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In the lawless town of Appaloosa, seasoned lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole face a ruthless adversary who challenges their honor, loyalty, and friendship.
Appaloosa
Historical Fiction · Western
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In the lawless town of Appaloosa, seasoned lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole face a ruthless adversary who challenges their honor, loyalty, and friendship. As betrayals unfold and the line between hero and villain blurs, they must decide how far they’re willing to go to uphold justice in the unforgiving West.
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Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole are seasoned lawmen, but their toughest challenge yet lies in Appaloosa.
In this rugged town, they face a merciless villain who tests their courage, friendship, and sense of justice. Hitch and Cole, bound by loyalty and honor, must navigate a landscape where right and wrong blur, and even allies can become enemies.
As betrayals mount and the line between hero and villain fades, Hitch and Cole must decide how far they’ll go to uphold their code—knowing the price might be more than they can bear.
Will they survive the deadly game of honor and loyalty in the unforgiving West?
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This will appeal to readers who like historical fantasy, women in science, Gilded Age settings, and magic rooted in the natural world.
The Naturalist Society
Historical Fiction
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In 1880, young widow Beth Stanley risks losing her scientific work because women are barred from studying Arcane Taxonomy, a magical discipline that draws power from naming and classifying the natural world, with a 4.1-star average from more than 7,000 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who like historical fantasy, women in science, Gilded Age settings, and magic rooted in the natural world.
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In this magical tale of self-discovery from New York Times bestselling author Carrie Vaughn, a young widow taps into the power that will change the world—if the man’s world she lives in doesn’t destroy her and her newfound friends first.
In the summer of 1880, the death of Beth Stanley’s husband puts her life’s work in jeopardy. The magic of Arcane Taxonomy dictates that every natural thing in the world, from weather to animals, can be labeled, and doing so grants the practitioner some of that subject’s unique power. But only men are permitted to train in this philosophy. Losing her husband means that Beth loses the name they put on her work—and any influence she might have wielded.
Brandon West and Anton Torrance are campaigning for their expedition to the South Pole, a mission that some believe could make a taxonomist all-powerful by tapping into the earth’s magnetic forces. Their late friend Harry Stanley’s knowledge and connections would have been instrumental, but when they attempt to take custody of his work, they find that it was never his at all.
Tied together by this secret and its implications, Beth, Bran, and Anton must find a way for Beth to use her talent for the good of the world, before she’s discovered by those who would lay claim to her rare potential—and her very freedom.
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In 1492 Milan, Cecilia Gallerani fights for her place at court as Leonardo da Vinci paints her portrait.
The Night Portrait
Historical Fiction
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In 1492 Milan, Cecilia Gallerani fights for her place at court as Leonardo da Vinci paints her portrait. Centuries later, during WWII, a conservator risks everything to save that same painting from Nazi hands. Spanning 500 years, this dual-timeline novel follows two women connected by art, ambition, and the tides of history.
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Milan, 1492: Cecilia Gallerani, a 16-year-old beauty, becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, fighting for her place in the palace’s treacherous court. When Leonardo da Vinci begins painting her portrait, it becomes a symbol of ambition and survival for both artist and muse.
Munich, World War II: Centuries later, Anna, a humble conservator, inadvertently hands the same portrait to a Nazi leader. Realizing her mistake, she risks everything to retrieve it, teaming up with an American soldier from the Monuments Men to save this masterpiece from destruction.
Spanning 500 years, two women’s lives intertwine through one iconic painting. As Cecilia fights for her future and Anna for the past, can they defy history’s forces to reclaim their destinies?
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Follow the courageous women of the Sullivan-Mills wagon company as they brave the treacherous Oregon Trail.
Courage on the Oregon Trail
Historical Fiction
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Follow the courageous women of the Sullivan-Mills wagon company as they brave the treacherous Oregon Trail. Facing famine, disease, and harsh terrain, they fight to keep their families together while chasing the promise of a new life. Each step brings new challenges, testing their resilience, love, and unyielding spirit.
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Six bestselling books, 2,500+ pages, and one unforgettable journey of courage.
The women of the Sullivan-Mills wagon company set out on the treacherous Oregon Trail, each seeking a new life in the untamed West. Strong, resilient, and determined, they face the harsh realities of famine, disease, and unpredictable terrain, all while trying to hold their families together.
