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 ...

These novels not only entertain but also educate, reminding us of the power of historical fiction to illuminate the past and ...

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 ...

Cincinnati author Sharon Draper's New York Times bestselling book is now a Disney movie.

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

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