Annotated lists of books receiving at least one starred review from one of four major review sources: Booklist, Kirkus, LJ and PW. The review source assigns the star.
(lists of new and notable books - lists are sortable and can be downloaded)
Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless otherwise noted.
Historical fiction is loosely defined on this page - a book set 25 years ago may qualify for inclusion.
Categories on this page include general (period setting), romance, and also worthy of note (time slip, alternate history, generational sagas, etc.)
American Historical Fiction
Book List
Historical Fiction
for Children & Adults
Historical
Fiction Bibliography
Historical
Mysteries
Soon's Historical
Fiction Site
Uchronia: Alternate History
Yahoo
- Historical Fiction
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