As they navigate the vast prairie, perilous rivers, and rugged mountains, every step brings new challenges that test their strength and resolve. When survival depends on love, sacrifice, and unbreakable will, these women must confront hard choices that reveal their true character.
Can they endure the journey’s trials, or will the d
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A family’s history spreads across generations like roots, carrying damage, guilt, and the stubborn instinct to survive.
Greenwood
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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A family’s history spreads across generations like roots, carrying damage, guilt, and the stubborn instinct to survive. In Greenwood, Michael Christie traces one lineage through environmental collapse, inherited wealth, buried crime, and fractured love, building a literary saga where forests and family history feel inseparable. It fits readers looking for sweeping multigenerational fiction with emotional weight, structural ambition, and a strong ecological undercurrent.
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A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelists
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • “A rugged, riveting novel . . . This superb family saga will satisfy fans of Richard Powers’s The Overstory.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“There are plenty of visionary moments laced into [Christie’s] shape-shifting narrative. . . . Greenwood penetrates to the core of things.”—The New York Times Book Review
It’s 2038 and Jacinda (Jake) Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world’s last remaining forests. It’s 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, sprawled on his back after a workplace fall, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion. It’s 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up for one of her endless series of environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father’s once vast and violent timber empire. It’s 1934 and Everett Greenwood is alone, as usual, in his maple-syrup camp squat, when he hears the cries of an abandoned infant and gets tangled up in the web of a crime, secrets, and betrayal that will cling to his family for decades.
And throughout, there are trees: a steady, silent pulse thrumming beneath Christie’s effortless sentences, working as a guiding metaphor for withering, weathering, and survival. A shining, intricate clockwork of a novel, Greenwood is a rain-soaked and sun-dappled story of the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood, and blood—and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.
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In Voyage, Stephen Baxter reimagines a world where President Kennedy lives and NASA embarks on a mission to Mars.
Voyage
Historical Fiction · Sci-Fi · Alternate History
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In Voyage, Stephen Baxter reimagines a world where President Kennedy lives and NASA embarks on a mission to Mars. Gregory Dana, a Nazi camp survivor, Gershon, a Vietnam pilot, and Natalie York, a brilliant geologist, each risk everything for a chance to make history in the dangerous and thrilling race to Mars.
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In Voyage, Stephen Baxter imagines an alternate history where President Kennedy survives, pushing America toward a manned mission to Mars in the 1980s.
Gregory Dana, a Nazi camp survivor, sees his dream of spaceflight becoming a reality. Gershon, a Vietnam fighter pilot, aims to be the first African-American on another planet, while Natalie York, a brilliant geologist, risks everything for the chance to explore Mars firsthand.
As they navigate the triumphs and challenges of NASA’s young space program, the stakes rise for a mission that could change history.
Will their dreams survive the dangers of space, or will the mission’s risks prove too great?
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In Civilizations, Laurent Binet reimagines history with a bold twist: what if the Incas conquered Europe?
Civilizations
Historical Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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In Civilizations, Laurent Binet reimagines history with a bold twist: what if the Incas conquered Europe? After capturing Columbus’s ships, Inca Emperor Atahualpa arrives in a divided, war-torn Europe. Armed with Machiavelli’s The Prince, he seizes the opportunity to shape the future of the continent—and the world.
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What if history took a different path? In Civilizations, Laurent Binet reimagines the modern world with a surprising twist: an Incan emperor conquering Europe.
The novel begins with Freydis, a Viking warrior, exploring new lands before disappearing into history. Fast forward to 1492—Christopher Columbus sails for the Americas, but he and his men are captured by Incas. Years later, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe with Columbus’s ships, finding a continent ripe for revolution.
Armed with Machiavelli’s The Prince, Atahualpa navigates a divided Europe, setting the stage for a clash of empires that will reshape the world.
Will Europe fall under the rule of the Incas?
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In 1597, Britain is ruled by Spain, and fear grips the nation.
Ruled Britannia
Historical Fiction · Alternate History
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In 1597, Britain is ruled by Spain, and fear grips the nation. William Shakespeare, focused on his theatre, is given the chance to write a play that could spark rebellion against the oppressive regime. But with the Inquisition watching, Shakespeare must decide if he’s willing to risk everything for freedom.
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In 1597, Britain has endured nearly a decade of oppressive rule under Spain’s King Philip. The Inquisition hunts heretics, and Queen Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. Fear grips the nation, and rebellion seems impossible.
