Historical Fiction that takes place in America
Explore the best historical fiction books set in America. Discover captivating novels that bring U.S. history to life, from colonial times to the 20th century. Perfect for history buffs and fiction lovers alike!
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The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent
Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried, and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. This is the haunting story …
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The Winter Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East …
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On Agate Hill
by Lee Smith
Molly Petree, orphaned by the Civil War, is by her own definition "a spitfire and a burden. I do not care. My family is a …
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The Glory Cloak
by Patricia O'Brien
From childhood, Susan Gray and her cousin Louisa May Alcott have shared a safe, insular world of adventures—a world that begins to evaporate with the …
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Cane River
by Lalita Tademy
The "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick--the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family's …
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Red River
by Lalita Tademy
The lives of three generations of two African-American families intertwine in the aftermath of the Civil War as newly freed slaves struggle to build new …
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A Million Nightingales
by Susan Straight
From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother …
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Property
by Valerie Martin
WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE • Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of Mary Reilly presents a …
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of …
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The Widow of the South
by Robert Hicks
Carnton Plantation, 1894: Carrie McGavock is an old woman who tends the graves of the almost 1,500 soldiers buried there. As she walks among the …
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A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy," this Printz Honor Book effortlessly weaves romance, history, and …
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Voodoo Dreams
by Jewell P. Rhodes
The story of Marie Laveau, a legendary nineteenth-century New Orleans voodoo queen.
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An Inconvenient Wife
by Megan Chance
AN INCONVENIENT WIFE is a rich blend of suspense, social history (America in the 1880s), and passion. Chance delivers a powerfully written page-turner about a …
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The Emancipator's Wife
by Barbara Hambly
As a girl growing up in Kentucky, she lived a sheltered, privileged life filled with picnics and plantation balls. Vivacious, impulsive, and intoxicated by politics, …
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Patriot Hearts
by Barbara Hambly
The triumphs and turmoil of early America are revealed through fictional portraits of four women--Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings, and Dolley Madison--who played key …
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Mina
by Jonatha Ceely
"Mina" places readers in the vividly rendered below-stairs world of a 19th-century English country manor house. Here, a young Irish immigrant may briefly hide from …
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One Thousand White Women
by Jim Fergus
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through …
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Gatsby's Girl
by Caroline Preston
A historical novel based on the life and times of Ginevra King, F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love and muse, reflects on what her life would …
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The Tea Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled …