Historical Fiction

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

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture

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

Listicles Popular

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

Fiction

From War-Torn Aristocrat to Minnesota Bride: Reclaiming Her Destiny in “The Jilted Countess”

Loretta Ellsworth is a former middle school Spanish teacher with an MFA in writing who has received numerous accolades and awards for her imaginative books for children and young adults as well as adult readers. The Jilted Countess is a captivating blend of historical fiction and romance. It was inspired…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 18, 2026

Fiction

Through Snow and Silence, Love Endures in “Fireflies in Winter”

Fireflies in Winter is a vividly realistic historical fiction by the author of River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican Maroon woman named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town because of war and seek refuge in…

Natalia KavaleFebruary 12, 2026

Listicles Miscellany

Stories of Weather, Warnings and the Cost of Waiting

National Weatherperson’s Day honors the science, skill and judgment behind forecasts designed to keep us safe. But history — and fiction — are full of moments when the warning was issued, the data was sound, and the danger still went unheeded. Not because people didn’t hear it, but because the…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 5, 2026

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

Stories of Weather, Warnings and the Cost of Waiting

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