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Historical Fiction April 2026 |
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The Beheading Game
by Rebecca Lehmann
When Anne Boleyn wakes up the day after her beheading, she sews her head back on and sets out to seek revenge-in a queer-feminist retelling of one of history's most egregiously wronged women.
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Daughter of Egypt
by Marie Benedict
Lady Evelyn Herbert defies societal expectations in 1919 and accompanies her father, Lord Carnarvon, and archeologist Howard Carter on digs in Egypt, where she seeks the tomb of Hatshepsut. In 1400s BCE, Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh against the odds. Following the lives of two women whom history almost forgot, this evocative novel is the latest from acclaimed author Marie Benedict.
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Honey in the Wound
by Jiyoung Han
A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, Honey in the Wound is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power.
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The Last Woman of Warsaw
by Judy Batalion
A debut novel by the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days, following two very different Jewish women in Warsaw in the late 1930s as they unexpectedly come together in their search for love, meaning, and a sense of home, and as they grapple with the storm clouds gathering around them.
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Livonia Chow Mein
by Abigail Savitch-Lew
In the vein of Happiness Falls and Family Lore, a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and its impact on the neighborhood's Jewish and Black residents over the course of a century.
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The Moonlight Runner
by Karen Robards
An epic tale of feminine heroism, patriotism, and a touch of romance...This page-turner is a must for historical fiction fans.
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The Mountains We Call Home
by Kim Michele Richardson
In this standalone and companion novel to the The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman, Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word.
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The News from Dublin: Stories
by Colm Toibin
A brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America--about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love.
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The Patchwork Players
by Jennifer Chiaverini
The cast of a smash TV show arrives at a quilter's retreat for a week of camaraderie and creativity that takes some surprising twists in this heartwarming new installment of Jennifer Chiaverini's much-beloved Elm Creek Quilts series.
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Son of Nobody
by Yann Martel
From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Comsewogue Public Library
170 Terryville Road
Port Jefferson Station, New York 11776
(631) 928-1212www.cplib.org |
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