New Books in Historical Fiction Podcast
1) Katie Tietjen, "Murder in Miniature" (Crooked Lane Books, 2025)
When we meet Maple Bishop in the first book in her series, Death in the Details, she is reeling from a series of life-changing circumstances. Rural Vermont in 1946 doesn’t have much use for a childles...Show More
2) Lucy Pick, "The Queen’s Companion" (Cuidono Press, 2025)
Eleanor of Aquitaine is best known as the wife of England’s Henry II, the mother of his numerous children—including two kings, Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, of Magna Carta fame—...Show More
3) Meghana V. Nayak, "Tilt: A Novel on Intergenerational Trauma" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)
Kavya is an Indian-American professor and single mother struggling with debilitating panic attacks. Bombarded by flashbacks of cruelty and violence that disrupt her everyday life, she is left with no ...Show More
4) Catherine Merridale, "Moscow Underground" (HarperColins, 2025)
Moscow Underground (HarperCollins, 2025) by Dr. Catherine Merridale is a sweeping novel of life, death and politics in the quicksand world of Stalin's tyranny. Moscow's glittering new subway is under...Show More
5) Kathleen Kaufman, "The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey" (Kensington Books, 2025)
This fascinating novel—dual-time historical with a fantastical overlay, based in part on the life of the author’s great-grandfather, a nineteenth-century charlatan—follows the career of a young Scotsw...Show More
6) Sarah Landenwich, "The Fire Concerto" (Union Square Publishing, 2025)
This compelling debut novel explores the interconnected lives of three acclaimed female concert pianists: Clara Bishop; her teacher, Zofia Mikorska; and their nineteenth-century predecessor, Constanti...Show More
7) Dennard Dayle, "How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel" (Henry Holt, 2025)
How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not just for territory, but for the soul of America.How ...Show More
8) Jack Wang, "The Riveter" (HarperVia, 2025)
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author Jack Wang about his novel, The Riveter (HarperVia, 2025). In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic ...Show More
9) Karen Swan, "The Midnight Secret" (Macmillan, 2025)
Keeping details straight while writing a chronologically organized series is difficult enough. Focusing four full-length novels on the events of a single group experience in a single year, with back s...Show More
10) Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)
For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers...Show More