Top new historical-fiction books out this week: 23 Nov - 29 Nov 2025
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November 29, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Mimi Matthews, Finn Longman, Natasha Siegel, Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski and many more.
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The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews
The Academy always comes first . . . which makes marriage to its most formidable adversary an exceedingly inconvenient arrangement.Well removed from London’s more curious eyes, the Benevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies strives toward one clandestine to distract, disrupt, and discredit men in power who would seek to harm the advancement of women—by appropriate means, of course... -
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The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman
Madeline Miller meets Angela Carter in this spellbinding queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf—unmissable for fans of Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Swordcrossed by Freya Marske, and The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.A noble knight hiding the beast inside. A lonely king isolated by his courtiers...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · retellings · historical-fiction · historical · shapeshifters · fiction · mlm · warriors -
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As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women—a witch and an immortal demon—who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter...romance · fantasy · wlw · lgbtq · gothic · historical · witches-wizards · lesbian-mc · historical-fiction · 21st-century -
![Blood Riders by Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski]()
Blood Riders by Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski
A profoundly creepy and highly original vampire story set in the Wild West from internationally acclaimed actor Gary Oldman and award-winning producer Douglas Urbanski.Once a prosperous and lively town, now, in 1882, Echo Basin’s best days are behind it...adult · book · contemporary · dark · fiction · historical-fiction · horror · industrial-era · literary-fiction · monsters
