Historical Fiction

Small Island

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Racheal Gartside Author: Andrea Levy Form: Historical fiction – novel Length: 350 pages Brief synopsis: The story of post-war Caribbean migration told through four narrators. The novel handles …

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The Wall Between Us

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Tom Griffiths Contact: @TJGriffiths Author: Dan Smith Form: Prose – historical fiction Epistolatory – told through letters, dead drop notes, newspaper articles and diary accounts Length: 272 pages …

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Safiyyah’s War

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Hiba Noor Khan Form: Prose novel – historical fiction Brief summary: Set during the occupation of Paris in WW2 and based on a …

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Small Things Like These

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Natalie Whitehill Contact: @miniteach1 Author: Claire Keegan Form: Short Novel Length: 116 Brief synopsis: Beautifully written. Set in 1980s Ireland in the shadow of the Magdalen laundries and is …

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Black Butterflies

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Laura Stephenson Contact: @Lauras95 Author: Priscilla Morris Form: Historical Fiction, War and Combat Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction Length: 280 pages Brief synopsis: Exploring the Siege of Sarajevo through the lens …

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When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Claire Peasegood @MrsPeasegood Form: Prose Novel Length: 320 pages Brief Synopsis: YA novel written by Jewish author whose family has been impacted by the Holocaust. Three friends whose …

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The Promise by Damon Galgut

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Lisa Butler Author: Damon Galgut Form: Prose (family saga with an element of historical fiction) Length: 231 pages Brief synopsis: The Promise is about the Swarts, a privileged white …

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Kemosha of the Caribbean by Alex Wheatle

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley Author: Alex Wheatle Form: Historical Novel Length: 320 pages Brief synopsis: Kemosha is born into slavery in 17th Century Jamaica but takes the opportunity to escape …

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Home by Toni Morrison

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Robbie Bond @RobbieBondEng Author: Toni Morrison Form: Historical Fiction Novel Length: 146 pages Brief synopsis: Follows the story of Vietnam War Veteran Frank Money who ,whilst in the …

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Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Fran Walker (@fran_walker89) Form and genre: Novel, prose fiction. Historical fiction Length: 208 pages Summary: Misha is a lost boy in the city of Warsaw as the Nazis …

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