Getting truly lost in a good historical fiction story is like stepping back in time. Between the fascinating details of ...

There's something magnetic about historical novels that blur the line between fact and fiction. You get the drama, the characters, the storytelling - but underneath it all, there's real history. Real ...

February is Black History Month, and the theme for 2026 is “A Century of Black History Commemorations.” This theme celebrates ...

With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England and Augustus the Strong in Central Europe, 17th-century Denmark, ...

Her latest, "The Ring of a Bell," features a teenage boy, while earlier works had adult male and female protagonists.

The 20th century looms large in this selection of five new historical novels. Momentous events — the sinking of the Titanic, life after World War I, the Hollywood blacklists — shape the lives of ...

Janie Chang is a best-selling author of historical fiction, including “Three Souls,” “Dragon Springs Road,” “The Library of ...

Inspired by Tergit’s own family history, this account of the rise and fall of a German Jewish clan has an addictive immediacy ...

Recent pop culture would lead many to believe that historical fiction is mainly the province of the bodice ripper. The popularity of Netflix’s Bridgerton alongside other period drama faves Downton ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. You can find these ...

While researching family ancestry and genealogy, Eliott Secrest learned about one of his ancestors, Francis Locke, and his involvement in the Revolutionary War, and that information “spurred my ...

In contemporary publishing, novels fixated on the past rather than the present have garnered the most attention and prestige. The 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, 2017. On Friday, ...