Past Kindle Book Deals but Still Must Read Books!
Looking for must read books you missed the first time around? You’re in the right place. This is where all of our past Kindle book deals live—the ones good enough to click, even if the discount’s gone. Every book here was hand-picked by our team, featured in a daily deal, and still earns a spot on your TBR.
No filler. No bots. Just actually good books at prices that might still be suspiciously low.
Why Check Out Past Deals?
Didn’t grab it when you should have? These past picks are still worth your time.
Still discounted? Some deals stick around longer than you'd think.
Fuel your TBR guilt-free. Add more, regret nothing.
Browse Past Deals
These Books Earned Our Seal of Approval—Snag Them Before They Vanish (Again)
Looking for spicy fantasy? Cozy mystery? A nonfiction rabbit hole? Use the filters below to search by genre, mood, or chaotic book-buying impulse.
Each book comes with retailer links. Just tap “Get Deal” and you’re off.
*Apropos Books is an affiliate marketer, which means we may earn advertising fees from qualifying purchases. These fees are paid by the retailer or affiliate partner, not added to your purchase price, so there’s no extra cost to you.*
Browse by genre
685 past books matching Historical Fiction
A strong match for readers drawn to gothic mysteries, Victorian London, folklore, ghosts, and strange historical secrets.
Things in Jars
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery
Our take
Called “miraculous and thrilling” by Diane Setterfield, Things in Jars follows Victorian detective Bridie Devine as she searches for a kidnapped child whose rumored supernatural powers have drawn dangerous attention, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,700 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to gothic mysteries, Victorian London, folklore, ghosts, and strange historical secrets.
Choose your retailer
About the book
In this “miraculous and thrilling” (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) gothic mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London comes to life as an intrepid female sleuth wades through a murky world of collectors and criminals to recover a remarkable child.
Bridie Devine—flame-haired, pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire—is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors in this age of discovery.
Winding her way through the sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won’t rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing secrets about her past that she’d rather keep buried. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid; a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost; and an avuncular apothecary. But secrets abound in this foggy Victorian underworld where nothing is quite what it seems.
Blending darkness and light, Things in Jars is a stunning, “richly woven tapestry of fantasy, folklore, and history” (Booklist, starred review) that explores what it means to be human in inhumane times.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
A number-one Irish bestseller inspired by true events, this dual-timeline novel follows pregnant seventeen-year-old Rose Moroney, who is sent from Boston to an Irish home for unwed mothers…
The American Girl
Historical Fiction
Our take
A number-one Irish bestseller inspired by true events, this dual-timeline novel follows pregnant seventeen-year-old Rose Moroney, who is sent from Boston to an Irish home for unwed mothers in 1968 and forced to surrender her baby. In 2013, Martha Sheeran begins searching for the birth mother who gave her up. A compelling choice for historical fiction readers drawn to motherhood, adoption, family secrets, and Ireland’s homes for unwed mothers.
Choose your retailer
About the book
Inspired by heartbreaking true events in a home for unwed mothers, journeying from Boston to Ireland, the No.1 bestselling novel The American Girl is a heartrending and captivating story of mothers and daughters, love and cruelty, and the triumph of hope.
Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited - and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyfriend but her ambitious parents have other plans. She is sent to Ireland, their birthplace, to deliver her daughter in a home for unwed mothers - and part with her against her will.
Dublin 2013. Martha Sheeran's life has come undone. Her marriage is over, and her husband has moved on with unsettling speed. Under pressure from her teenage daughter, she starts looking for the woman who gave her up for adoption more than forty years before.
As her search leads her to the heart of long-buried family secrets, an old flame also re-enters her life. Can the future offer an unexpected new beginning?
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
A good pick for fans of historical fantasy that mixes wartime action, secret magic, sorcerers, and alternate-history adventure.
