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A Novel of Old New York
by Francis Spufford
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by Dennard Dayle
Published Jun 2026
Read ReviewsA cutting, revealing caricature of the American Civil War, told through the eyes of a white teenager who joins an all-Black regiment of soldiers, for fans of Colson Whitehead and James McBride.
by Francis Spufford
Published Mar 2026
Read ReviewsA spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz—from "one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction" (The Washington Post).
by Francis Spufford
Published Feb 2025
Read ReviewsFrom "one of the most original minds in contemporary literature" (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a noirish detective novel set in the 1920s that reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.
by Benjamin Labatut
Published Oct 2024
Read ReviewsFrom one of contemporary literature's most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the impact of his singular legacy on the dreams and nightmares of the twentieth century and the nascent age of AI
by Leyna Krow
Published Jul 2023
Read ReviewsThe propulsive story of three scheming opportunists - a banker, a conman, and a woman with an extraordinary gift - whose lives collide in the wake of a devastating fire in the American West.
The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins
by Antonia Hodgson
Published Mar 2017
Read ReviewsIn a new Georgianera mystery by Antonia Hodgson, the follow-up to The Devil in the Marshalsea, Tom Hawkins prays for a royal pardon as he relives the espionage, underground dealings, and murder accusations that sent him to the gallows.
by Antonia Hodgson
Published Jun 2014
Read ReviewsThrilling new historical fiction starring a scoundrel with a heart of gold and set in the darkest debtors' prison in Georgian London, where people fall dead as quickly as they fall in love and no one is as they seem.
by Lyndsay Faye
Published Mar 2013
Read Reviews1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever.
by Dominic Smith
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the award-winning author of The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre and The Beautiful Miscellaneous comes a sweeping historical novel set amid the skyscrapers of 1890s Chicago and the far-flung islands of the South Pacific.
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