I’ve always loved historical fiction because it lets me experience another time from a different perspective. It’s not just about learning facts about history, it’s about appreciating the time periods from the perspectives of people who experienced t...
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Japan
Europe
United States
Japan
Historical fiction set in Japan.
🇯🇵 Get to know Japan (pre/during/after WWII) from the perspective of a Geisha. Fascinating read. I have read it several times and watched the movie.
Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
🇯🇵 A timeless classic of life at an Emperor’s court in ancient Japan. It is a fascinating and rich account that I could not put down.
Diary of Lady Murasaki
Europe
Novels set in Europe.
🇮🇹 This book is about WWII-era Italy with a rich family story and cultural depth. I love learning about Italy and its people.
The Good Left Undone: A Novel
🇫🇷 Paris, early 1700s. Fascinating account of a man who does not quite fit in.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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🇷🇺 A novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel in Moscow, 1922.
A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
🇬🇧 A moving WWII historical fiction novel set in London. I love reading about London--can't get enough.
The Last Bookshop in London
🇮🇪 About a bookstore in Ireland--lives and loves lost.
The Lost Bookshop
🇳🇱 A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law. She inherited his art work after van Gogh passed away.
The Secret Life Of Sunflowers
🇭🇺 Post WWII, Hungary. A must-read novel by Dean Cycon.
Finding Home
🇪🇸 Spain, 1957. Learn more about this time period in Spanish history in “The Fountains of Silence” by Ruta Sepetys.
The Fountains of Silence
🇩🇪 A gripping, heart-wrenching historical novel set in Berlin. You can't put this one down.
The Banned Books of Berlin
🇮🇪 Learn about Ireland and the 1840s famine that shaped entire towns and families.
The Letter Home
🇬🇧 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England.
The Ship of Brides: A Novel
United States
Historical fiction novels set in the U.S.
🇺🇸 Spy thriller meets historical fiction in this novel set in the Cold War.
The Secrets We Kept: A Novel
You might have seen the movie (same title). Texas frontier, 1870. Not very common for a historical novel. Fascinating story.
News of the World
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A family story set in 19th century North Carolina. You won't be able to put this book down!
When the Jessamine Grows
1924 - Who can create a wedding dress for Cornelia Vanderbilt's wedding?
These Tangled Threads
Texas, 1921, after the Great War.
The Four Winds: A Novel
Set in New York in the 1920s, a fascinating story of fortunes and misery.
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
You'll read about 19th century Pittsburgh and the history of the Carnegie family.
Carnegie's Maid
A book club becomes a feminist awakening in 1960s suburbia.
The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel
Pearl Harbor, December 1941. The first lady of the United States needs to come to grips with her husband's decisions.
The President's Wife
Set in 1879 in San Franciso--the story about a young widow and secret clairvoyant.
Maids of Misfortune
A WWII secret ripples through Ohio families for decades.
Buckeye
A magical wedding dress bridges two women's broken hearts.
