Reviews

Reviews of some 25,000+ historical fiction books

Never Sleep

By Fred Van Lente - Published 2023

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Never Sleep is a solid historical fiction offering by well-known graphic novelist and fiction writer Van Lente. Opening in 1861, it follows Kate Warn, ...Read Review

The Odyssey of Effie Frost

By K. S. Hollenbeck - Published 2023

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Western

This coming-of-age tale tells of 18-and 16-year-old sisters, Effie and Phoebe Frost, and their cousin Beatrice, who embark on an arduous journey from ...Read Review

Puppet Flower

By Ian Maxwell (trans.) - By Pao-fang Hsu (trans.) - By Tung-jung Chen (trans.) - By Yao-chang Chen - Published 2023

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Literary

In 1867, fourteen American shipwreck survivors reached the shores of southern Taiwan only to be slaughtered by indigenous people. The tale of the U....Read Review

Yours Truly, The Duke (Say I Do, 1)

By Amelia Grey - Published 2023

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Romance

The Duke of Wyatthaven urgently needs a bride if he is to avoid losing a sizeable inheritance from his grandmother. Fredericka Hale needs ...Read Review

The Dark that Doesn’t Sleep

By Simon Mockler - Published 2023

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Thriller

The Dark That Doesn’t Sleep is a taut, psychological military and spy thriller set in 1967. Jack Miller, a psychoanalyst with a New ...Read Review

Coyote Weather

By Amanda Cockrell - Published 2023

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It’s 1967, and young people in the quiet fictional town of Ayala, modeled after Ojai, California, must cope with a harsh new world. ...Read Review

Leeward (Nightingale & Courtney, 1)

By Katie Daysh - Published 2023

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AdventureMilitaryNautical

At the decisive moment in the ferocious Battle of Aboukir Bay in 1798, Captain Hiram Nightingale is on the burning deck of his ship. ...Read Review

Nothing Left to Fear from Hell: Darkland Tales

By Alan Warner - Published 2023

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Biographical FictionLiterary

Warner is known for his literary and comic novels, all in modern settings. His contribution to Polygon’s Darkland Tales series is a ...Read Review

The Unassuming Curator

By Sian Ann Bessey - Published 2023

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Inspirational Romance

1790. This Georgian romance pairs Henry Buckland, a naturalist at the British Museum, with Emily Norton, sister of Lord Dunsbourne, who would rather commune ...Read Review

German Fantasia

By Julian Evans (trans.) - By Philippe Claudel - Published 2023

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LiteraryShort Stories

This slim volume consists of a series of connected short stories with the underlying theme of the experiences of Germans during and after ...Read Review