historical fiction

A blind French girl and a German boy's paths converge in occupied France during World War II in this luminous, devastating novel.

A dual-timeline novel connecting a modern woman to her ancestor who survived the devastating Johnstown Flood of 1889.

A heartbreaking historical novel based on the true scandal of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, which kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families.

The first Amelia Peabody mystery introduces the indomitable Victorian gentlewoman as she travels to Egypt and stumbles into archaeological adventure, romance, and murder.

Tatiana de Rosnay's haunting dual-timeline novel about Sarah, a Jewish girl hiding her brother during the 1942 Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris, and Julia, an American journalist in 2002 uncovering her family's connection to Sarah's story. A powerful exploration of complicity, memory, and the lasting echoes of historical atrocity.

A dual-timeline story connecting two women - one in 1924 Louisiana fighting to keep her land, and one in modern times struggling to save her family home - explores themes of race, land ownership, and generational trauma. An ambitious literary novel about heritage and resistance.

In the summer of 1944, a polio epidemic sweeps through Newark's Jewish community. Playground director Bucky Cantor watches helplessly as children in his care fall ill - then flees to a mountain camp where he believes he brings the disease with him, destroying his life with guilt.

A stunning portrait of a geisha's life in pre-war and wartime Japan. Through the eyes of Sayuri, we witness the beauty, artistry, and complex world of geisha culture.