Top new historical-fiction books in November 2024
Last updated:
November 30, 2024
November 2024 featuring new releases by Juhea Kim, Katharine McGee, Gemma Liviero, Clare Chambers, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, Niall Williams, Noelle Salazar, Nayantara Roy, Karen McQuestion and many more.
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City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident stalled her career...romance · fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · coming-of-age · book · adult -
![A Queen's Game by Katharine McGee]()
A Queen's Game by Katharine McGee
The New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series invites you to visit 19th-century Europe amid the glamour and intrigue of the Victorian era. In this historical romance inspired by true events, three princesses struggle to find love—and end up vying for the hearts of two future kings...romance · historical-fiction · young-adult · fiction · historical · audiobook · fantasy · industrial-era · victorian · royalty -
![An Age of Winters by Gemma Liviero]()
An Age of Winters by Gemma Liviero
In the seventeenth century, witchfinders rule and paranoia thrives in a chilling novel about unrequited love, persecution, and betrayal by the bestselling author of The Road Beyond Ruin and Broken Angels.In 1625, the Franconian village of Eisbach has been plagued by disease, famine, heinous crimes, and a merciless winter... -
![Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers]()
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor... -
![Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb]()
Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
’Tis the season! The Crown meets When Harry Met Sally and Bridget Jones’s Diary, in the latest heartwarming historical novel from Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco and Three Words for Goodbye.December 1952...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · romance · historical-fiction · fiction · audiobook · historical · season-winter -
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![The Author's Guide to Murder by Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, Karen White]()
The Author's Guide to Murder by Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, Karen White
Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote meets #MeToo in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.There’s been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland...mystery · fiction · cozy · audiobook · historical-fiction · contemporary · romantic-love · murder · crime · thriller -
![Time of the Child by Niall Williams]()
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
From the author of This Is Happiness, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha.Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town...europe · british-isles · ireland · fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · historical · audiobook · family · season-winter -
![The Lies We Leave Behind by Noelle Salazar]()
The Lies We Leave Behind by Noelle Salazar
For fans of Kate Quinn and Beatriz Williams, this sweeping story follows a fearless nurse who must leave love behind when duty calls her back to the front.Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers, amid long days, harsh conditions and often dangerous weather...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · ww2 · audiobook · espionage · mystery · suspense · female-mc -
![The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy]()
The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy
Vikram Seth and Thrity Umrigar meet Rebecca in this sweeping multi-generational debut novel by accomplished television executive Nayantara Roy, about a young Indian American book editor from Brooklyn who returns to Kolkata when she learns that she has inherited her family’s enormous ancestral home, and the secrets that lie within it...asia · south-asia · india · urban · new-york-state · fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · family · contemporary -
![A Switch Before Christmas by Karen McQuestion]()
A Switch Before Christmas by Karen McQuestion
Trading lives was just the beginning...It’s the day before Christmas, and Jane Shaw’s biggest concern is that her young charges, the girls at the Sheridan Girls’ Home, will behave during the annual inspection by their patrons, the very wealthy Frank and Irene Sheridan.That changes when the Sheridans’ daughter, Jacquelyn, nearly identical in looks to Jane, shows up instead of her parents...family · female-mc · fiction · classics · historical-fiction · romance · historical · holidays · book · literary -
![The Liberty Scarf by Aimie K. Runyan, Rachel McMillan, J'nell Ciesielski]()
The Liberty Scarf by Aimie K. Runyan, Rachel McMillan, J'nell Ciesielski
In the midst of a seemingly endless war, a scarf connects three women in the cold winter of 1917 . . . As an ambitious scarf maker, Iris Braxton spends her days surrounded by color and luxury not often seen during the dark days of war that promised to be over by Christmas...romance · historical-fiction · ww1 · audiobook · fiction · historical · war · espionage · christian · military -
![Miss Bee e il cadavere in biblioteca by Alessia Gazzola]()
Miss Bee e il cadavere in biblioteca by Alessia Gazzola
Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista...romance · crime · audiobook · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · fiction · cozy · historical · mystery · noir -
![How I Built a Magic Empire: Book 1 by Konstantin Zubov]()
How I Built a Magic Empire: Book 1 by Konstantin Zubov
The next books of the series!How I Built a Magic Empire (Book 2): How I Built a Magic Empire (Book 3): I have been reborn from an advanced techno-magic world into a world where magic is still in its infancy...fantasy · magic · litrpg · progression-fantasy · fiction · urban-fantasy · audiobook · time-travel · portal-travel · historical-fiction -
![Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier]()
Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier
Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a woman who is unwilling to bend to the limitations her society places upon her when she becomes the unlikely apprentice to the pope’s physician at the most challenging and dangerous moment in medieval European history.Provence, 1347. Eleanore (Elea) Blanchet is a midwife and budding herbalist with remarkable skills...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · medieval · medical · audiobook · epidemy · romantic-love · literary-fiction · feminism -
