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

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.

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

With her new book, “Children of Anguish and Anarchy,” Adeyemi is wrapping up her best-selling Legacy of Orïsha series. The journey hasn’t been easy. A new kind of disaster fiction is ...

of all the recent books offering female-focused retellings of old legends and sagas, they’re among the very best. The Voyage Home is the third instalment in the series and picks up after the ...

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

The recent death of Jeremy Strong robbed children’s fiction of one its most cherished voices. Best known for titles such as ...

The best in Aussie fiction is on display in Robbie Arnott’s latest historical novel. Thirty-seven-year-old twins Iris and ...