The Midnight Front
Historical Fiction · Horror · Urban Fantasy · World War 2
Our take
Called “A rollicking, high-stakes adventure with action tailor-made for the movies” by Brian Staveley, The Midnight Front follows Cade after Nazi sorcerers kill his family and he enters the Allies’ secret magical warfare program to fight an occult battle within World War II, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for fans of historical fantasy that mixes wartime action, secret magic, sorcerers, and alternate-history adventure.
Choose your retailer
About the book
From New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes a visionary World War II-era adventure. The Midnight Front is the epic first novel in the Dark Arts series.
On the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front—the Allies' top-secret magickal warfare program—and become a sorcerer himself.
Unsure who will kill him first—his allies, his enemies, or the demons he has to use to wield magick—Cade fights his way through occupied Europe and enemy lines. But he learns too late the true price of revenge will be more terrible than just the loss of his soul—and there's no task harder than doing good with a power born of ultimate evil.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
A suicidal journalist.
A Portion of Malice
Historical Fiction
Our take
A suicidal journalist. A billionaire with a sinister secret. An ancient prophecy that could doom the world. When Emery Merrick is hired to write Thaddeus Drake’s biography, he uncovers a terrifying truth: humanity is on the brink of annihilation. Can he stop the apocalypse—or is he already too late? A Portion of Malice is an epic, award-winning thriller you won’t forget.
Choose your retailer
About the book
An ancient prophecy. A billionaire with a dark secret. A journalist on the brink of despair.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Emery Merrick is ready to end it all—until a knock at the door changes everything. Thaddeus Drake, a powerful billionaire, offers him one final assignment: write his biography. But Emery soon discovers Drake isn’t just a wealthy mogul—he’s the leader of an ancient secret society bent on fulfilling a prophecy that will sacrifice the world to a bloodthirsty god.
Plunged into a hidden war of immortals, deception, and unspeakable darkness, Emery must confront the terrifying truth about humanity’s fate—and his own role in it.
A Portion of Malice is a visionary, mind-bending thriller that challenges everything you thought you knew about spirituality, redemption, and the apocalypse. Award-winning and unforgettable, this is the first book in the Ages of Malice series.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
Trapped in a brutal marriage, Eliza Sharpe arrives in Nassau seeking freedom—but finds only danger.
Strange Eden
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
Our take
Trapped in a brutal marriage, Eliza Sharpe arrives in Nassau seeking freedom—but finds only danger. Her only solace is the sea… and a beguiling stranger named Jean. But rumors swirl around him, and their growing attraction could have deadly consequences. Strange Eden is a gripping, atmospheric historical fiction debut you won’t forget. Start the series today!
Choose your retailer
About the book
A doomed marriage. A dangerous island. A love that could cost everything.
Nassau, 1791—Eliza Sharpe thought marriage would offer her freedom. Instead, it becomes her worst nightmare. Recently wed to Charles, a brooding soldier with a dark temper, Eliza arrives in the West Indies only to realize she has walked into a prison of her own making. Her new home hides sinister secrets, and the paradise she dreamed of is laced with cruelty and corruption.
Desperate to escape, she defies Charles by swimming in the forbidden waters—where she meets Jean, a beguiling stranger with a past as mysterious as her own. But rumors swirl around him, and surrendering to temptation could have deadly consequences.
On an island where nothing is as it seems, Eliza must fight for her freedom—and perhaps even find redemption in love.
Historical fiction with an edge—perfect for fans of gripping, atmospheric drama.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
When a nation fractures, loyalty becomes a dangerous choice.
Storm Clouds Rolling In
Historical Fiction
Our take
When a nation fractures, loyalty becomes a dangerous choice. In Storm Clouds Rolling In, Carrie Cromwell faces the coming Civil War as she questions Southern tradition and becomes entangled with the Underground Railroad. Through intersecting lives across race and region, this sweeping historical fiction saga examines conviction, sacrifice, and the human cost of a country on the brink.
Choose your retailer
About the book
Amazon Best Selling Author and Historical Fiction Series!
The Civil War is coming, and nothing will ever be the same.
