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August 2025

Haere mai and welcome to our Historical fiction newsletter.

From the new to the old - find out about the latest titles set in the past.

New For You - Historical Fiction - August 2025

Dive into the past with this selection of the latest Historical Fiction titles.

Coming soon

Our fiction selectors have picked out the best of the newest crop of historical fiction titles.

Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi

The world is at war. At the Great Eastern, Calcutta's most luxurious hotel, amidst the feasting, dancing and laughter, we witness the metropolis in its last moments.

The Paris Bookshop Secret by Iris Costello

Alexis meets Maeve, a reclusive woman in her eighties. They feel an unexpected and beautiful kinship.

When sleeping women wake by Emma Pei Yin

An epic and emotional story of three spirited women - a mother, her daughter, and their maid - during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

The director by Daniel Kehlmann

Inspired by the true story of a movie director who made films for the German Reich.

What's new

New in historical fiction

"A Bride's Story" by Mori, Kaoru, 1978-

"Huguette" by Black, Cara, 1951-

"The Library of Lost Girls" by Pipps, Kristen

"Hope and Destiny" by Natt och Dag, Niklas, 1979-

More new titles

eBooks

"The East Wind" by Warwick, Alexandria

"The Red Scare Murders" by Lehane, Cornelius

"Capitalists Must Starve" by Pak, Sŏ-ryŏn

"The Royal Artisan" by Afshar, Tessa

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