And it’s easy to understand why—she ... One of the best recent books by Latinx authors, this 2020 gothic historical fiction novel is tinged with horror and follows Noemí Taboada, a glamorous ...

A thesis of The Fraud, it seems, matches one of mine: it is easy to lose sight ... In the past, publishing a work of historical fiction might have been seen as a left turn for a writer who has ...

Dean Cycon’s 2015 historical novel explores this ... “As someone who courts a good cry (through fiction, of course), I often seek out books that I think will pack an emotional punch ...

As New York and Philadelphia became hubs for publishing in the United States, there was a need to sell more books to a ...

Two different prizes, with two different juries, with two lists of books that—I’d wager—will have a lot in common. Adapted ...

In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young ...

October, 2024. Don’t judge! I know it’s Octobermumble mumble (not October 1st)! Doesn’t life sometimes get away from you?

Speaking of those books, the “to be read” pile is always growing and always looking for recommendations. Alasyn loves biographies, historical non-fiction (and fiction), and just about anything ...

While reading through your favorite author’s oeuvre or deep-diving into historical fiction is fun ... make sure it’s predictable and easy to plan for. Team members will be more likely to ...

Did William Shakespeare write his plays? Novelist Jodi Picoult doesn’t think so and tells Claire Allfree why she has chosen ...

John Edgar Wideman's hybrid of memoir/essay/fiction explores what enslaved people suffered and what their descendants still ...

Finally, in 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law to found the National Archives, whose responsibilities would come to ...