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A strong fit for readers who enjoy historical mysteries with rural settings, escalating crime, and independent cowboy lawmen.
South California Purples
Mystery · Historical Mystery · Western
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Called a “fast-moving series launch” by Publishers Weekly, this 2018 Killer Nashville Readers’ Choice Award winner follows Ty Dawson, a Korean War veteran running his family's Oregon cattle ranch in 1973. When mysterious cattle deaths lead to murder, protests over a planned wild horse slaughter and a violent biker gang complicate matters, and Ty is appointed undersheriff. A strong fit for readers who enjoy historical mysteries with rural settings, escalating crime, and independent cowboy lawmen.
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"The novel combines the mystery and honesty of Craig Johnson's Longmire with the first-person narration of a fiercely independent Oregon character." —Sheila Deeth, author of John's Joy
Winner of the 2018 Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Award
2017 Foreword Indies Finalist for Historical
A Korean War veteran, Ty Dawson finds refuge running his family's cattle ranch, the Diamond D, one of the largest in Oregon—and there's no place he'd rather be. But in 1973, the country falls into turmoil with the last soldiers returning from Vietnam, the stand-off at Wounded Knee, and the ongoing Watergate scandal. And it isn't long before Ty finds his own peace and quiet shattered by outside forces.
A string of mysterious cattle deaths leads to the murder of a cowhand, but that's just the beginning. News leaks that the Bureau of Land Management plans on a wild horse slaughter, which brings protestors and news cameras to the area, not to mention a violent biker gang known as the Charlatans. Overwhelmed, the sheriff appoints Ty as undersheriff. And as events spiral out of control, Ty must take matters into his own hands to protect his family, his land, and his way of life . . .
"A masterful work of a time gone by. Birtcher possesses a rare skill that is the envy of many a writer. He deftly employs literary prose to reveal the life of a hard-driven man. Ty Dawson is a cowboy, lawman, father and philosopher like none other." —Neal Griffin, Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of The Burden of Proof
"[A] fast-moving series launch . . . Birtcher takes readers on an exciting ride." —Publishers Weekly
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A great pick for readers who enjoy historical whodunits, eccentric sleuths, and country-house mysteries.
The Murder at World’s End
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Amateur Sleuths · Historical Mystery
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ross Montgomery comes a locked-room mystery set in Cornwall in 1910, where a viscount preparing for the apocalypse is found murdered inside his sealed study. Under-butler Stephen Pike, recently released from Borstal for a crime he didn't commit, teams up with foul-mouthed, eighty-year-old Miss Decima Stockingham to uncover the killer amid secret passages and buried grudges. A great pick for readers who enjoy historical whodunits, eccentric sleuths, and country-house mysteries.
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Knives Out meets Downton Abbey! Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo—an under-butler and a foul-mouthed octogenarian—hunt a killer in a manor sealed against the end of the world, in this locked-room mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ross Montgomery.
Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley's Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom—every window, chimney, and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within... By morning, he will be dead in his sealed study, murdered by his own ancestral crossbow.
All eyes turn to Stephen Pike, Tithe Hall's newest under-butler. Fresh out of Borstal for a crime he didn't commit, he is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. His unlikely ally? Miss Decima Stockingham, the foul-mouthed, sharp as a tack, eighty-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventional, she relishes chaos and puzzles alike, and a murder is just the thrill she's been waiting for.
Together, this mismatched duo must navigate secret passages, buried grudges, and rising terror to unmask the killer before it's too late...
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A strong match for readers who enjoy historical Western fiction with frontier adventures, complex characters, and intersecting stories of love, loss, and revenge.
The Last Crossing
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Western
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An award-winning bestseller called “A feast of a book” by Annie Proulx in The Globe and Mail, The Last Crossing follows English brothers Charles and Addington Gaunt as they search for their missing missionary brother in the late nineteenth-century American West. Guided by Jerry Potts, their expedition grows to include a journalist, a saloonkeeper, a Civil War veteran, and a young woman seeking revenge. A strong match for readers who enjoy historical Western fiction with frontier adventures, complex characters, and intersecting stories of love, loss, and revenge.
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Journey from Victorian England to the whiskey trading posts of the Old West in this epic award-winning bestseller from the author of The Englishman's Boy.
In the late nineteenth century, Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt are sent by their father to find their brother Simon, a missionary who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. In the outreaches of the Montana frontier, the brothers hire a guide—a half Blackfoot, half Scot named Jerry Potts—to lead them further north into the area where Simon was last seen. As the party heads out, it grows to include a journalist, a saloonkeeper, a Civil War veteran in search of love, and a young woman bent on revenge.
There's no telling what awaits them . . .
"One of North America's best writers . . . A feast of a book." —Annie Proulx, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Stuffed with enough goodies to keep us entertained for days." —The New York Times Book Review
"Quest and revenge, love and loss converge before the novel's satisfying final twist." —The Boston Globe
"The quality of its plotting, vivid characterizations and descriptions and dark humor place it firmly in the company of the likes of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction about wartime espionage, family loyalties, and the consequences of difficult choices.
