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Reviews of some 25,000+ historical fiction books

The Good Fortune of Miss Robbins

By Melanie Dickerson - Published 2026

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Inspirational Romance

England, 1814. Orphaned Charlotte Robbins is governess to the young siblings of William, Lord Brookhaven. Principled, intelligent, and pretty, Charlotte longs for love and ...Read Review

Showboat Soubrette

By Brodie Curtis - Published 2025

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In the antebellum South, showboats moving up and down the Mississippi provided entertainment for their passengers. On the Lady J, Stella Parrot, a ...Read Review

Carausius & Allectus

By John Pitts - Published 2026

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Military

The 3rd century AD saw the once mighty Roman Empire fracture into crisis and chaos. In the year 286, with widespread military support, Carausius, ...Read Review

Sweetbitter Song

By Rosie Hewlett - Published 2026

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One evening, a nine-year-old slave girl named Melantho meets ten-year-old Princess Penelope, and from that moment on, they are inseparable … until Penelope’s ...Read Review

Double Shadow: A Splinter Effect Novel

By Andrew Luddington - Published 2026

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Mystery/CrimeTime-slip

A fellow moves in time and geography through Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, concentrating on the 1st and 21st centuries. ...Read Review

The League of Lonely War Women

By Andie Newton - Published 2026

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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

The Golden Monkey Mystery

By Piu DasGupta - Published 2026

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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

This mystery tale from the Raj introduces us to Roma, a charming, reckless heroine, a young Indian girl who can talk to cats – ...Read Review

Wayward Souls (Harker & Moriarty)

By Susan J. Morris - Published 2026

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Historical FantasyMilitaryMystery/Crime

Wayward Souls is the sequel to Strange Beasts, novels set in a fictional world featuring descendants of characters from Bram Stoker’s Dracula ...Read Review

Woodspring

By Elizabeth Buchan - Published 2026

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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

Fuggitivi (New Americans)

By Tony Drago - By Ty Drago - Published 2026

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Saga

Fuggitivi (Book 1 of The New Americans) opens in Sicily in the early 20th century, where the Donatello family lives under the shadow of ...Read Review