Inspired by the historical figure known as Lambert Simnel, THE PRETENDER (Knopf, 471 pp., $30) is a rollicking account of a ...

What readers are saying: “After a long week at work, my favorite way to unwind is by brewing a hot cup of tea and cracking open a historical fiction book,” admits D’Agnese. “I devoured ...

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Reading a book set in Asia is the perfect way to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. To help, Woman's World has rounded up 10 of the best historical fiction novels ...

The media, universities, the Democratic Party and liberals, by embracing the fiction of “rampant antisemitism,” laid the ...

As a historical fiction writer, McMorris says the best compliment she receives from readers is that her books make them want to learn more and do their own research. She sees the genre as an acces ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, ...

The Director” uses the filmmaking career of G. W. Pabst to map the moral and artistic disintegration of Nazi-occupied Europe.

Jess Walter thought he needed to move away to make it as a writer. He found the inspiration for “So Far Gone” in his hometown ...