The Storm We Made
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Asian Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · World War 2
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A national bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick, The Storm We Made is an “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair) set in Japanese-occupied Malaya. In 1945, Cecily Alcantara’s son has disappeared, her daughters face growing danger, and the secrets of her past as a spy threaten to destroy her family. As the consequences of her choices catch up with her, Cecily must find a way to protect those she loves. A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction about wartime espionage, family loyalties, and the consequences of difficult choices.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
In this “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day.
Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth.
A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an “Asia for Asians.” Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction—and she will do anything to save them.
Told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made spans years of pain, triumph, and perseverance. “The tenderness in its details, the ordinary ways that these characters love and laugh in the face of the extraordinary…Chan shows us, with clarity and care, how the truest mirror comes from the intimacy of human connection” (The New York Times Book Review).
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A strong match for readers who enjoy atmospheric historical mysteries, early forensic investigations, and unconventional detective partnerships.
The Gravedigger’s Almanac
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Hangman's Daughter comes a historical mystery set in 1893 Vienna, where young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt teams up with eccentric gravedigger Augustin Rothmayer to investigate a series of ritualistic murders. With help from telephone operator Julia Wolf, they follow the killer into the city's underworld as modern criminology begins to take shape. A strong match for readers who enjoy atmospheric historical mysteries, early forensic investigations, and unconventional detective partnerships.
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Hangman's Daughter returns with the first volume in a brand-new historical mystery series which introduces a gravedigger and young inspector who must stop a serial killer in fin de siecle Vienna—the period during which modern criminology was born.
Vienna, 1893. A gravedigger at the city’s famous Central Cemetery, Augustin Rothmayer is an unorthodox yet highly educated oddball who finds solace amongst the dead as well as in the writing the pages of the first almanac of his profession. But his fragile peace is abruptly disturbed when young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, an ambitious young transfer from Graz, arrives in need of help from someone expert in death. No one knows the subject better than Augustin Rothmeyer.
A superstitious killer is on the loose in this gripping historical thriller. His victims include several maids, each brutally staked. Recognizing the killer is using an ancient ritual for keeping the undead buried, the gravedigger joins the inspector on a journey that will take them deep into the underworld of their glamorous cosmopolitan city. In their search for a depraved monster, they receive unexpected help from telephone operator Julia Wolf, who impresses them with her unusual insight even as she fights her own personal demons.
Oliver Pötzsch’s inventive historical crime series delivers the thrills and historical detail modern international mystery fans crave: a grippingly plotted mystery rooted in early forensic investigation, a rich and painstakingly researched setting, a fascinating look into the beginnings of modern criminology, and an unlikely and unforgettable trio of characters.
- A great read for spooky-season nights
- A perfect addition to any Halloween reading list
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Best for readers drawn to reflective historical fiction, literary biographies, and intimate portraits of creative lives.
The Master
Biographies & Memoirs · Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+ · Biographical Fiction
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In this historical novel, Colm Tóibín imagines the private life of author Henry James during the late nineteenth century, exploring his relationships, memories, artistic ambitions, and isolation as he builds his literary career in Europe. Best for readers drawn to reflective historical fiction, literary biographies, and intimate portraits of creative lives.
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WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
“Colm Tóibín’s beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James’s inner life” (The New York Times) captures the loneliness and hope of the celebrated American writer in this profoundly moving historical novel about art, desire, and the elusive nature of intimacy.
Beautiful and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America’s first intellectual families who leaves his country in the late nineteenth century to live in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London among privileged artists and writers.
The emotional intensity of Tóibín's portrait of James is riveting. Time and again, James, a master of psychological subtlety in his fiction, proves blind to his own heart and incapable of reconciling his dreams of passion with his own fragility. With stunningly resonant prose, “The Master is unquestionably the work of a first-rate novelist: artful, moving, and very beautiful” (The New York Times Book Review).
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Ideal for readers who enjoy ancient-world historical fiction, powerful female protagonists, and stories about survival under Roman rule.
Boudicca’s Daughter
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History
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After the defeat of her mother, Britain's warrior queen Boudicca, Solina is taken to Rome, where she must navigate life within the empire that destroyed her people. As she struggles to survive, she must decide what resistance means in a world ruled by her enemies, with a 4.1-star average from more than 5,500 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers who enjoy ancient-world historical fiction, powerful female protagonists, and stories about survival under Roman rule.
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The story of Boudicca, the notorious warrior queen who led a legendary rebellion in 60 CE against the Roman Empire in Britain. This book by acclaimed Wolf Den Trilogy author Elodie Harper follows Boudicca's meteoric rise and devastating fall through the eyes of her youngest daughter, Solina, who seeks revenge against Rome.
Boudicca—infamous warrior, queen of the British Iceni tribe, and mastermind of one of history’s greatest revolts. Her defeat spelled ruin for her people, yet still her name is enough to strike fear into Roman hearts.