![The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri]()
The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri
Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid's Tale—during World War II.In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war · family · drama · audiobook · suspense -
![Hexed by Emily McIntire]()
Hexed by Emily McIntire
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![Golden Lord by Mary Jo Putney]()
Golden Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Allies of the heart and soul . . .England, 1803. The oldest foster child of the Earl and Countess Tremayne, Caden Tremayne was one of several abandoned children rescued into the fold of the “Tribe of Tremayne,” each bearing a special gift...romance · historical · fantasy · paranormal · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · espionage · magical-realism · siblings -
![The Queen's Cook by Tessa Afshar]()
The Queen's Cook by Tessa Afshar
In the heart of ancient Persia, the empire's Jewish citizens face an ominous edict that threatens their very existence. Roxannah, the daughter of a once-privileged but now impoverished Persian lord, is devastated by the news...romance · historical-fiction · christian · historical · fiction · religion · audiobook · royalty · retellings · spirituality -
![Two Necklaces by Paulette Mahurin]()
Two Necklaces by Paulette Mahurin
In the beginning of 1933 after Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany, fourteen-year-old Christa Becker of Ravensburg, Germany, attends meetings of the League of German Girls, an organization established to create dedicated wives whose role was to give birth to superior Aryan children...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · ww2 · young-adult · war · politics · crime · 20th-century -
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![The Duke Who Despised Christmas by Scarlett Scott]()
The Duke Who Despised Christmas by Scarlett Scott
From USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott comes a new holiday romance about a brooding, scarred duke hiding from the pain of the past and the unexpected woman who heals his heart... Quint, the Duke of Sedgewick, is a recluse by choice. Ever since the fire that claimed his wife’s life and left much of his body brutally scarred, he has retreated from polite society... -
![Snapdragons by Sarah M. Eden]()
Snapdragons by Sarah M. Eden
The fateful day has arrived. Niles Greenberry has always known his family would eventually arrange a marriage for him, but he is certain that marrying Miss Penelope Seymour will cost him every dream he has. He’ll do anything to avoid the match altogether—even if it means disappearing. But the lovely Miss Seymour will not be so easily brushed aside...romance · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · fiction · georgian · historical · audiobook · marriage-of-convenience · book -
![A Gentleman for Lady Juniper by Sally Britton]()
A Gentleman for Lady Juniper by Sally Britton
A footman turned earl's son and a lady with her nose in a book—could they possibly find love amidst the whispers of the ton?Lady Juniper Amberton is content to live in the shadows of high society, much preferring the company of a good Gothic novel to the endless parade of suitors...romance · industrial-era · regency · historical-fiction · fiction · audiobook · historical · bodyguard · cozy · class-difference -
![The Memory Dress by Jade Beer]()
The Memory Dress by Jade Beer
A missing husband and a dress once owned by Princess Diana set two very different women on paths of discovery that will change both their lives forever in this dazzling new novel from the author of The Last Dress from Paris.England, 2018: Jayne is quiet. She keeps to herself and has no grand expectations for her days...romance · historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · womens-fiction · female-mc · friendship · book -
![A Governess Should Never... Wager a Duke by Emily Windsor]()
A Governess Should Never... Wager a Duke by Emily Windsor
“So tell me, Miss Webster, why should I employ you?”The wintry Marcus Scarcliffe, the Duke of Shawdale, needs a governess.The penniless Miss Charlotte Webster needs employment.What could be simpler?Yet when long-ago love, a wager, a wandering uncle and Christmas are involved… Nothing is simple...romance · friends-to-lovers · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · historical · slow-burn · angst · female-mc · alpha-mc -
![Once Upon A Christmas Past by Lorie Langdon]()
Once Upon A Christmas Past by Lorie Langdon
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CRATCHIT FAMILY AFTER A CHRISTMAS CAROL?The Cratchit family has come a long way since Ebenezer Scrooge's glorious transformation many Christmases past, none more so than Lucy Anne 'Raven' Cratchit...young-adult · audiobook · fiction · retellings · historical-fiction · christian · fantasy · spirituality · book -
![In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price]()
In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that London’s first female solicitor in possession of the details of a deadly crime, must be in want of a suspect. The tenacious Lizzie Bennet has earned her place at Longbourn, her father’s law firm. Her work keeps her busy, but luckily she often has help from (and steals occasional kisses with) Mr...romance · mystery · young-adult · retellings · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · book -
![An Honorable Deception by Roseanna M. White]()
An Honorable Deception by Roseanna M. White
As the leader of elite private investigative firm the Imposters, Lord Yates Fairfax has made an art of concealing his identity. But when his newest client, the beautiful Lady Alethia Barremore, is shot while leaving their meeting, he throws caution to the wind and rushes to her aid...romance · historical-fiction · christian · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · industrial-era · regency · edwardian -
![Lady Anna’s Favor by Karen Tuft]()
Lady Anna’s Favor by Karen Tuft
