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Historical Fiction October 2025 |
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Boy from the North Country : a novel
by Sam Evan Sussman
Summoned home to his dying mother, Evan uncovers the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of her life, including a hidden romance with Bob Dylan, as he finally understands her profound wisdom.
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The Book of Guilt
by Catherine Chidgey
In an alternate 1979 England shaped by a World War II that ended without a victor, orphaned triplets and a sheltered girl named Nancy uncover the grim truth behind their origins and must escape a regime built on deception, control and biological manipulation.
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| One of Us by Dan ChaonIn 1915, 13-year-old orphaned twins Bolt and Eleanor, who share a psychic connection, run away from a murderous man claiming to be their uncle. They end up with Mr. Jengling’s Emporium of Wonders, which includes a death-foretelling woman and a dog-faced boy. While Bolt settles in, Eleanor doesn’t, and they still have their “uncle” on their trail in this “mesmerizing and macabre historical adventure” (Booklist). For fans of: Amiee Gibbs’ The Carnivale of Curiosities. |
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| The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey by Kathleen KaufmanNairna and her father work as spiritualists in 1900 Scotland. While many practitioners are fake, including her dad, Nairna’s talents are real, which leads to fame and exclusive circles. But after a scandal, she flees to the United States under the name Nora Grey in this rich novel that also explores the life of a psychic widow in 1860s Wales. For fans of: Sarah Penner’s The London Séance Society. |
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| The Secret Book Society by Madeline MartinIn 1895 London, wealthy widow Lady Duxbury handpicks three women to join a secret book club, where they not only discuss novels, but become friends who help each other in a world where a wife can be put in an asylum at the behest of her husband. Read-alikes: Joanna Miller’s The Eights; Helen Simonson’s The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. |
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A resistance of witches
by Morgan Ryan
In WWII-era Europe, witch Lydia Polk races to find a deadly magical grimoire before the Nazis do, teaming up with a resistance fighter and a rogue historian as supernatural threats close in and betrayal looms.
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Amity
by Nathan Harris
In 1866 New Orleans, formerly enslaved siblings Coleman and June are separated, only to embark on perilous, individual journeys through the Mexican desert to reunite and seize the freedom they were promised. 100,000 first printing.
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| Buckeye by Patrick RyanOn Victory in Europe Day, 1945, while her husband is away in the Pacific, beautiful Margaret shares a celebratory kiss with married hardware store clerk Cal Jenkins, whose physical disability kept him from enlisting. This leads to a connection between their small-town Ohio families for decades, where their sons grow up together but take different paths in the Vietnam era. For fans of: Read with Jenna books; vivid, heartfelt novels about families and war. |
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