Historical Fiction
Recently published historical novels with a rich variety of settings and time periods.
(Updated June 2025)
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Wandering Stars
A Cheyenne boy survives the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, but the effects of trauma are passed down for generations, leading to the events in Orange’s award-winning first novel, There There.
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A Council of Dolls
Three generations of Dakota women from the 19th century to the present-day experience trauma and fight for survival and healing.
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The American Daughters
An enslaved girl in antebellum New Orleans is drawn to a clandestine female resistance group.
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women
A woman in 15th century China learns the art of medicine from her grandparents and struggles to use her skills after marrying into a prominent family.
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
Ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to 19th century London to contemporary Turkey, the lives of different characters are connected by water and a lost poem.
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The House of Doors
In 1921, the novelist W. Somerset Maugham and his secretary Gerald travel to Penang, Malaya and stay in the home of a married couple. Complications ensue, described in lush prose.
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A Thousand Times Before
From Partition-era India to contemporary Brooklyn, this family saga follows three generations of mothers and daughters connected by a mysterious tapestry.
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Good Dirt
As Ebony Freeman escapes to France to heal from her dramatic breakup and the brutal murder of her brother when they were children, she learns the storied history of a family heirloom dating back to enslavement.
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Mutual Interest
Ambition, capitalism and queer romance set against the backdrop of Gilded Age New York City.
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The Lotus Shoes
The intertwined lives of a maidservant and a wealthy woman in 19th century China.
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