Historical Novel Society

📗📖📘 A warm welcome to our feed to historical fiction readers, writers and publishers across the world. Member benefits: 4 Historical Novels Review magazines a year, event discounts and access to member-only Facebook groups: historicalnovelsociety.org/members/why-jo…

Interweaving Timelines: Chanel Cleeton’s The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes historicalnovelsociety.org/interweaving-t… #HistoricalFiction

"To me, history already feels magical." - Kerry Chaput discusses passion and power in the world of art: historicalnovelsociety.org/passion-and-po…

Author Eleanor Shearer discusses how she develops a queer relationship set more than two centuries in the past in her novel Fireflies in Winter: historicalnovelsociety.org/live-love-resi…

'Spotlights the vice-like patriarchal control on women in Chicago in 1939. Compassionate and beautifully told.' #EditorsChoice: When No One Else Will by Amanda Skenandore, reviewer Fiona Alison historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/when-n…

Gédéon’s papa and sister Rachel have been abducted by King Louis XIV’s dragoons – just because they are Huguenots. Will Gédéon be able to elude his pursuers and bring his family to safety? Keira Morgan interviews Vince Rockston on Greet Suzon for Me historicalnovelsociety.org/launch-vince-r…

"What a gift that these letters are so accessible. If that doesn’t make you want to kiss a historian, what will?" - on Abigail Adams: historicalnovelsociety.org/the-inspiratio…

Congratulations to our members on their new #HistoricalFiction releases! Choose from tales about warrior-monks, Tudor jesters, American presidents and more: historicalnovelsociety.org/new-books-by-h…

Congratulations to our members on their new #HistoricalFiction releases! Spend time in the Roman Republic, American Civil War, WWII, and other fascinating eras: historicalnovelsociety.org/new-books-by-h…

'After his patron Anne Boleyn is beheaded, portrait painter Hans Holbein vows to bring down Thomas Cromwell. Refreshing and challenging.' #EditorsChoice: The Queen’s Painter by Wendy Holden, reviewer Samantha Ward-Smith historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-qu…

''Begins and ends in the present, surrounding a story about a reluctant medieval king. Evocative and a fine turn of phrase. Remarkable.' Editor's Choice: May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry, reviewer Simon Rickman historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/may-we…

'The first known written poem in English began, tradition says, with a shy cowherd who slipped away from a feast after the guests started reciting verse. Embarrassed because he knew no poems himself, he went to sleep in the stable - where, according to Bede, a figure in a dream commanded him to sing about Creation. Now, more than 1,300 years later, that poem has turned up in Italy.' zmescience.com/science/news-s…

How to capture the infamous Roman emperor Nero through #HistoricalFiction : historicalnovelsociety.org/nero-history-f…

1950s Charlotte, North Carolina. A White girl, Kate Dinsmore, and a Black girl, Lillian Bridges, uncover a hidden connection that forces them to confront racism, family secrets, and the cost of truth. Leslie S. Lowe interviews Carol Baldwin on Half-Truths historicalnovelsociety.org/launch-carol-b…

Meet new #HistoricalFiction voices Judy Batalion, Moorea Corrigan, Jiyoung Han and Laura Vogt: historicalnovelsociety.org/new-voices-jud…

'1942–1975: A young girl washes up on a beach near Hong Kong during WWII. An entertaining and engrossing fantasy.' Editor's Choice: The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean, reviewer Susan McDuffie historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-gi…

Forthcoming historical novels for 2026, from sapphic Regency romances to Arthurian tales: historicalnovelsociety.org/forthcoming-hi…

British novelist Liz Flanagan on how civil war affects the lives of ordinary people: historicalnovelsociety.org/despite-our-di…

High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin. via @LiveScience livescience.com/archaeology/ro…

'An investigation spanning the glittering world of Regency society and the squalor of London. Satisfying and engaging.' #EditorsChoice: Winter’s Season by R. J. Koreto, reviewer Erica Obey historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/winter…

What’s in a name? Alice, or the Wild Girl by Michael Robert Liska: historicalnovelsociety.org/whats-in-a-nam… #HistoricalFiction