I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best historical fiction books of 2025. I wanted to have a list of all ...

"Historical fiction is having a moment", said Cosmopolitan. From novels inspired by Shakespeare to clever reimaginings of ...

For readers of historical fiction, there’s no need to settle on just one place or period when journeying into the past. At their best, these works are deft and authentic—rigorously researched but ...

I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best fiction books of 2025. I wanted ...

Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian writer whose books include the novels Landing , Room , Frog Music , The Wonder, The Pull ...

Whether you’re planning your summer holiday reading material or have set yourself a 2025 reading challenge on Goodreads, ...

An archive of historical fiction reviews in the The New York Times Book Review.

These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

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Martha Ballard is a woman of her time. She expresses frustration but is resigned to the constraints of society. She was ...

Readers have been voting for their favourite book of the decade so far and it is a fantasy novel that has taken the crown. V.

Dawn Shipman will be reading from her young adult fantasy novel, “Kingdom Lost,” the first in her Lost Stones of Argonia ...