Fall invites us to slow down, light a candle, and step into distant times through a fine novel’s embrace. Whether you crave lush family sagas, sweeping romances tangled in politics, or stories of courage and survival in history’s darkest hours, these five historical fictions will carry you away — layer by layer — into worlds you’ll never quite want to leave.
5 Historical Fiction Novels To Get Lost In This Fall
1. The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton
A single rare book binds together three women across time — a Harvard-bound Cuban teacher, a 1960s librarian in Castro’s Havana, and a modern London antiquarian — as each confronts love, loss, and the risk of preserving memory.
2. The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
Two rival actors cast in a Jane Austen film find themselves magically transported to Regency England, forcing them to improvise their way through courtship, propriety, and a budding—and unexpected—love.
3. The Blackest Time by Ken Tentarelli
In plague-ridden 14th-century Florence, an apprentice apothecary named Gino risks everything to tend to the sick, nourish hope, and discover that love can root itself even in the darkest ages.
4. Amity by Nathan Harris
In post–Civil War New Orleans, a self-educated Black man reluctantly leaves his service position to accompany a woman and her child on a perilous steamboat journey across the desert, testing how far faith and courage can take you.
5. At Last by Marisa Silver
In mid-20th-century America, two formidable widowed mothers clash and intertwine when their children marry, each battling legacy and longing as their shared granddaughter becomes the unlikely center of their rivalry and devotion.
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