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Dolly Parton Fans Will Love These 5 Books

Dolly Parton is adored by fans not only for her musical hits or her prowess as an entertainer but also for her commitment to giving back. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reaches across the globe, delivering millions of books to communities in need, ensuring that children from all walks of life…

Grace Helena WalzNovember 7, 2025

Fiction

Boleyn Traitor: Reimagining Tudor Betrayal

Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, among many other historical fiction successes, returns to the Tudor court with her newest novel, Boleyn Traitor. Twenty-five years after the release of The Other Boleyn Girl, Gregory dives back into the minds of those sneaky Boleyn women who are so often…

Riley HarkerOctober 13, 2025

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Captivating and Inspiring Books to Celebrate Filipino American History Month

As temperatures cool, ushering in the flush of fall color, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a good book. In celebration of Filipino American History Month, these books make the perfect companion to fireside reading sessions. Grab one and snuggle up with a hot drink and a cozy…

Angela ShupeOctober 10, 2025

Fiction Miscellany

Short Story Explores a Widower’s Grief and an Uncovered Book

It’s the moving tale of a widower’s grief. A protagonist who refuses to leave your soul when the story ends. From its well-crafted prose to its subtle shades of meaning, it’s the kind of writing that we are compelled to celebrate. In the spirit of discovering exciting new voices in…

Adam PerschbacherAugust 19, 2024

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Lit Picks: Why Historical Fiction Might Be the Most Relevant Genre of Our Time

Historical fiction has always been about more than the past. Sure, it gives us intricate settings, period details and characters shaped by a different world, but at its core, it’s about understanding the human experience in ways that transcend centuries. In today’s divided, fast-moving society, where history can feel distant…

BookTribAugust 14, 2025

Book Club Network Fiction

Feminist Reimagining of the Old West, “Outlawed” by Anna North, Intrigues Readers

As is fitting for the alternative history genre, the setting of Outlawed (Bloomsbury Publishing) by Anna North plays an essential role in the novel. Though this setting — the Western United States in 1894 — is a real place and time, its premise is entirely fictional. In the world North…

Mary Helen SheriffFebruary 1, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds” Braves Dust Bowl in Sweeping Family Saga

"Epic and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love ... Majestic and absorbing." — USA Today —∞— "A timely novel highlighting the worth and delicate nature of Nature itself." — Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing —∞— The Four Winds (St. Martin’s) by Kristin Hannah is a sweeping…

Jodé MillmanFebruary 9, 2021

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Search for Hopes and Dreams on “The Lincoln Highway” and You’ll Enjoy the Ride

By the author of Rules of Civility and The Gentleman in Moscow (which I loved), The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles’ newest piece of work is sure to entertain. Drawn in on page one (of close to 600 pages) I thoroughly enjoyed spending 10 days with 18-year-old Emmett and the others…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 7, 2022

Fiction

Boudicca’s Daughter: An Epic Tale On The Power Of Personal Identity

What’s your Roman Empire? Because mine might just be Elodie Harper’s latest novel, Boudicca’s Daughter. Author of The Wolf Den trilogy, Harper knows what it means to take us back in time to a different Ancient Rome than the one we are used to seeing on the big screens, focusing…

Riley HarkerSeptember 4, 2025

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Thrilling Historical Novel “Wages of Empire” Now on Audiobook

Summer, 1914. The world teeters on the edge of war as an eclectic assortment of archaeologists, Arab freedom fighters, temple guardians, treasure seekers, Zionists, and one runaway teenage boy wanting to fight in the “Great War for Civilization” begin their disparate journeys all leading to Ottoman Palestine and Jerusalem —…

Peggy KurkowskiJuly 30, 2024

Fiction

R.F. Kuang Descends Into Darkness With Dark Academia Masterpiece

The tagline for this book is Dante’s Inferno meets Piranesi and is that ever a fitting description. Katabasis by R.F. Kuang is a dark academia novel that takes you on a journey through the underworld. Through the Gates of Academia and Into Hell Alice Law is a postgraduate student studying…

Caleb ThomasAugust 26, 2025

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: A Thousand-Mile Journey with China’s Magical Spirits

After closing the cover of Janie Chang’s new release, The Library of Legends (William Morrow), I was filled with a sense of wonder that sent me to my trusty Merriam-Webster dictionary for a way to describe what I’d just witnessed. A legend is a story that comes down to us…

Kathryn CraftApril 30, 2020

Setting the Mood with Historical Settings - Tall Poppies

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Historical Scenery Turns Sparks into Fire

The screen flickers and the camera sweeps across a tree lined drive, rolling hills, and bees frolicking among the flowers. Mr. Darcy steps into frame and with a perfect swan dive plunges into the pond on his estate where the elegant manor of Pemberly watches all. Another screen flickers. This…

J'nell CiesielskiJuly 14, 2025

Fiction

Kristin Harmel’s New Novel Explores Love, Resistance, and a 1942 Murder

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau is an exciting and thought-provoking read. In this latest historical novel by New York Times best-selling author Kristin Harmel, its protagonist is an expert jewel thief. The story alternates in time between her years growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris in the 1940s — where…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJune 18, 2025

BooksToScreen Listicles

Loved Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon”? Here’s 8 Western Novels to Keep You in the Saddle

Following the season one wrap-up of Netflix’s Ransom Canyon and the western aesthetic being more popular than ever, I rounded up eight books that harness the spirit of the cowboys and outlaws to keep your bookshelf buckin’. Whether you’re partial to reading a classic Louis L’Amour or you're looking for…

Natalie GarrisonMay 23, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Russian Family History Comes to Life in Rich Historical Novel

When Stanislas M. Yassukovich set out to uncover the fate of his long-lost aunt, he unearthed something far greater — a stunning true story of survival, identity, and family lost to revolution. A Family of the Old Russian Empire is a heartfelt journey across continents and decades, proving that even…

BookTribJune 18, 2025

historical fiction

Dolly Parton Fans Will Love These 5 Books

Captivating and Inspiring Books to Celebrate Filipino American History Month

Short Story Explores a Widower’s Grief and an Uncovered Book

Lit Picks: Why Historical Fiction Might Be the Most Relevant Genre of Our Time

Feminist Reimagining of the Old West, “Outlawed” by Anna North, Intrigues Readers

Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds” Braves Dust Bowl in Sweeping Family Saga

Search for Hopes and Dreams on “The Lincoln Highway” and You’ll Enjoy the Ride

Thrilling Historical Novel “Wages of Empire” Now on Audiobook

Tall Poppy Review: A Thousand-Mile Journey with China’s Magical Spirits

Historical Scenery Turns Sparks into Fire

Loved Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon”? Here’s 8 Western Novels to Keep You in the Saddle

Russian Family History Comes to Life in Rich Historical Novel

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