Playwright William Shakespeare, uninterested in politics, only seeks to entertain through his theatre. But when offered the chance to write a revolutionary play, Shakespeare faces a choice: remain silent or use his words to inspire the people of Britain to rise up.
With the Inquisition closing in, Shakespeare must decide if he’s willing to risk his life—and the lives of those he loves—for a chance to free his country.
Will his greatest work spark a rebellion or lead to his downfall?
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In an alternate 1940, Charles Lindbergh defeats FDR, aligning America with Hitler and igniting a wave of anti-Semitism.
The Plot Against America
Alternate History · Historical Mystery
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In an alternate 1940, Charles Lindbergh defeats FDR, aligning America with Hitler and igniting a wave of anti-Semitism. For young Philip and his Jewish family in Newark, this new reality threatens to tear apart their world, forcing them to confront fear, division, and the collapse of the country they once knew.
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What if America had chosen a different path in 1940? In this chilling alternate history, Charles Lindbergh, a popular aviator and isolationist, defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential election, forging a dangerous alliance with Adolf Hitler.
For young Philip, growing up in a Jewish family in Newark, Lindbergh’s rise to power shatters the safe world he once knew. As anti-Semitism spreads across the country, Philip watches his family unravel—his father’s fear, his mother’s growing despair, and his brother’s radical decisions pulling them apart.
As the nation spirals toward authoritarianism, Philip must grapple with what it means to belong in a country turning against its own.
Will his family survive as the fabric of America begins to fray?
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Robin Swift, a Chinese orphan raised in Britain, is trained at Babel, Oxford’s prestigious Institute of Translation, where magic fuels empire.
Babel
Historical Fiction · Fantasy · Alternate History · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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Robin Swift, a Chinese orphan raised in Britain, is trained at Babel, Oxford’s prestigious Institute of Translation, where magic fuels empire. As he uncovers the dark role Babel plays in British colonization, Robin faces a choice: remain loyal to the institution or join a rebellion that could tear it all down.
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In 1828, orphaned Robin Swift is brought from Canton to London by the enigmatic Professor Lovell to train in languages and prepare for Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation—Babel. At Babel, translation isn’t just about words; it’s about magic, and its power fuels Britain’s empire.
As a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin begins to see the darker side of Babel’s magic—its role in colonization and oppression. Torn between loyalty to the institution and his heritage, Robin finds himself drawn to the Hermes Society, a secret group fighting against imperial expansion.
When Britain wages war on China over silver and opium, Robin faces an impossible choice: remain loyal to Babel or join the rebellion.
Can revolution be sparked from within, or will it require destruction?
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Fate names one child for greatness and another for nothing, but survival refuses to follow the script.
She Who Became the Sun
Historical Fiction · Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Alternate History · Asian Fiction
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Fate names one child for greatness and another for nothing, but survival refuses to follow the script. In She Who Became the Sun, a peasant girl takes her dead brother’s identity and begins a ruthless climb toward the destiny meant for him. This historical fantasy blends war, ambition, and reinvention into a sweeping story of power, identity, and hunger for more.
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"Magnificent in every way."—Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
"A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal."—Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister
She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor.
To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything
“I refuse to be nothing…”
In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…
In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.
When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.
After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.
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In 1899 New York, Chava, a golem, and Ahmad, a jinni, form an unlikely bond despite their opposing natures.
The Golem and the Jinni
Historical Fiction · Historical Fantasy
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In 1899 New York, Chava, a golem, and Ahmad, a jinni, form an unlikely bond despite their opposing natures. As Chava struggles to control her violent instincts, a darker threat looms, forcing them to confront a powerful enemy and face an impossible choice that could alter their fates forever.
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In 1899 New York, Chava, a golem created from dark Kabbalistic magic, arrives alone after her master dies at sea. Struggling to hide her true nature, she is taken in by a rabbi who recognizes the creature she is.
Ahmad, a jinni from the Syrian desert, is freed from centuries of imprisonment but remains bound to the physical world by a cursed iron band. Lost in the city, he yearns for freedom.
When Chava and Ahmad’s paths cross, their unlikely bond grows. But as Chava’s violent instincts threaten to consume her, a greater danger emerges, forcing them to confront a powerful enemy and make an impossible choice.
Can they survive a world that seeks to destroy them both?
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