Carrie Cromwell, fiery and strong-willed, finds herself torn between the South’s traditions and the dangerous truths she discovers through the Underground Railroad. As war erupts, every choice she makes risks her family, her freedom, and the lives of those she loves most.
Storm Clouds Rolling In launches The Bregdan Chronicles, a sweeping saga of courage, sacrifice, and resilience told through both Black and White, Free and Enslaved, Northern and Southern characters. For readers of United States Historical Fiction, this is history made unforgettable.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
Sink the Rising Sun is a gripping WWII naval thriller perfect for fans of P.T. Deutermann and C.S. Forester.
Sink the Rising Sun
Historical Fiction
Our take
A green U.S. submarine officer. A decades-old sub. A desperate mission to stop Japan’s Pacific conquest. With relentless enemy forces and Navy politics stacked against him, Benjamin Holt must lead his crew to victory—or die trying. Sink the Rising Sun is a gripping WWII naval thriller perfect for fans of P.T. Deutermann and C.S. Forester.
Choose your retailer
About the book
A young officer. An aging submarine. A mission to stop the unstoppable.
After Pearl Harbor, the battered U.S. fleet is in no shape to halt Japan’s brutal advance across the Pacific. With few resources and even fewer experienced men, 25-year-old submarine officer Benjamin Holt is sent to war with an outdated sub and a rusty crew.
From the depths of the Pacific to the chaotic ports of Western Australia, Holt must navigate relentless enemy forces, malfunctioning equipment, and political tensions within the Navy—all while struggling with the love he left behind. But against impossible odds, he is determined to stop Japan’s rising empire, no matter the cost.
Written by a submarine veteran, Sink the Rising Sun is a gripping WWII naval thriller perfect for fans of P.T. Deutermann, C.S. Forester, and Patrick O’Brian.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
A strong match for readers drawn to queer historical fiction about young love, friendship, wartime relationships, and the realities of World War I.
In Memoriam
Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+
Our take
An international bestseller, In Memoriam follows English boarding school students Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood, who are secretly in love as World War I begins and eventually find themselves together at the front, with a 4.5-star average from more than 92,400 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to queer historical fiction about young love, friendship, wartime relationships, and the realities of World War I.
Choose your retailer
About the book
GMA BUZZ PICK • INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER • A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I • “Will live in your mind long after you’ve closed the final pages.” —Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait
A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR
“In Memoriam is the story of a great tragedy, but it is also a moving portrait of young love.”—The New York Times
It’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting.
Gaunt, half German, is busy fighting his own private battle--an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the glamorous, charming Ellwood--without a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. When Gaunt's family asks him to enlist to forestall the anti-German sentiment they face, Gaunt does so immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. To Gaunt's horror, Ellwood rushes to join him at the front, and the rest of their classmates soon follow. Now death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away, and no one knows who will be next.
An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
In The Remains of the Day, Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro paints a poignant portrait of Stevens, a devoted butler reflecting on decades of service at Darlington Hall.
The Remains of the Day
Historical Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
Our take
In The Remains of the Day, Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro paints a poignant portrait of Stevens, a devoted butler reflecting on decades of service at Darlington Hall. As his memories unfold, Stevens must confront unsettling truths about loyalty, duty, and the life he sacrificed. A timeless classic from a Nobel Prize-winning author.
Choose your retailer
About the book
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • From the Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro
In The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro delivers an intricate and profoundly moving portrait of duty, regret, and self-deception in post-World War II England.
Stevens, a perfect English butler, has dedicated over three decades of his life to service at Darlington Hall. As he embarks on a quiet country drive, he begins to reflect on his years under the "great gentleman" Lord Darlington, convinced that his loyalty and devotion served a noble cause. But as his memories unravel, Stevens is forced to confront troubling questions about Lord Darlington’s true character—and the sacrifices he made for a life of unquestioning duty.
