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Historical Fiction December 2023 |
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| Shoot the Moon by Isa ArsénIn this thought-provoking debut novel, Annie Fisk is hired as a secretary at NASA despite having a physics degree. After she discovers errors in an engineer's calculations for the Apollo 11 space flight, Annie gets a promotion and makes a mysterious, life-altering discovery that could change the future of physics and space travel forever. |
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| The Glutton by A.K. BlakemoreInspired by real events, this is the harrowing tale of Tarrare, an 18th-century French peasant plagued with an all-consuming hunger. Confined to an asylum after a child vanishes, a dying Tarrare tells his remarkable story (including stints as a soldier, spy, and street performer) to a wary nun. For readers with strong stomachs. |
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The Spectacular : a Novel
by Fiona Davis
In 1956 New York City, Marion Brooks, one of the famous Radio City Rockettes, is unwittingly drawn into the police search for the “Big Apple Bomber” and may be forced to sacrifice everything she's worked for, as well as the people she loves most, to catch this elusive criminal.
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| The Prospectors by Ariel DjanikianAlice Bush is excited to follow her sister and brother-in-law on their return trip to the Yukon, where they have a prosperous claim to mine during the Klondike Gold Rush. What happens when she arrives will have unanticipated social and environmental fallout in the area for years to come. |
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| Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne EekhoutAfter an adolescence steeped in Gothic folklore and recovering from a recent tragic loss, a young Mary Shelley arrives at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron. Byron challenges his guests to write the best ghost story, which serves as the perfect distraction from Mary’s personal tumult and plants the seed for what will later become her novel Frankenstein. |
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| Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Allison EpsteinIn this dramatic alternate history of imperial Russia, a large cast of characters navigate tricky court politics and interpersonal entanglements while outside the palace, a popular uprising and the arrival of a mysterious young woman threaten to divide the the nation and the imperial family alike. |
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| Menewood by Nicola GriffithMenewood is the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, which first introduced readers to the future St. Hilda of Whitby, a key figure in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. Now 18 and newly wed, Hild is tasked by her uncle King Edwin with securing Northumbria, a mission to which she brings her usual mix of intelligence, strength, grit, and determination to survive. |
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The Secret Book of Flora Lea : a Novel
by Patti Callahan Henry
When she receives a rare book linked to the disappearance of her sister, Flora, in 1939, Hazel, believing this is a sign Flora is still alive after all these years, embarks on a feverish quest, revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely reopening wounds from the past to find the truth.
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| All You Have To Do Is Call by Kerri MaherInspired by true events, this is the suspenseful and character-driven story of the Jane Collective, an underground network of people dedicated to providing access to birth control and abortion care, which in the 1960s and 1970s were still illegal in many states. |
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Cold Victory : a Novel
by Karl Marlantes
Two women in 1947 Helsinki, one American and one Russian, have their loyalties and friendship put to the test when their husbands drunkenly challenge each other to a secret cross-country ski race at an embassy party pitting freedom against communism.
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One Blood
by Denene Millner
Discovering she's adopted, Rae, about to become a mother herself, knows there is an important reckoning that must be faced about herself and her two mothers, in a novel spanning from the Great Migration to the civil unrest of the 1960s to the quest for women's equality in the early 2000s.
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Take What You Need
by Idra Novey
Take What You Need is a refreshing portrait of complex and resilient family relationships, and ultimately challenges our ideas about success in order to reaffirm values we all hold dear: beauty, hope, and family.
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| The Refugee Ocean by Pauls ToutonghiDespite being separated by 50 years, the stories of Lebanese composer Marguerite and Syrian pianist Naim are united by the thoughtful and moving portrayal of their experiences as immigrants and a shared attachment to a single unforgettable piece of music. |
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| Above the Salt by Katherine VazIn this sweeping and heartwrenching love story, young lovers João and Maria separately flee religious persecution on the island of Madeira and reunite to make new lives in Illinois. After forming a connection with up-and-coming politician Abraham Lincoln, the couple are again separated in the upheaval of the Civil War but share an indelible bond that will shape the rest of their lives. |
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The Beach at Summerly : a Novel
by Beatriz Williams
In 1954, Emilia Winthrop, a professor at Wellesley College, is summoned to CIA headquarters where she's forced to confront the harrowing consequences of the summer she exposed a traitor amongst the New England elite and a choice that could destroy her chance for redemption all over again.
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| Straw Dogs of the Universe by Ye ChunSet against the backdrop of rising anti-Chinese sentiment in late 19th-century California, this haunting story follows 10-year-old Sixiang, a rural girl sold to human traffickers who sets out to find her absentee father Guifeng, a railway worker. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Centerville Library
111 W. Spring Valley Rd
Centerville, OH 45458
(937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library
6060 Far Hills Ave Centerville, OH 45459
(937) 435-3700
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Creativity Commons
895 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Centerville, OH 45459
(937) 610-4425
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