Spread the loveAs we step into 2025, the world of historical fiction continues to captivate readers with its blend of fact ...

Harris, the author of numerous works of historical fiction including “Fatherland” and “An Officer and a Spy,” sets his latest ...

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

Spread the love “Whispers from the Berlin Wall” by Greta Schmidt A touching story of families divided by the Cold War. “Gold ...

The weight of 2024’s history books concentrates, as often in recent years, on the last century or so – though with revelatory ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time and make it seem as real and immediate as our present moment. When it’s done well, a period piece shouldn’t feel ...

As this selection of the best alternate-history novels demonstrates, the world of imagined pasts is rich and potentially endless. The Alteration. By Kingsley Amis. New York Review Books ...

These memoirs, thrillers, romance, literary fiction, nonfiction and short stories focus on Native and Indigenous stories, in recognition of National American Indian Heritage Month ...

"Dune: Prophecy" is based on Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Sisterhood of Dune," a novel written by his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...