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Historical Fiction
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The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet by Maureen Gibbon

The Lost Notebook of Édouard Manet

Maureen Gibbon

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Take The Long Way Home by Rochelle Alers

Take The Long Way Home

Rochelle Alers

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

565 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

264 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

Forbidden

Old West #1

Beverly Jenkins

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional slow-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

176 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Small Island by Andrea Levy

Small Island

Andrea Levy

441 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Remembered

Yvonne Battle-Felton

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

370 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

403 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced