I don’t quite believe in “historical fiction.” I know the category exists—I’ve published books that get shelved there—but the ...

There's something magnetic about historical novels that blur the line between fact and fiction. You get the drama, the characters, the storytelling - but underneath it all, there's real history. Real ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England ...

Because of him, I remember vividly the sense of waiting for the warriors to come home, and I remember how they were treated ...

Location is key in these history-inspired novels whose settings include Alabama in the 1960s and Washington during the McCarthy era. Quinn’s thriller-esque works are mostly set in wartime, but in this ...

Recent pop culture would lead many to believe that historical fiction is mainly the province of the bodice ripper. The popularity of Netflix’s Bridgerton alongside other period drama faves Downton ...

Todd Otis receives prestigious Certificate of Award for Excellence in American History by the Daughters of the American ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. You can find these ...

In contemporary publishing, novels fixated on the past rather than the present have garnered the most attention and prestige. The 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, 2017. On Friday, ...

Let’s be real: 2025 is probably going to be the year where we need a whole lot of escapism. For some readers that means immersing themselves in the rich imaginative worlds of fantasy, for others, the ...