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Historical fiction books

These books are the next best thing to a time travel machine. With believable characters, descriptive settings, and historical accuracy, these stories will transport you to another time and place.

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  • Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
  • The Women by Kristin Hannah
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  • The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
  • The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez
  • The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
  • The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
  • What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
  • The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
  • Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
  • The First Ladies by M. Benedict and V. Christopher Murray
  • The House Is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
  • River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
  • The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
  • The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
  • Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
  • The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  • The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
  • Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
  • The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
  • Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
  • Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
  • Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
  • The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
  • Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson
  • The Perishing by Natashia Deón
  • The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
  • The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
  • Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
  • The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
  • Still Life by Sarah Winman
  • Send for Me by Lauren Fox
  • The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
  • The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
  • China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
  • Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • Atomic Love by Jennie Fields
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  • Outlawed by Anna North
  • The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
  • Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
  • Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
  • Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh
  • The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Paris Hours by Alex George
  • The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
  • Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
  • Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
  • The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
  • Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah
  • Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black
  • The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
  • Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
  • The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
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