London, England, 1814Lady Anna Clifton will stop at nothing to find her missing brother—even if it means working alongside the dashingly handsome but sometimes infuriating Mr. Jennings, who just might steal her heart.Lady Anna Clifton has arrived in London with a purpose known only to a few...romance · industrial-era · regency · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · war · audiobook · action-adventure · forced-proximity -
![Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez]()
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez
The stunning conclusion to the story that started in What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other!1885, EgyptInez Olivera is left reeling from her cousin Elvira’s murder, and her mother’s betrayal, and when Tío Ricardo issues an ultimatum about her inheritance, she’s left with only one option to consider...africa · northern-africa · egypt · romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · young-adult · historical · fiction · mystery -
![A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes]()
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes
A Cozy Regency Holiday MysteryLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day...romance · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · fiction · cozy · amateur-sleuth · book -
![The Improvisers by Nicole Glover]()
The Improvisers by Nicole Glover
For fans of Nghi Vo, P. Djèlí Clark, and Alix E. Harrow: a new stand-alone set in the world of the critically acclaimed Murder and Magic series during Prohibition. The Improvisers is the tale of Velma, a barnstorming pilot and former magic bootlegger, who pursues dangerous enchanted items and a mystery that crosses the US and cuts through time—right to the heart of her family’s past and present...fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · poc-mc · alternate-history · magic -
![The Girl in the Midnight Maze by Cathy Hayward]()
The Girl in the Midnight Maze by Cathy Hayward
All her mother left her was a clue to a family secret. But is it a mystery best left unsolved?For decades Emma Bowen has hoped she and her mother, Margaret, might find a way back into each other’s lives. Even as a child, her strongest connection to her mother was a painting Margaret created before Emma was born, of a little girl lost in a maze...historical-fiction · fiction · audiobook · mystery · historical · thriller · family · epic · ghosts · female-mc -
![Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney]()
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery, only the obsessive spirit of youth can save a sleepy town from the savagery within.Fourteen-year-old Ava Bonney is unlike other children. She has an obsessive interest in the rate at which dead animals decompose...mystery · crime · fiction · suspense · audiobook · murder · thriller · historical-fiction · children · paranormal -
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![Daughters of Bronze: A Novel of Troy by A.D. Rhine]()
Daughters of Bronze: A Novel of Troy by A.D. Rhine
Song of great sorrow. Even greater love. Lost between the timeless lines of Homer’s epic, the women of Troy finally stand to be counted. Their story is one you’ve never encountered, and it will change the fate of Troy forever...myths · historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · retellings · historical · classics · ancient-civilization · urban-fantasy · military -
![When We Were Widows by Annette Chavez Macias]()
When We Were Widows by Annette Chavez Macias
In this heartfelt story about finding love in loss, three widows are forced under the same roof, where they’ll need to overcome grief, anger, and old secrets to put their family back together.Since her husband’s death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be taking her grief in stride. Then an angry outburst at work shatters the illusion...fiction · womens-fiction · family · contemporary · audiobook · grief · drama · death · latinx-mc · literary-fiction -
![Duchess Material by Emily Sullivan]()
Duchess Material by Emily Sullivan
Fans of Netflix's Bridgerton series will love this captivating first book in a dazzling new Victorian historical romance series, perfect for fans of Evie Dunmore, Amalie Howard, and Martha Waters! Ever since unexpectedly inheriting a dukedom over a decade ago, William Margrave, the Duke of Ellis has strived to silence his critics and please his disapproving relatives by being the perfect...romance · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · mystery · fiction · family · female-mc · book -
![The Hellion's Secret by Jess Michaels]()
The Hellion's Secret by Jess Michaels
A new spicy historical romance from 10-Time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess MichaelsPhineas Blanchard, the Earl of Delacourt, feels restless and he can’t place why. It’s like there’s some itch he can’t scratch as he goes through the motions of his duties to his title and the dissipated pleasures he finds as a rake in hells all over London...historical-fiction · industrial-era · regency · georgian · romance · historical · victorian · fiction · book · adult -
![The Duke Dare by Valerie Bowman]()
The Duke Dare by Valerie Bowman
When a dare leads to a scandal and a hasty marriage between a grumpy duke and a sweet debutante, will the final prize be true love?She took the dare.Lady Gemma Brooks was still in her awkward phase when a spiteful young woman dared her to ask the unattainable Duke of Grovemont for a dance. Gemma accepted, not for herself, but to protect the other wallflowers from malicious gossip... -
![No Man's Land by Sally Malcolm]()
No Man's Land by Sally Malcolm
There are worse things than death…It’s 1917, the height of the Great War, and Josef Shapel has one tell the people at home the truth about the slaughter. That’s why he’s smuggled a camera to the front line, risking charges of treason to photograph the carnage.But everything changes when he meets handsome and charismatic Captain Winchester... -
![The Fell Deeds of Fate by C.J. Adrien]()
The Fell Deeds of Fate by C.J. Adrien
“This was a man fierce, mightily cruel, and savage…” – Gesta Normannorum Ducum.He lost his glory. He lost his son. Now, he'll risk everything to etch his name into legend.Two years after the sack of Paris in 845 A.D., Viking warlord Hasting is drowning in drink and disgrace. Ragnar’s name lives on in the Skalds’ songs—but his? Forgotten...europe · scandinavia · historical-fiction · fantasy · epic · medieval · historical · myths · fiction · book