The Remains of the Day is a masterful exploration of identity, dignity, and the haunting weight of missed opportunities.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
When a chance encounter leads Raimund Gregorius to Lisbon, he embarks on a journey to uncover the life of Amadeu de Prado—a man who defied a fascist regime.
Night Train to Lisbon
Historical Fiction · Psychological Fiction
Our take
When a chance encounter leads Raimund Gregorius to Lisbon, he embarks on a journey to uncover the life of Amadeu de Prado—a man who defied a fascist regime. Night Train to Lisbon is a bestselling novel of love, resistance, and the power of language. Now a major motion picture starring Jeremy Irons.
Choose your retailer
About the book
The bestselling novel of love, sacrifice, and resistance under fascist rule—now a major motion picture starring Jeremy Irons.
Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of dead languages, lives a life governed by routine—until a chance encounter with an enigmatic Portuguese woman and a mysterious book of philosophy sets him on an unexpected path. Compelled by the haunting words of the book’s author, Amadeu de Prado—a physician who defied Salazar’s dictatorship—Raimund boards a train to Lisbon in search of the man behind the pages.
As Raimund pieces together Prado’s life through the memories of those who knew him, he uncovers a tale of courage, betrayal, and resistance. The deeper he digs, the more he questions his own existence.
Night Train to Lisbon is a profound, meditative exploration of identity, language, and the human spirit, beloved by readers worldwide.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
Told in the defiant voice of Miss July, The Long Song follows a slave girl’s life on a Jamaican sugar plantation during the violent end of slavery.
The Long Song
Historical Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
Our take
Told in the defiant voice of Miss July, The Long Song follows a slave girl’s life on a Jamaican sugar plantation during the violent end of slavery. Both shocking and humorous, this Man Booker Prize finalist is a powerful story of resilience and survival. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Choose your retailer
About the book
Finalist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize • New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
Told in the sharp, defiant voice of Miss July, The Long Song is an unforgettable tale of survival, resilience, and the end of slavery in 1830s Jamaica. Born to a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation, July’s life takes an unexpected turn when Mrs. Caroline Mortimer, an English widow, moves her into the great house and renames her “Marguerite.”
As July navigates life in the great house, she witnesses the brutal Baptist War and the chaotic, violent collapse of slavery. Her story, edited years later by her son Thomas, is by turns funny, shocking, and profoundly moving.
Andrea Levy’s The Long Song is a powerful, brilliantly written novel that offers a fresh, intimate perspective on a pivotal moment in history.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
Perfect for fans of Toni Morrison.
The Prophets
Historical Fiction · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction
Our take
Isaiah and Samuel’s forbidden love is their only refuge on a Deep South plantation—until betrayal threatens their existence. The Prophets, a National Book Award finalist and New York Times Bestseller, is a lyrical, powerful debut about love, resilience, and the brutal legacy of slavery. Perfect for fans of Toni Morrison.
Choose your retailer
About the book
Finalist for the National Book Award • New York Times Bestseller • One of The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year
On a Deep South plantation, Isaiah and Samuel have only each other. In the barn, amidst the cruelty and violence of their enslavement, they find refuge—transforming the hollowed space into one of love, intimacy, and hope. But when a fellow enslaved man seeks favor by preaching the master’s gospel, the plantation’s fragile harmony fractures. Isaiah and Samuel’s forbidden love, once a quiet sanctuary, becomes a dangerous threat.
With lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr.’s The Prophets is a stunning debut that gives voice to both the enslaved and the oppressors, exploring the devastating weight of inheritance, the resilience of community, and the transformative power of love.
Named one of The New York Times Notable Books of the Year, this is a story of beauty, pain, and truth you won’t forget.
Purchases through these links may earn Apropos Books a commission at no extra cost to you. Check the retailer for current price and availability.
Don’t Want to Miss Another Deal?
Get the best Kindle book deals delivered straight to your inbox. We feature new must read books every day—always hand-picked, never random—with links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo. Some discounts disappear fast, others linger (or come back around), so it’s worth keeping an eye out.