Historical fiction set outside of the UK, US, or Canada

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House of Monstrous Women
Daphne Fama

336 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark tense medium-paced

House of Monstrous Women

Daphne Fama

336 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical horror dark tense medium-paced

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
I Survived Graphic Novels #10

Lauren Tarshis

160 pages • hardcover (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

I Survived Graphic Novels #10

Lauren Tarshis

160 pages • hardcover

fiction graphic novel historical

Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez

Of Love and Other Demons
Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (Translator)

147 pages • paperback • 1994 (editions)

fiction classics historical magical realism dark sad medium-paced

Of Love and Other Demons

Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (Translator)

147 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction classics historical magical realism dark sad medium-paced

The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong

402 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

402 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

A Resistance of Witches
Morgan Ryan

409 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

A Resistance of Witches

Morgan Ryan

409 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

The Abyss
Marguerite Yourcenar with Grace Frick (Translator)

374 pages • paperback • 1968 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced

The Abyss

Marguerite Yourcenar with Grace Frick (Translator)

374 pages • paperback • 1968

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced

No One Prayed Over Their Graves by Khaled Khalifa

No One Prayed Over Their Graves
Khaled Khalifa with Neil Shah (Narrator)

18 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

No One Prayed Over Their Graves

Khaled Khalifa with Neil Shah (Narrator)

18 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Velorio
Xavier Navarro Aquino with Gil René Rodríguez (Narrator), Diana Pou (Narrator), Yetta Gottesman (Narrator), Jesús E. Martínez (Narrator), Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez (Narrator), Vico Ortiz (Narrator), María Victoria Martínez (Narrator)

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Velorio

Xavier Navarro Aquino with Gil René Rodríguez (Narrator), Diana Pou (Narrator), Yetta Gottesman (Narrator), Jesús E. Martínez (Narrator), Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez (Narrator), Vico Ortiz (Narrator), María Victoria Martínez (Narrator)

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary horror literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Kevin Shen (Narrator), Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

5 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Kevin Shen (Narrator), Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

5 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time by José Andrés

We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
José Andrés with Richard Wolffe

10 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time

José Andrés with Richard Wolffe

10 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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