| | | This Month's Best New Historical Fiction | | Our goal at BookBub is to help you find amazing new books to read every day. We're testing out new monthly emails that will highlight the best recent releases in your favorite genres. If you'd like to continue receiving this email, you don't need to do anything. If you're not interested, you can opt out by clicking here. Finally, if you have any feedback about this new offering, please reply to this email — we'd love to hear from you! |  | | | | | | Table for Two | | By Amor Towles | | | | | | The wildly popular New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway is back with a story collection highly anticipated by The New York Times Book Review, Time, Reader's Digest, and more! Set in Golden Age Hollywood and New York City, these dazzling tales explore marriage, fateful encounters, and more. "Superb… This may be Towles's best book yet" (Los Angeles Times). | | | |  | | | | | | The House on Biscayne Bay | | By Chanel Cleeton | | | | | | From the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club pick Next Year in Havana comes a spellbinding dual-timeline novel that Kate Quinn calls "a smashing success!" After World War I, a wealthy industrialist and his wife construct Marbrisa, a glamorous waterfront estate in Miami. Years later, Carmen arrives at Marbrisa to reconnect with her estranged sister — but the house's dark past puts her in unexpected danger… "Brilliant" (Natasha Lester). | | | |  | | | | | | Finding Margaret Fuller | | By Allison Pataki | | | | | | Good Morning America and Entertainment Weekly recommend this "epic and inspiring story of an incredible woman who should never be forgotten" (Kristin Harmel): A New York Times bestselling author brings to life trailblazing journalist and writer Margaret Fuller as she searches for adventure, defies societal expectations, and fights for women's rights. Marie Benedict says this remarkable book "promises to transform every reader it touches." | | | |  | | | | | | All We Were Promised | | By Ashton Lattimore | | | | | | Don't miss this riveting novel that has captivated powerhouse historical fiction authors from Martha Hall Kelly ("a triumphant debut") to Lisa Wingate ("a beguiling story of friendship, deception, and women crossing boundaries in the name of freedom"). In pre–Civil War Philadelphia, Charlotte — a maid hiding a dangerous family secret — and abolitionist Nell risk everything to help a woman escape her enslavers. | | | |  | | | | | | The Lost Book of Bonn | | By Brianna Labuskes | | | | | | Fans of Kate Quinn will devour this page-turner from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books! After World War II, librarian Emmy is sent to Germany to catalog precious literature stolen by Nazis. But a mysterious handwritten dedication sends her on a quest to unravel a story of courage, betrayal, and resistance… Madeline Martin raves, "Brianna Labuskes has done it again with another powerful book about books that historical fiction fans will adore." | | | |  | | | | | | The Stone Home | | By Crystal Hana Kim | | | | | | In this "propulsive" family drama (People) recommended by Min Jin Lee, the arrival of a stranger forces Eunju to reckon with the dark truth of her past in South Korea… Hailed as "a formidable talent" (Publishers Weekly starred review), a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree "brings to life a forgotten moment in South Korean history with haunting and cinematic beauty" (New York Times bestselling author Cathy Park Hong). | | | |  | | | | | | Glorious Exploits | | By Ferdia Lennon | | | | | | Travel to ancient Sicily in the pages of this "outstandingly original debut" (Emma Donoghue, author of Room) that offers "a stunning (and stunningly fun) meditation on companionship, humanity, and the role of performance in keeping us all afloat" (The Washington Post). During the Peloponnesian War, two unemployed potters recruit imprisoned soldiers to stage plays in exchange for food — with extraordinary results. "Never before has history been such a riot, and so indelibly endearing" (Associated Press). | | | |  | | | | | | This dazzling new book from an award-winning author has received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews! When a minister is sent to a remote island on the Scottish coast, he's tasked with evicting the only remaining occupant — setting off a series of events that transforms his world in surprising ways. Anthony Doerr raves, "Clear is a compact, taut, and brilliant novel with an ingenious premise… I loved every page." | | | |  | | | | | | All Our Yesterdays | | By Joel H. Morris | | | | | | If you loved Hamnet, pick up this "thoroughly engrossing" novel (New York Times bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler) set in 11th-century Scotland, which imagines the early life of one of literature's most iconic figures: Lady Macbeth. A "beautiful interpretation, which is so rich in its descriptions and well-crafted characters" (Kirkus Reviews starred review). | | | |  | | | | | | The Divorcées | | By Rowan Beaird | | | | | | A "compelling" debut (Lauren Groff) hotly anticipated by Entertainment Weekly, People, and more: In 1950s Nevada, women who want a divorce are required to complete a six-week residency at a "divorce ranch." When Lois arrives at the Golden Yarrow, she strikes up an unlikely and life-altering friendship… "The abundance of descriptive detail brings alive both the divorcées and the desert landscape in which they're mired" (The New York Times Book Review). | | | | | |
