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Zeal by Morgan Jerkins

Discover how Morgan Jerkins' historical fiction novel, Zeal, explores love, legacy, and Black history across 150 years.

Perspective by Laurent Binet

Explore Laurent Binet’s Perspective, an epistolary historical novel set in Renaissance Florence, where art, murder, and power collide through letters from iconic figures like Michelangelo, Vasari, and Maria de’ Medici.

The Elopement by Gill Hornby

Discover a detailed review of The Elopement by Gill Hornby—a poignant, Austen-inspired historical romance filled with emotional complexity, period authenticity, and a story of love and rebellion set in Regency England.

Malinalli by Veronica Chapa

Discover Malinalli by Veronica Chapa, a haunting debut that fuses magical realism with historical fiction to reclaim the voice of one of history’s most misunderstood women.

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray brings Jessie Redmon Fauset’s untold story to life, capturing her journey as an editor, mentor, and writer at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. This historical fiction novel illuminates an overlooked literary pioneer and her struggles with love, ambition, and race in 1920s America.

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Dreamland by Olivie Blake

A broke actress takes a job watching a rich man's son for ten thousand dollars a month. He is kept locked in a room, sedated, and something else is living inside him. Olivie Blake's Los Angeles horror novel is furious and funny and about three structural tricks too many.

Reliquary by Hannah Whitten

Her fiance dies of an aneurysm shaped like tentacles, and his family invites her to their island for four days to celebrate his life. Hannah Whitten leaves romantasy for cosmic horror, and the scariest thing in the book is how kind everyone is.

Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard

A sex columnist whose readers have all settled down needs a boyfriend by the end of the quarter. The news reporter she meets at a bar needs a plus-one for his ex's wedding. Joss Richard's second novel is funnier and sadder than its premise promises.

A Summer of Stars by Liana Cincotti

A disgraced tennis champion and the actor who once called her an excuse for a player are contractually dating for four months. Liana Cincotti's traditional debut is sharper about public shaming than it is about tennis.

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