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685 past books matching Historical Fiction
A green lieutenant.
Butter Bar
Historical Fiction · Alternate History
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A green lieutenant. A brutal war. A legacy forged in fire. Butter Bar by William Peter Grasso is a gripping Vietnam War novel praised for its realism and grit. With a 4.7 out of 5 star Amazon rating, this story of one man’s trial by combat delivers powerful historical fiction that pulls no punches and never looks away.
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In Vietnam, 1967, Jif Miles arrives green, untested, and wearing the gold bar of a brand-new second lieutenant—the “butter bar” every grunt loves to hate.
His father is a retired general. His mother once fought as a guerilla. But lineage means nothing when the jungle starts shooting back.
As flawed strategies from above ignite brutal clashes in the Central Highlands, Jif is forced to lead before he’s ready and survive where others don’t. Each firefight, each loss, each hard choice shapes him into something the Army never trained for—a true combat leader.
But the end of battle doesn’t mean the end of war.
Jif’s real fight may begin once the smoke clears and the calendar keeps turning. How much will he lose before he finds out who he is?
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A cold case turns scorching when a serial killer targeting Indigenous women resurfaces in Blessing of the Lost Girls by NYT bestseller J.A. Jance.
Blessing of the Lost Girls
Mystery · Thriller · Western
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A cold case turns scorching when a serial killer targeting Indigenous women resurfaces in Blessing of the Lost Girls by NYT bestseller J.A. Jance. With 4.5 stars on Amazon and a gripping blend of crime, justice, and personal reckoning, this Brady and Walker thriller delivers a race-against-time you won’t want to miss.
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A burned body. A cold case. A killer who’s been hiding in plain sight for years.
Federal investigator Dan Pardee has made it his mission to solve cases the system has long ignored. When human remains are identified as Rosa Rios—a young Apache rodeo star who vanished three years ago—he teams up with Sheriff Joanna Brady to hunt a methodical predator.
The killer targets Indigenous women, confident their disappearances will go unnoticed. But this time, he’s wrong.
Dan’s haunted by his own past. Jennifer Brady, Joanna’s daughter, knew Rosa personally. Now, both are racing the clock to stop a man who leaves no evidence and no survivors.
As the killer circles closer, the cost of justice may be more than either is prepared to pay.
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Ideal for readers drawn to sweeping Southern family sagas, complicated sibling relationships, dark family histories, and emotionally intense literary fiction.
The Prince of Tides
Historical Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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“A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck’s East of Eden.” — Detroit Free Press. Tom Wingo confronts the complex and damaging legacy of his dysfunctional Southern family while trying to help his brilliant but troubled twin sister, Savannah, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 10,400 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers drawn to sweeping Southern family sagas, complicated sibling relationships, dark family histories, and emotionally intense literary fiction.
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“A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck’s East of Eden. … Some books make you laugh; some make you cry; some make you think. The Prince of Tides is a rarity: It does all three.” — Detroit Free Press
A modern American classic and a family saga that spans decades, this is the story of the volatile Tom Wingo, his brilliant but troubled twin sister, Savannah, and the complex and damaging family legacy they share. Moving between the sparkling glamour of New York City and the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina low country, The Prince of Tides is Pat Conroy’s masterwork.
“A big, sprawling saga of a novel…the kind you hole up with and spend some days with and put down feeling you have emerged from a terrible, wonderful spell.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A literary gem . . . The Prince of Tides is in the best tradition of novel writing. It is an engrossing story of unforgettable characters.” —The Pittsburgh Press
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The Far Side of the Sky (4.6 out of 5 stars) is a powerful WWII novel set in war-torn Shanghai.
The Far Side of the Sky
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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The Far Side of the Sky (4.6 out of 5 stars) is a powerful WWII novel set in war-torn Shanghai. Daniel Kalla blends love, sacrifice, and survival as a Jewish doctor and a mysterious nurse defy the chaos around them. Based on true events, this unforgettable story brings a little-known chapter of history vividly to life.
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As the world descends into war, one city becomes an unlikely sanctuary.
Dr. Franz Adler, a Jewish surgeon fleeing Nazi Germany, finds refuge in Shanghai with his daughter. But safety is fragile. The Japanese occupation tightens, tensions rise, and the horrors of Pearl Harbor ripple across the city’s borders.
Franz devotes himself to a refugee hospital, where he meets Sunny Mah, a nurse with a fierce will and a haunted past. Their connection is undeniable, but so is the looming threat that shadows every moment.
Caught between cultures and surrounded by escalating violence, Franz must protect his family, his patients, and the woman he’s come to love.
The Far Side of the Sky is a sweeping, emotional novel of resilience, hope, and the fight to hold onto humanity in a world at war.
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Perfect for fans of The Secret Book of Flora Lea.
The Story She Left Behind
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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The Story She Left Behind (4.7 out of 5 stars) is a gorgeously written literary mystery from Patti Callahan Henry. Inspired by a true story, this dual-timeline novel follows a daughter’s search for her vanished mother, a missing manuscript, and the truth behind a language only one woman could write. Perfect for fans of The Secret Book of Flora Lea.
