Historical fiction

  • The Lincoln highway

    Creator

    Towles, Amor

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times Bestseller A Today. Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick "Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth." - The New York Times Book Review. "A classic that we will read for years to come." - Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club. "A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable." - NPR.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Deadly summer nights : A Catskill summer resort mystery, book 1

    Creator

    Delany, Vicki

    Abstract

    "An immersive setting with details of running a Catskillsresort in the 1950s (think Kellerman’s in Dirty Dancing) beautifully frame a story with plot twistsand a cast of well-delineated characters."- Booklist. A summer of fun at a Catskills resort comes to an abrupt end when a guest is found murdered, in this new 1950s set mystery series. It’s the summer of 1953, and Elizabeth Grady is settling into Haggerman’s Catskills Resort.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Skin of the sea : Skin of the sea, book 1

    Creator

    Bowen, Natasha

    Abstract

    Instant New York Times Bestseller -A Black mermaid takes on the gods themselves in this "impressive" fantasy debut that "blends West African history and Yoruban mythology to create a new fairy tale" ( New York Times ). The first book in a powerful series that is perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and those eagerly anticipating the live action film adaptation of The Little Mermaid. A way to survive. A way to serve. A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves them as Mami Wata-a mermaid-collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back home.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Not specified
  • Cybele's secret : Wildwood, book 2

    Creator

    Marillier, Juliet

    Abstract

    For Paula, accompanying her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact-a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers. It's the only remnant of a lost, pagan cult. But no sooner have they arrived when it becomes clear they may be playing at a dangerous game. A colleague and friend of Paula's father is found murdered. There are rumors of Cybele's cult reviving within the very walls of Istanbul.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Not specified
  • Palmares

    Creator

    Jones, Gayl

    Abstract

    A New York Times "Biggest New Books Coming Out in September" Selection · A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Pick · A Guardian "50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2021" Selection · An Esquire "Best Books of Fall 2021" Selection · A Buzzfeed "Best Books Coming Out This Fall" Selection · A Bustle "Most Anticipated Books of September 2021" Selection  · A LitHub "22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall" Selection · A Kirkus Reviews "16 Best Books to Read in September" Selection · A Root September "PageTurner" "This story shimmers. Shakes. Wails. Moves to rhythms long forgotten . . .

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Beacon Press

    Not specified
  • Blind tiger

    Creator

    Brown, Sandra

    Abstract

    The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas. Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble-and lands in more than he bargained for. On the day he arrives in Foley, Texas, a local woman goes missing. Thatcher, the only stranger in town, is suspected of her abduction, and worse.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Grand Central Publishing

    Not specified
  • The women's march : a novel of the 1913 woman suffrage procession

    Creator

    Chiaverini, Jennifer

    Abstract

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with The Women's March, an enthralling historical novel of the woman's suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote. Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • The wicked widow : The wicked city, book 3

    Creator

    Williams, Beatriz

    Abstract

    Gin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! Readers will delight in next installment of the Wicked City series by New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams. June 1925. Audacious Appalachian flapper Geneva "Gin" Kelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to Oliver Anson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of New York's most distinguished families.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • The wicked city : The wicked city, book 1

    Creator

    Williams, Beatriz

    Abstract

    New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams recreates the New York City of A Certain Age in this deliciously spicy adventure that mixes past and present and centers on a Jazz Age love triangle involving a rugged Prohibition agent, a saucy redheaded flapper, and a debonair Princetonian from a wealthy family. When she discovers her husband cheating, Ella Hawthorne impulsively moves out of their SoHo loft and into a small apartment in an old Greenwich Village building. Her surprisingly attractive new neighbor, Hector, warns her to stay out of the basement at night.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • Small pleasures

    Creator

    Chambers, Clare

    Abstract

    Now available in the US-the literary novel that has taken Britain by storm! In the best tradition of Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ann Patchett-an astonishing, keenly observed period piece about an ordinary British woman in the 1950s whose dutiful life takes a sudden turn into a pitched battle between propriety and unexpected passion. "With wit and dry humor...quietly affecting in unexpected ways. Chambers' language is beautiful, achieving what only the most skilled writers can: big pleasure wrought from small details."-The New York Times. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified