and Rob Friedman live in a small prefab bungalow in a military-style compound with their baby daughter. Newly married, ...Read Review
The Blood of Others
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The Blood of Others is a compelling retelling of the aftermath of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah. The story is told through ...Read Review
The Ghost Women
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Lola Germany has returned to her hometown on Waverly Island, abandoning her dancing dreams in New York City to pick up her father’...Read Review
The Marriage Contract
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In 1577 Worcestershire, yeoman Thomas Litton, his wife Ruth, and children, Eliza and Henry, live on their thriving farm. Thomas is a cruel, power-hungry ...Read Review
The Beheading Game
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On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn’s head is struck from her body by a professional swordsman. Then she wakes in the Tower, escapes carrying ...Read Review
Call Me Ishmaelle
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This is Moby Dick retold, with several twists: the narrator is a young female who dresses as a male to pass as a ...Read Review
The Quarry: The Druid Chronicles, Book Four
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The fourth book in Linden’s series is set in eighth-century Britain and opens as Caelym, a Celtic Druid priest, leads a small ...Read Review
In the Great Quiet
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This masterful work of historical fiction tells of the fourth and largest of Oklahoma’s land rushes, which gave away lands previously pledged ...Read Review
A Week in Berlin: A Historical Time-Travel Journey Through Love, Memory, and Loss
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This book pulls no punches with its opening when our protagonist, Badrig Serdzovian, is standing in a lineup and preparing to be executed ...Read Review
