We know novels have the power to take us to different places and time periods. And with biographical historical fiction books ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Author Susan Corso's "Subversive Lovelies" series, set in New York's Gilded Age, explores the lives of four sisters who ...

The 72-year-old New Orleanian is about to publish his 12th book, a work of historical fiction based on the life of Robert ...

Scotland’s so-called “Queen of Crime,” Val McDermid, has created an engrossing, page-turning counternarrative about one of Shakespeare’s great villains, Lady Macbeth. McDermid sets the record straight ...

The book intertwines the fates of three "sons of Florence" who will, in time, "shed blood on Florence's streets" ...

With topics as varied as Disney's tweens, Wisconsin state parks and the centuries of history that led to your Moleskine, our annual list of recommended new books for holiday gifts may have ...

The Chair of Judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has announced the arrival of two new judges to its 2025 ...