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Barkskins
What is it that makes Annie Proulx’s voice so compelling, so completely her own? She creates characters and situations and…
Winter
Thomas Hardy was a prolific 19th-century novelist and poet, whose books about life and love in rural England used to…
Stalin’s Daughter
Born in 1926, Svetlana Stalina was raised in the Kremlin. When she was six, her mother committed suicide. Relatives were…
A Reunion of Ghosts
Lady, Vee and Delph Alter are three sisters in their forties, writing what they describe as a family memoir, a…
John the Pupil
In 1217, friar and magus Roger Bacon, an inventor and scientist, is teacher to a young man named John at…
We Are Not Ourselves
What are the effects of a devastating illness on a family? How does a family adapt to a new normal…
Goddess
Editors' choice
Motherless Julie d’Aubigny is brought up in the palatial stables of Versailles by her fencing-instructor father. He treats her much…
All the Light We Cannot See
Editors' choice
Sometimes a novel doesn’t merely transport. It immerses, engulfs, keeps you caught within its words until the very end, when…
The Valley of Amazement
If you are interested in immersing yourself in the elaborate culture of the Chinese courtesan’s life of the early 20th…
House of Earth
Editors' choice
“Life’s pretty tough—you’re lucky if you live through it.” This quote from Woody Guthrie sums up the outlook of the…
About our Reviews
Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