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In 1927, a young girl’s world shatters when her mother—child prodigy and literary sensation Bronwyn Fordham—vanishes without a trace. What’s left behind is grief, a half-finished story, and a language only Bronwyn could write.
Years later, Clara is an illustrator, a mother herself, and still haunted by questions. When a stranger in London claims to have uncovered her mother’s lost dictionary, Clara hesitates. But the pull of the past is too strong.
With her daughter in tow, Clara journeys across the Atlantic, only to land in the heart of the Great Smog. Stranded in the English countryside, she’s forced to confront her mother’s legacy, the pain she buried, and the possibility of truth.
Some stories are never finished. Others are waiting to be found.
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After a massive lottery win, Nicole’s dream life turns deadly in The Manor House, a chilling psychological thriller from Gilly Macmillan.
The Manor House
Historical Fiction · Thriller
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After a massive lottery win, Nicole’s dream life turns deadly in The Manor House, a chilling psychological thriller from Gilly Macmillan. With 4.1 stars and over 19,000 Goodreads ratings, this twist-filled tale explores wealth, grief, and suspicion in a luxury smart home that feels anything but safe. Nicole thought she had it all. Now she just wants to survive.
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Winning the lottery was a dream come true. Until her husband turned up dead.
Nicole and Tom had everything. Childhood sweethearts with a fresh fortune, they traded modest living for the dazzling Glass Barn on the estate of Lancaut Manor. Private grounds. Luxury cars. Every modern upgrade imaginable.
Then Tom’s body surfaces in the swimming pool.
Now Nicole is alone, grieving, and trapped in a smart home that barely functions. The locals are friendly, and her every move feels watched. There’s the young couple in the manor, the odd housekeeper, and a so-called friend from Tom’s past who just won’t leave.
As secrets surface and suspicions tighten, Nicole begins to question everything.
The money changed their lives. But someone may have killed to keep it.
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Perfect for fans of untold women’s stories in war.
Switchboard Soldiers
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Switchboard Soldiers (4.6 out of 5 stars) tells the riveting, true-inspired story of the women who helped win World War I from behind a switchboard. Jennifer Chiaverini brings to life the fearless female telephone operators of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, revealing a forgotten chapter of heroism, hardship, and history. Perfect for fans of untold women’s stories in war.
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In 1917, the U.S. Army faced a crisis. The war in Europe needed swift, secure communication, but the men couldn’t keep up. The solution? Women.
Grace Banker, Marie Miossec, and Valerie DeSmedt weren’t soldiers in the traditional sense, but they were some of the first officially sworn into the Army. Fluent in French and English, trained on switchboards, and steady under pressure, they stepped into war zones armed with nothing but headsets and grit.
As bombs fell and disease spread, these women became lifelines on the front lines.
Switchboard Soldiers shines a long-overdue spotlight on the women of the Signal Corps who defied expectations, risked everything, and proved their place in history.
When the call came, they answered. And changed the course of war.
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A thoughtful fit for readers who enjoy dual timelines, family relationships, and historical fiction centered on women's lives.
The Turtle House
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
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A multigenerational historical novel following Minnie and her granddaughter Lia across pre-World War II Japan and late-1990s Texas. Through their shared connection to a lost place, the two women confront family secrets and their complicated histories. A thoughtful fit for readers who enjoy dual timelines, family relationships, and historical fiction centered on women's lives.
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“A heartbreakingly resonant debut, The Turtle House is a tender, big-hearted story about women, family, and the complicated history of Texas. These characters, and their tentative, flawed stumblings toward grace, will stay with me.”—Elizabeth Wetmore, author of Valentine
“Sweeping yet intimate, Amanda Churchill’s Turtle House spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.”—Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City
Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, an emotionally engaging literary debut about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry.
It’s spring 1999, and 25-year-old Lia Cope and her prickly 73-year-old grandmother, Mineko, are sharing a bedroom in Curtain, Texas, the ranching town where Lia grew up and Mineko began her life as a Japanese war bride. Both women are at a turning point: Mineko, long widowed, moved in with her son and daughter-in-law after a suspicious fire destroyed the Cope family ranch house, while Lia, an architect with a promising career in Austin, has unexpectedly returned under circumstances she refuses to explain.
Though Lia never felt especially close to her grandmother, the two grow close sharing late-night conversations. In this moving dual timeline historical fiction, Mineko tells stories of her early life in Japan, of the war that changed everything, and of her two great loves: a man named Akio Sato and an abandoned Japanese country estate they called the Turtle House, where their relationship took root. As Mineko reveals more of her early life—tales of innocent swimming lessons that blossom into something more, a friendship nurtured across oceans, totems saved and hidden, the heartbreak of love lost too soon—Lia comes to understand the depth of her grandmother’s pain and sacrifice and sees her Texas family in a new light. She also recognizes that it’s she who needs to come clean—about the budding career she abandoned and the mysterious man who keeps calling.
When Mineko’s adult children decide, against her wishes, to move her into an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life, one that they hope will offer the safety and sense of belonging they both need, no matter the cost.
