For readers of historical fiction, there’s no need to settle on just one place or period when journeying into the past. At ...

Keep scrolling to discover 12 of the best historical fiction books that will magically take you back in time to the 1800s, 1900s and beyond. Happy reading! For a captivating WWII story told in ...

5 Best Historical Fiction Books, Ranked By Readers. Story by Alan Corona • 3w. L ost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past.

These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

Snowy landscapes, icy air, cozy evenings spent at home…winter always provides a picture-perfect setting. Many readers even insist it’s the best of all seasons for snuggling up with a good book.

The best historical novels of 2024 do all this and more, covering many millennia as they take us from ancient Greece to Shakespearean London to Cold War Europe. How are we classifying a period piece?

Maybe it’s the luck of the publishing draw, maybe the emotional weather, but my choices for the 10 best historical novels seem to have more bite than in past years.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

The Best Historical Fiction of 2023 It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows.

Best historical fiction books of 2024, from Robert Harris to Colm Tóibín. Transport yourself back to a bygone era with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the best historical fiction releases of the year ...