Category When You Prefer Your History Mixed With A Little Fiction

The Alice Network

The Alice Network Kate Quinn Historical Fiction 1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She’s also…

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Mischling 

Mischling Affinity Konar World War II  Pearl is in charge of: the sad, the good, the past.  Stasha must care for: the funny, the future, the bad.  It’s 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and…

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And The Mountains Echoed

And The Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini Historical Fiction Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one…

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The Orphan Keeper

The Orphan Keeper Camron Wright Historical Fiction Seven-year-old Chellamuthu’s life – and his destiny – is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is…

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Where The Crawdads Sing

Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owen’s Historical Fiction For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals…

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The Nightingale

The Nightingale Kristin Hannah World War II  With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women’s war. The Nightingale tells…

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Sold On A Monday

Sold On A Monday Kristina McMorris Historical Fiction 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken…

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The Giver Of Stars

The Giver Of Stars Jojo Moyes  Historical Fiction Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England.  But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a…

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