Historical Fiction in America
Explore the best American historical fiction books, featuring captivating stories set in pivotal moments of U.S. history. Discover must-read novels that bring America's past to life.
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Sons of Yocahu
by Gloria Bond
"When Christopher Columbus landed on the island known as Hispaniola, he discovered the magnificent culture of the Tainan people, a people who believed in peace …
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the …
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The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
One of the great detective novels of all time, "The Secret Agent", written in 1903, is a magisterial thriller of terrorists and police in London …
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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the …
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; …
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East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition In his journal, Nobel …
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America and Americans, and Selected Nonfiction
by John Steinbeck
This is a unique selection of nonfiction work by the quintessential American writer.
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Journal of a Novel
by John Steinbeck
Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter …
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Elizabeth and After
by Matt Cohen
Two love stories, one past, one present, mirror each other in this highly acclaimed story of ambition, sex, memory and marriage. Set in small-town Ontario …
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The Bookseller
by Matt Cohen
A roman a trois in Toronto on a woman and two brothers, one a garage mechanic, the other a bookseller. By chance the bookseller meets …
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The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
Turning fifteen in Renaissance Florence, Alessandra Cecchi becomes intoxicated with the works of a young painter whom her father has brought to the city to …
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Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. There she finds …
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In the Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
1527. While the Papal city of Rome burns - brutally sacked by an invading army including Protestant heretics - two of her most interesting and …
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The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr
The story of an affluent white South African family during apartheid. Its narrator is the son of an Afrikaner general and he describes his growing …
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Embrace
by Mark Behr
EMBRACE is the story of the awakening of Karl De Man a thirteen-year-old student at the Berg, an exclusive academy for boys in South Africa …
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The Physician
by Noah Gordon
"Populated by engaging characters, rich in incicdent, and vivid in historical detail." THE NEW YORKTIMES BOOK REVIEW In the eleventh-century London, Rob Cole left poor, …
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Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
A simplified, abridged version of the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant …
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map …
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Chamán
by Noah Gordon
En esta saga familiar, Robert Jacobson Cole huye de Escocia para América con su hijo Robert Jefferson Cole, conocido como Chamán, para practicar medicina y …
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Elizabeth et après
by Matt Cohen
On imagine assez bien Woody Allen dans le rôle de Carl McKelvey, héros calamiteux mais parfaitement émouvant de cette chronique désenchantée. Carl revient chez lui, …