About
- Established in 1997, the Historical Novel Society is an international literary society devoted to promotion and advocacy for the genre of historical fiction.
Membership
- Historical Novel Society members include authors, readers, librarians, editors and industry professionals – membership is entirely open, and anyone enthusiastic about the genre is welcome.
Events
- Our worldwide membership loves to meet. Many travel thousands of miles to attend our conferences in person; many more enjoy our virtual options from home. Others form member connections in their area through regular Local Chapter meet-ups. Discover what’s on with conferences, Local and Virtual Chapters, and more.
Book Reviews
- Our exclusive, members-only print magazine, the Historical Novels Review, publishes reviews of hundreds of historical fiction books each quarter, in addition to features and columns. Become a member to receive the magazine and enjoy all our other benefits.
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- We publish articles in our members-only print magazine, Historical Novels Review, as well as web features exclusive to this site. All are original pieces, commissioned by our Features Editors based on topics of interest to members – interviews with historical fiction authors, publishers, and agents; explorations of novels and subgenres; guides, and regular columns on historical fiction market news, debut authors, and more. Articles are written by vetted contributors, most of whom are Society members. If you’re a member interested in joining the team, Contact Us.
Awards
- HNS Awards have helped discover authors and launch their careers (e.g., Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Nikki Marmery, Hilary Green, Elizabeth Macneal, and many more) and provided vital support for others. Our ARA Award is one of the most generous of all literary prizes. If you’d like to partner to sponsor an award, Contact Us.
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WWII

Every Lifetime After

By . - By Jennifer Ross - Published 2026

Genres:

Timeslip: 2018 and 1943. The filming of the best-selling novel, The Bomber Boys, brings Hollywood star Claudia Baxter back to North Yorkshire where she spent ...Read Review

The Cave Explorer

By Kate Winter - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Literary

Kate Winter’s previous picture book The Fossil Hunter, a biography of paleontologist Mary Anning, won her the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize awarded to ...Read Review

Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story

By Judy Campbell-Smith - By Maggie Carroll (illus.) - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Jimmy, a Black child living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during World War II, enjoys going to the (then) minor-league Milwaukee Brewers games with his ...Read Review

Sisters of the Storm

By Lana Kortchik - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

In November 1943, not long after the Italian surrender to the Allies in WW2, an American transport plane carrying a US army medical team ...Read Review

I Am Joey

By R Ghrist - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

This novel starts when Josefina Veluya Guerrero’s life falls apart. Opening in 1941, the story introduces Joey after she has been lifted from ...Read Review

The League of Lonely War Women

By Andie Newton - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

The Second World War continues to furnish novelists with inexhaustible plots, its vast machinery of conflict creating space for both grand strategy and ...Read Review

Woodspring

By Elizabeth Buchan - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

This novel is a riveting family saga, split into three separate stories about the owners of Woodspring, a Regency house in Berkshire. The ...Read Review

The Dictograph Case

By Diane Wahn Shotton - Published 2025

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Anti-German hysteria in the United States during the WWI and WWII eras is the chilling historical background for this mystery novel set in 1937, ...Read Review

Night Fire

By Richard Strachan - Published 2026

Genres:

Saga

England, 1943. Sergeant Stan ‘Wakey’ Wake, aged twenty-one, is a bomb aimer in the RAF, based in Lincolnshire. Along with his six fellow crew ...Read Review