One City One Book Recommendations: Historical Fiction

If you run a One City One Book program and are looking for Historical Fiction books, we’ve got recommendations for you!

 

For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog.

ONE BLOOD by Denene Millner
9781250801258
Trade paperback available 1/28/25

A sweeping, emotional novel about motherhood, sisterhood, love, hope, dreams…and the secrets three women keep from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Denene Millner.

A TRUE ACCOUNT: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself by Katherine Howe
9781250894212
Trade paperback available 11/19/24

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman’s unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.

ABOVE THE SALT by Katherine Vaz
9781250873828
Trade paperback available 11/5/24

An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America.

THE SEA ELEPHANTS by Shastri Akella
9781250867247
Trade paperback available now

A queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who flees his father’s threats to send him to a conversion center by joining a street theater troupe.

KING OF THE ARMADILLOS by Wendy Chin-Tanner
9781250843029
Trade paperback available now

A novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City and Louisiana, following one young man’s quest to survive an often misunderstood disease, and find love, music, and himself, in the process.

 

 

EVERY RISING SUN by Jamila Ahmed
9781250887092
Trade paperback available now

In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her Persian homeland teeters on the brink of destruction.

THE SUNSET CROWD by Karin Tanabe
9781250840226
Trade paperback available now

An enigmatic conwoman chases the blinding lights of fame in 1977 Hollywood, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid.

THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE by Jessie Burton
9781639731626
Trade paperback available now

Alive with the magic of eighteenth-century Amsterdam, a bestselling, bewitching historical novel about one young woman learning to set her own life’s course despite family and cultural pressure, from New York Times bestselling author Jessie Burton.

HOTEL LAGUNA by Nicola Harrison
9781250336545
Trade paperback available now

Nicola Harrison, acclaimed author of MONTAUK and THE SHOW GIRL, spins a stunning new novel of love and hidden secrets on sun-kissed Laguna Beach.

MADDALENA AND THE DARK by Julia Fine
9781250867902
Trade paperback available now

For fans of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE and MEXICAN GOTHIC, a novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by a dangerous wager.

THE FIRST BRIGHT THING by J. R. Dawson
9781250805560
Trade paperback available now

A spellbinding debut perfect for fans of THE NIGHT CIRCUS and THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, now in paperback. “This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life.”—Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

BEYOND THAT, THE SEA by Laura Spence-Ash
9781250854391
Trade paperback available now

A sweeping, tenderhearted love story that tells the story of two families living through World War II on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the shy, irresistible young woman who will call them both her own.

ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY by Dana Schwartz
9781250342898
Trade paperback available now

The #1 New York Times bestselling gothic about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

THE END OF DRUM-TIME by Hanna Pylväinen
9781250871817
Trade paperback available now

An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder and a minister’s daughter in the 19th century Arctic Circle.

ONCE WE WERE HOME by Jennifer Rosner
9781250855565
Trade paperback available now

From National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS comes a new novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II.

THE GOD OF ENDINGS by Jacqueline Holland
9781250856784
Trade paperback available now

By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman.

THE SUN WALKS DOWN by Fiona McFarlane
9781250321756
Trade paperback available now

The many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia with “beautiful prose and polyphonic voices, . . . epic scope and rare intimacy” (Malcolm Forbes, The Washington Post).

THE LINDBERGH NANNY by Mariah Fredericks
9781250888204
Trade paperback available now

Mariah Fredericks’ emotionally charged and propulsive new novel examines one of the most famous kidnapping cases in America from the lens of one of America’s favorite suspects, putting Betty Gow at the center of her own story for the first time.

WINTERLAND by Rae Meadows
9781250834515
Trade paperback available now

With transporting prose and meticulous detail, set in an era that remains shockingly relevant today, Rae Meadows’s WINTERLAND tells a story of glory, loss, hope, and determination, and of finding light where none exists.

THE PICTURE BRIDE by Lee Geum-yi
9781250808677
Trade paperback available now

PACHINKO meets THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN in this captivating journey of a young Korean “picture bride” and her immigrant experience in 1918 Hawai’i.

HESTER by Laurie Lico Albanese
9781250825162
Trade paperback available now

A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England’s witchcraft trials.

LAVENDER HOUSE by Lev AC Rosen
9781250834249
Trade paperback available now

A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, LAVENDER HOUSE is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.

AN AFFAIR OF SPIES by Ronald H. Balson
9781250906014
Trade paperback available now

From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award—A spy mission to rescue a defector from Germany and prevent the Nazis from creating an atomic bomb —now in paperback!

MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME by Rasheed Newson
9781250833549
Trade paperback available now

A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City.

FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
9781250811806
Trade paperback available now

A propulsive and dazzling debut novel, set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West.

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan
9781250621818
Trade paperback available now

A lush, fresh literary voice merges with commercial appeal in this accomplished debut. Powerful and poetic, beautiful and brutal, SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN is a bold reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.