But what of the woman who grew up in her shadow? The woman who has her mother's looks and cunning and her father’s druidic gifts, but a spirit all of her own? The woman whose desperate bid for survival will take her from Britain’s sacred marshlands to the glittering facades of Nero’s Roman Empire . . .
The narrative arc and emotional heart of the book is Solina's complex relationship with Rome, and what resistance means in the radically different world she finds herself in after her mother's fall. After she is taken to the Empire's capital by the ruthless Roman general Paulinus, she will have to decide what it truly means to be Boudicca's daughter.
Forced to fight. Determined to succeed. Meet Solina. Boudicca’s daughter.
This epic and emotional novel is perfect for fans of Madeleine Miller’s Circe and Constanza Casati’s Clytemnestra.
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A good pick for readers who appreciate sweeping historical fiction, multigenerational stories, and richly detailed settings.
Hawaii
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Asian Fiction
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James Michener's historical saga traces the Hawaiian Islands from their geological formation through centuries of settlement and cultural change. Through generations of Polynesian settlers, missionaries, merchants, and Asian immigrants, the novel explores the people and events that shaped Hawaii's history. A good pick for readers who appreciate sweeping historical fiction, multigenerational stories, and richly detailed settings.
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Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries—until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener’s immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together.
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This will appeal to readers who enjoy magical realism, bookish mysteries, and interconnected lives.
The Lost Bookshop
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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A Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, this novel follows Opaline, Martha, and Henry, whose lives are connected by a vanishing bookshop in Dublin. Its mysterious shelves lead them toward discoveries about their own stories. This will appeal to readers who enjoy magical realism, bookish mysteries, and interconnected lives.
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On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
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A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
Les Misérables
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction
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Les Misérables follows ex-convict Jean Valjean as he tries to rebuild his life while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him, set against poverty, political unrest, and revolution in 19th-century France. A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
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A brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.
This is the best translation of the novel available in English, as recommended by David Bellos in The Novel of the Century.
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
'A magnificent achievement. It reads easily, sometimes racily, and Hugo's narrative power is never let down ... An almost flawless translation, which brings the full flavour of one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century to new readers in the twenty-first' - William Doyle, Times Literary Supplement
'The year's most interesting publication from Penguin Classics was [...] a new translation by Christine Donougher of the novel we all know as Les Misérables. You may think that 1,300 pages is a huge investment of time when the story is so familiar, but no adaptation can convey the addictive pleasure afforded by Victor Hugo's narrative voice: by turns chatty, crotchety, buoyant and savagely ironical, it's made to seem so contemporary and fresh in Donougher's rendering that the book has all the resonance of the most topical state-of-the-nation novel' - Telegraph
'Christine Donougher's seamless and very modern translation of Les Misérables has an astonishing effect in that it reminds readers that Hugo was going further than any Dickensian lament about social conditions [...]The Wretched touches the soul' - Herald Scotland
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A strong match for readers who enjoy political historical fiction, Roman history, complicated leaders, and power struggles shaped by ambition and betrayal.
Conspirata
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History
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Cicero continues his rise through the dangerous politics of ancient Rome, using his skill as a lawyer, orator, and politician while navigating treachery, violence, vengeance, and shifting alliances. It has a 4.3-star average from more than 23,000 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers who enjoy political historical fiction, Roman history, complicated leaders, and power struggles shaped by ambition and betrayal.
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Internationally bestselling author: Imperium was hailed as “quite possibly Harris’s most accomplished work to date” ( Los Angeles Times ) and has received rave reviews from across the globe. Robert Harris’s novels have sold more than 10 million copies and have been translated into thirty-seven languages..
Powerful protagonist: Cicero returns to continue his struggle to grasp supreme power in the state of Rome. Amidst treachery, vengeance, violence, and treason, this brilliant lawyer, orator, and philosopher finally reaches the summit of all his ambitions. Cicero becomes known as the world’s first professional politician, using his compassion, and deviousness, to overcome all obstacles..
Compelling historical fiction at its best: Harris employs historical detail and an engrosing plot to give readers a man who is by turns a sympathetic hero and compromising manipulator who sets himself up for his own massive, violent ruin. This trilogy charges forward, propelled by the strength of Harris’s stunningly fascinating prose..
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A powerful fit for readers drawn to fact-based historical fiction about World War II, moral courage, and rescue.
Schindler’s List
Historical Fiction
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A bestselling classic called “A masterful account of the growth of the human soul.” by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, this novel uses survivor testimony to tell how Oskar Schindler saved 1,300 Jewish people during the Holocaust, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 4,000 Amazon reviewers. A powerful fit for readers drawn to fact-based historical fiction about World War II, moral courage, and rescue.
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The award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), now with an all-new introduction by the author.
An “extraordinary” (The New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of The Book of Science and Antiquities and The Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden—Schindler’s Jews—to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. “Astounding…in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent” (Newsweek).
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