New Books in Historical Fiction Podcast
1) S.J. Bennett, "The Queen Who Came in from the Cold" (Crooked Lane Books, 2025)
Amateur detectives come in many forms. Owning a bookstore or a bakery, running a charming country inn, working in a library—even owning a cat or a dog—puts a character into the category of potential s...Show More
2) Zeenath Khan, "The Sirens of September" (India Penguin, 2025)
A sweeping historical coming-of-age novel set against India’s 1948 takeover of Hyderabad, The Sirens of September (India Penguin, 2025) shifts between the palaces of princely Hyderabad, the refugee ca...Show More
3) Maren Halvorsen, "The Bailiff’s Wife" (Cuidono Press, 2025)
Despite the long-held perception that medieval and early modern women were as quiet, pious, and obedient as society expected them to be, the truth is more complex. The Bailiff’s Wife (Cuidono Press, 2...Show More
4) William Cooper, "The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld" (Dlnp, 2025)
Donald Rumsfeld was a major player in American history. In this riveting alternative history, he's put on trial for his role in the United States 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld...Show More
5) 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
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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