Historical Fiction

A Haunted Gettysburg Novel

Most Civil War novels about Gettysburg focus on the battle itself. Jeff Janoda’s Season of Life begins where many of them end: with the dead sprawled in the fields, the wounded packed into churches and barns, farms stripped bare, and civilians trying to piece together whatever can be salvaged after…

BookTribSeptember 10, 2026

Fiction

Karen Odden’s Riveting Tale of Thieves and Treachery in Victorian London

Gifted mystery writer and Victorian English scholar Karen Odden draws attention while garnering accolades with An Artful Dodge, a novel set in late 19th-century London. Well-trained gangs of elegantly clad women shoplifters, pickpockets and clever thieves are pitted against constables and private detectives hired to protect the growing number of…

Linda HitchcockAugust 14, 2026

Fiction Recommended

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 Recommended

Family Saga Explores What We Inherit, What We Bury and What We Harvest

The story in Charles Bruckerhoff’s PLOWMAN: Harvest of Grain and Innocence (2nd edition) begins, in a sense, when a dusty wooden first-aid case crashes down from an attic shelf. It is not medicine inside, but memory: loose pages, wartime journals, military records and family history waiting for someone young enough…

BookTribJune 24, 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

Thrillers

The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author

It's one of the most talked about books, included on every list of recommendations, no matter what the occasion. Tangerine, the psychological thriller by debut author Christine Mangan, is not only beautifully written prose, but electric in imagery. Taking place in Tangier, Morocco, in the 1950s, the novel is vivid and full…

BookTribMay 22, 2018

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Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta: Aries Edition

Aries season is upon us — and with it, an invitation to examine what it means to burn boldly in a world that would rather you didn't. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Ruled by Mars, it carries the energy of someone who was born knowing their worth…

Lillian ParrottaApril 14, 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

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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

Author Spotlight

Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series

Calling all readers of historical fiction, fans of spirited heroines, and horse lovers, this book is for you. Poetic, powerful, and deeply humane, A Clan Chief’s Daughter is a reminder that sometimes, it takes just one person, one rider, one dreamer, one daughter to change the course of history. In…

BookTribJuly 2, 2025

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Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell

Every once in a while, a novel filled with love, loss and pathos crosses our path. I knew this in the summer of 2020 when I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. We all knew it, and the book was published to great acclaim. In this historical drama about Anne Hathaway…

Susan Shapiro BarashFebruary 6, 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

Fiction

Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon’s Ninth Outlander Novel

With the long-awaited release of Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Delacorte Press), Diana Gabaldon’s ninth installment of the Outlander series, it’s time to revisit Jamie and Claire Fraser, and where we, as readers, stand within the Outlander universe. It’s been seven years since the release of Written…

Jodé MillmanNovember 22, 2021

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Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

Happy National Book Lovers Day to me! And to you, of course. I am a book lover. I think I’d feel like a fake if I worked for a company called BookTrib and wasn’t someone who authentically loves to read. Seriously, would you want to read something about books written…

Judy MorenoAugust 9, 2021

Historical Fiction

A Haunted Gettysburg Novel

A Southern Historical Novel Rooted in Memory

Family Saga Explores What We Inherit, What We Bury and What We Harvest

The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author

10 Historical Fiction Stories About Female Friendship

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

Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series

Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell

Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon’s Ninth Outlander Novel

Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

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