Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 14 Sep - 20 Sep 2025
Last updated:
September 20, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Louisa Morgan, Alma Katsu, Angela Flournoy, Rebecca Mix, Andrea Hannah, K.D. Stark, Kyrie Wang, Lauren M. Hayworth, Emily Morgans, Kieran Dimitri, Madeline Bell and many more.
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The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan
In this atmospheric and bewitching novel, Louisa Morgan reimagines the story of Morgan Le Fay, one of the most enigmatic and powerful women in Arthurian legend. To the other priestesses of the Nine, a powerful council at the Lady’s Temple, Morgana is haughty and arrogant as she performs feats of magic no human should be capable of. Rumors start that she must be a fearsome fae...fantasy · retellings · myths · arthurian · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · fiction · witches-wizards · book -
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Fiend by Alma Katsu
Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb.Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call.The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they’ve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes...horror · fiction · fantasy · contemporary · mystery · audiobook · gothic · historical-fiction · family · demons -
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The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
"Wonderfully ambitious.... Flournoy explores the complexity of friendship, family, and home in a voice that is expansive yet intimate, humorous yet devastating. I loved this book... -
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I Killed the King by Rebecca Mix, Andrea Hannah
One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out—with beasts, murder, and magic—in this first book in a thrilling locked-room whodunnit YA fantasy duology by Andrea Hannah and New York Times bestseller Rebecca Mix.After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace...fantasy · mystery · young-adult · fiction · suspense · lgbtq · historical-fiction · high-fantasy · crime · law-enforcement -
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Where Darkness Bloomed by K.D. Stark
War rages above. Death stirs below. And the Fates are far from silent. As the Trojan War shatters kingdoms, a goddess and a queen stand on the cusp of legend.Persephone, goddess of spring, was meant to remain untouched by shadow. Hidden by her mother in an attempt to outwit the Fates, she has been raised far from Olympus and the world of men...romance · fantasy · myths · historical-fiction · retellings · fiction · gods · supernatural · book · adult -
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![Traitor's Heart by Kyrie Wang]()
Traitor's Heart by Kyrie Wang
A healer forced to destroy. A warrior forced to betray. In the shadow of rebellion, every choice leaves a scar.Aliwyn awakens to chaos as tragedy strikes the rebels’ ship. As loyalties fracture and danger closes in, she must betray the knight who holds her heart or watch innocent lives burn in England’s destruction...fantasy · historical-fiction · military · medieval · friendship · family · action-adventure · historical · fiction · romance -
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The Lover's Eye by Lauren M. Hayworth
A Regency romance with a mysteriously gothic twist...A lady of quiet strengthIsobel Ridgeway has never left rural Cumberland, content to the whims of her eccentric father and an overbearing suitor who grows impatient to claim her hand. But when Isobel receives word that her sister has fallen ill, she undertakes a reckless journey to Northumberland, heedless of the winter storm that looms...romance · historical-fiction · mystery · historical · fiction · suspense · industrial-era · regency · gothic · book -
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Kissing the Rake by Emily Morgans
Lady Jessica Howerty has harboured a secret passion for her brother’s best friend since she was a girl. Now, all grown up, she knows a rake like Jacob Hurst is the last thing she should want, but after two tiresome seasons in London, she’s found no one else that affects her the way he does...romance · forced-proximity · industrial-era · regency · fiction · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · book · adult -
![When the Doves Cried by Kieran Dimitri]()
When the Doves Cried by Kieran Dimitri
1863: Two Gods are caught in the crossfire of the American Civil War after being shunned from their homeland following decades of being outcasts. Alone and having no one but each other to soothe their minds, they attempt to alter history to end the bloodshed and soldier’s suffering, forging paths for themselves in soil that they were never meant to stand upon...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · contemporary · mlm · ww1 · fiction · historical-fiction · young-adult · 20th-century -
![The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell]()
The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
Two feuding co-stars in a Jane Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time to the Regency Era in this delightfully clever and riotously funny debutTess Bright just scored her dream role starring in an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey... -
![A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau]()
A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau
Cathy Pegau's sharp, captivating historical mystery about two women in turn-of-the-century New York solving murder and fighting the heteropatriarchy.There can be a blurry line between what is ethical and what is legal.Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed...mystery · wlw · historical · historical-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · romantic-love · cozy · female-mc · book
