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Historical Fiction November 2025 |
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Beasts of the Sea
by Iida Turpeinen
In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller's sea cow.
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The Fault Between Us
by Stephanie Landsem
Three sisters fight for their lives and for each other amid the danger of a cataclysmic earthquake that rips Yellowstone National Park asunder in 1959.
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The Land in Winter
by Andrew Miller
December 1962: In a village deep in the English countryside, doctor Eric Parry commences his rounds in the village while his pregnant wife, Irene, wanders the rooms of their old house. On the farm nearby lives Irene's mirror image: witty but troubled Rita Simmons is also expecting. When Rita and Irene meet across the bare field between their houses, a clock starts.
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Last Call at the Savoy
by Brisa Carleton
Set amongst the glittering backdrop of London's iconic Savoy hotel, a young woman is forced to confront her troubled past as she uncovers the story of the hotel's first female bartender who has been erased from the history books--an exhilarating, tender read that will leave you smiling.
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Queen Esther
by John Irving
Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, soon to be a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic New England family with a history of providing foster care for unadopted orphans.
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The Year of the Wind
by Karina Pacheco Medrano
A lyrical novel depicting the devastating effects of political violence in Peru on three women's lives.
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