This Here Is Love” by Joy L. Perry is just the second novel to be awarded the Stowe Prize for Literary Activism by the Stowe ...

You know that amazing feeling when you settle into a good story and the rest of the world just falls away? Now imagine that same feeling amplified by a voice so perfectly matched to the material that ...

Whenever I see a historical novel that’s clearly a historical novel — the curlicue cover fonts, windswept beaches, hooped dresses, moody Renaissance hues, tall-masted schooners, maybe a helicopter to ...

These novels take readers to frigid Finnish forests, the sweltering Caribbean, Jim Crow America and war-torn Paris.

In “The Hounding,” by Xenobe Purvis, the atmosphere of paranoia and bloodthirsty groupthink in 18th-century England might feel uncomfortably familiar. By Joumana Khatib Our columnist on 4 noteworthy ...

As a genre, historical fiction is by its very nature eclectic. After all, it can and does often contain multitudes. From tales of ancient Greece and Arthurian Britain to stories set in Victorian-era ...

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 ...

Getting truly lost in a good historical fiction story is like stepping back in time. Between the fascinating details of bygone eras, generations-spanning mysteries and courageous characters overcoming ...

As a historical fiction author, Kristina McMorris has made a career out of exploring untold nuggets of history. Her novel “Sold on a Monday” was inspired by a real newspaper photo of children under a ...