A story of intergenerational friendship, family, coming of age, identity, love, and buried family secrets, The Turtle House illuminates the hidden lives we lead, the secrets we hold close, and what it truly means to find home again when it feels lost forever.
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The Berlin Agent (4.6 out of 5 stars) is a pulse-pounding WWII spy thriller set on the eve of invasion.
The Berlin Agent
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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The Berlin Agent (4.6 out of 5 stars) is a pulse-pounding WWII spy thriller set on the eve of invasion. When a mysterious parachute drops over the English countryside, two undercover agents must root out a Nazi infiltrator before it’s too late. With sharp tension and gripping twists, Stephen Ronson delivers a historical noir that hits hard.
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England, 1940. The skies roar with bombers. The ground waits for invasion. And in the shadows, resistance begins to stir.
John Cook, a quiet farmer with a covert past, and Lady Margaret, a society heiress turned spy, are ready. Hidden in plain sight, they await the day the war reaches their doorstep.
That day comes when a parachute drops during a raid. A mysterious crate is found. The spy who jumped is gone. But German voices echo through the night.
As whispers of a Berlin agent spread and neighbors turn suspicious, Cook and Margaret are pulled into a web of fear, loyalty, and sabotage.
The enemy is no longer at the gates. He’s already inside.
And in a war like this, trust might be deadlier than bullets.
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Praised by bestselling authors and readers alike, this emotional journey is perfect for fans of The Nightingale and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
The Orphans on the Train
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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The Orphans on the Train (4.6 out of 5 stars) is a powerful WWII novel inspired by true events. Gill Thompson delivers a deeply moving tale of friendship, survival, and resilience as two girls are torn apart by war. Praised by bestselling authors and readers alike, this emotional journey is perfect for fans of The Nightingale and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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A war is coming. A train is leaving. Two girls cling to hope as their lives unravel across a continent.
In 1939, Kirsty boards a train bound for Hungary, leaving behind the safety of home to teach Jewish children in a world already shifting toward darkness. She doesn’t expect to find a friend like Anna, a student with a fierce spirit and a quiet strength.
When Budapest falls under Nazi occupation, survival becomes a desperate game. As the girls are forced apart, Kirsty’s mission shifts from teaching to protecting, from hope to endurance.
Inspired by true events, The Orphans on the Train is a haunting story of friendship, sacrifice, and the ties that refuse to break, even in the face of war.
Can love and loyalty find a way through the wreckage?
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The war may seem stalled on the ground, but in the skies above France a new weapon changes everything.
The Fateful Dawn
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 1
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The war may seem stalled on the ground, but in the skies above France a new weapon changes everything. In The Fateful Dawn, Lieutenant Andrew Aird confronts the deadly rise of the German Fokker while wrestling with divided loyalties of love and duty. This World War I aviation novel combines technical detail, aerial combat, and moral tension at the dawn of modern air warfare.
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The Fokker menace has arrived. And the skies will never be the same.
Summer 1915. The Western Front is quiet—but in the skies above, everything is about to change.
Lieutenant Andrew Aird returns to France with memories of love and longing—and a new enemy waiting to strike. The German Fokker E.I, armed with a revolutionary interrupter gear, threatens to turn the tide of the air war. And when Aird witnesses a brutal aerial ambush, he knows the Royal Flying Corps must adapt or die.
Flying a Vickers FB5 Gunbus, Aird must balance duty with the storm of emotions building inside him. He is torn between two women: Rose, the respectable English fiancée he left behind, and Claudine, the fiercely intelligent French actress who draws him into a tangled web of desire and conscience.
As new German aircraft terrorize the skies and Aird is plunged into chaotic dogfights and desperate patrols, he faces not only the ruthless enemy but also the conflict within his own heart.
In THE FATEFUL DAWN, Richard Townshend Bickers—himself a veteran of the RAF—crafts a thrilling, morally complex story of early aviation combat, set against a backdrop of shifting tactics, social class, and the brutal romance of war.
Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, Patrick Bishop, Cecil Lewis, and historical military fiction that balances technical detail with deep character insight.
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With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, A Song of Courage by Rachel Wesson tells the inspiring true story of two sisters risking their lives to rescue…
A Song of Courage
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, A Song of Courage by Rachel Wesson tells the inspiring true story of two sisters risking their lives to rescue families from Nazi persecution. Under the guise of music tours, they carry out daring missions into the heart of occupied Europe. A powerful, heart-wrenching story of bravery, sisterhood, and resistance.
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Connie Fitzwalter never expected her love of music to lead her into the heart of danger. But as Nazi power spreads across Europe, silence is no longer an option.
Together with her sister Dottie and a trusted family friend, Connie risks everything to rescue those fleeing persecution. Under the cover of concert tours and high-society soirées, the sisters smuggle desperate families out of occupied territories and into safety.
One wrong step could mean imprisonment, or worse. But courage and sisterhood drive them forward through a world on the brink of war.
Rachel Wesson’s A Song of Courage is a moving, unforgettable novel inspired by the true story of two women who defied tyranny with bravery, compassion, and an unbreakable bond.
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