Historical Fiction

A Southern Historical Novel Rooted in Memory

What the Trees Remember by Abigail Cutter is a powerful piece of historical fiction. The novel centers on Dora Minor, a ninety-three-year-old woman riding out the catastrophic 1969 flood caused by Hurricane Camille alone in her mountain home in Nelson County, Virginia, with only her two dogs for company. As…

BookTribJuly 23, 2026

Fiction Listicles

Echoes of the 60s: Essential Reads From the Vietnam Era

When I set out to write Wayward Girls, I was pulled into the Vietnam era.

Susan WiggsJuly 7, 2026

Fiction

Maggie O’Farrell’s “Land” Explores the Power of Place

In one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Land tells the story of a peninsula on the western edge of Ireland in the aftermath of the great famine. In her first book following the breakout novel Hamnet, Author Maggie O’Farrell combines gripping generational drama with fabled mysteries of…

Michael FerryJune 12, 2026

Fiction Recommended

Greg Seeley’s “Henry’s Pride” Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribApril 16, 2026

Fiction Recommended

A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribApril 13, 2026

Fiction

Obsession and Loss Intertwine in Yann Martel’s Emotionally Complex “Son of Nobody”

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Philip ZozzaroApril 10, 2026

Fiction Recommended

A Lyrical Portrait of War and Survival in WWII Libya

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Peggy KurkowskiApril 7, 2026

Fiction Listicles

10 Historical Fiction Stories About Female Friendship

I can’t get enough of books featuring the bonds of female friendship and women helping other women – so much so that those themes are at the center of my new historical fiction novel, Ship of Dreams, set aboard the Titanic. We’re talking women who have seen us at our…

Donna Jones AlwardMarch 31, 2026

Fiction

“Daughter of Egypt”: Excavating Women’s Mark on History

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Riley HarkerMarch 26, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding

Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the…

BookTribMarch 25, 2026

Fiction

Louise Fein’s “Book of Forbidden Words” and the Enduring Fight for Freedom of Thought

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockMarch 13, 2026

Audiobooks Fiction Recommended

Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond

For most of human history, horses have carried us farther than our own legs ever could. They have borne us across continents, through wars and migrations, and into stories and mythologies that define entire cultures. The partnership between horse and rider feels so natural today that it is easy to…

Cynthia ConradMarch 11, 2026

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A Fond Farewell to Starz’s Outlander Series: A Celebration of Time, Faith, Prophecy and Love

Through eight seasons — 101 episodes — and a dozen years, Starz’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander series has swept the world up into its universe. This genre-bending show has followed Claire Randall, a World War II combat nurse, as she stumbled through the standing stones at Craigh na…

Jodé MillmanMarch 6, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Pasadena’s Historic Japantown Brought to Life in New Hirahara Mystery

True confessions, this reviewer is a super fan of Naomi Hirahara, the brilliant, always relevant author of complex mysteries as well as nonfiction, beginning with Summer of the Big Bachi (2004), the first in the six-book Mas Arai series and Publishers Weekly honored Best Book of the Year, continuing with…

Linda HitchcockMarch 4, 2026

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5 Historical Novels That Bring New York Neighborhoods to Life

When I first moved to Manhattan, it seemed like a huge, overwhelming metropolis. But I soon began to learn its neighborhoods, and I knew I would write those neighborhoods, not as they are today but as they were, each as unique as the people who inhabited them. In The Sisters…

Shelley NobleMarch 3, 2026

Fiction Recommended

History and Dark Psychology Intertwine in Tale of Two Ex-Prisoners

In Parno Beng’s debut novel, Hell’s Sweet Nectar (Beginnings), two ex-convicts navigate a dark, multi-generational saga. This historical fiction blends gritty personal drama with rich American history, delivering a compelling story of friendship, fate, and the psychological scars of the past.

BookTribFebruary 20, 2026

A Southern Historical Novel Rooted in Memory

Echoes of the 60s: Essential Reads From the Vietnam Era

Greg Seeley’s “Henry’s Pride” Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human

A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany

A Lyrical Portrait of War and Survival in WWII Libya

10 Historical Fiction Stories About Female Friendship

The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding

Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond

A Fond Farewell to Starz’s Outlander Series: A Celebration of Time, Faith, Prophecy and Love

5 Historical Novels That Bring New York Neighborhoods to Life

History and Dark Psychology Intertwine in Tale of Two Ex-Prisoners

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