Just because the 2020s aren't quite living up to the hype of the 1920s doesn't mean we can't enjoy some great twenties historical fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-26 11:32:00 UTC ]
These middle grade AAPI and Asian historical fiction books, including Troublemaker by John Cho, transport readers into past, learning about important moments in history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-17 11:36:00 UTC ]
There is so much historical fiction outside the confines of the WWII! Put these five books about other wars on your TBR. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-06 11:30:00 UTC ]
These new historical fiction reads promise lessons, romance, drama, and intriguing settings ranging from the 1700s to the 1970s! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-03 11:36:00 UTC ]
Looking for great new reads in the new year? Add these 2022 historical fiction books to your TBR right now, including The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-01-04 11:30:00 UTC ]
From Franzen to Kidneygate (with a prolonged pit stop in the land of Supply Chain Issues), we’ve finally reached the end of the Biggest Literary Stories of the Year. Against reading historical fiction to learn history: Juhea Kim considers how the onus of writing educational fiction falls... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-20 11:30:45 UTC ]
The year’s most transporting novels have taken us to the past and around the globe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-09 10:00:10 UTC ]
Twelve new yarns will whisk readers to the past, where life was every bit as complicated, dramatic and story-worthy as the present. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-03 14:00:06 UTC ]
The Tudor Dynasty lives on in these outstanding historical fiction novels, including The King’s Witch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-22 10:33:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction can remind us that these "unprecedented" times are anything but. Here's what they can teach us about our current crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-13 10:38:00 UTC ]
With Harlem Shuffle, the Underground Railroad author moves from heavy historical fiction to a heist, but he’s still just doing his weird thing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2021-09-12 09:40:00 UTC ]
An author’s historical fiction novel connects the past with the present. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
News and Events In this second episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 42 books that connect with history. Find out what they read this summer and why these books should be on your shelf. Partition, World War II, the Tulsa Race... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-08-04 15:40:39 UTC ]
Check out the latest pick from Reese's Book Club--a YA historical fiction set in the New South--and #ReadWithReese this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-07-20 19:01:58 UTC ]
Author and journalist Ann Rinaldi, best known for her painstakingly researched YA historical fiction featuring female protagonists, died on July 1 in Branchburg, N.J.; she was 86. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
A K Blakemore has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "stunning" historical fiction novel The Manningtree Witches (Granta Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 17:06:17 UTC ]
Immerse yourself in history from highwaymen to Hollywood starlets with 25 of the best queer historical fiction books to get lost in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-06-25 10:33:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-13 09:00:02 UTC ]
'Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch,' historical fiction about Kepler's mother, is Galchen's first novel since 2008's 'Atmospheric Disturbances.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-03 14:00:33 UTC ]
New novels — by turns salty, sweeping and sweet — will transport you to 1930s Italy, 19th-century England and San Francisco a hundred years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-05-27 13:55:12 UTC ]