Historical Fiction

Set against the harsh, mesmerizing landscape of the last Ice Age, The Land of Painted Caves brings a magnificent conclusion to Jean M. Auel's epic Earth's Children series. The story continues to follow Ayla, a remarkable woman—a huntress, healer, and rule-breaker who was separated from her own people as a child and has spent her life fighting for survival and belonging. Now faced with an overwhelming sense of destiny that pulls against the needs of her heart, Ayla’s hunger for knowledge and experience of the prehistoric world will lead her to discoveries that change her life forever. 

Author: Jean M. Auel

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Set against the vibrant, turbulent backdrop of 1960s Indonesia, this extraordinary historical drama follows two orphaned brothers torn apart by destiny. While Johan is raised in the luxury of Kuala Lumpur by a wealthy Malaysian couple, his younger brother, Adam, grows up in a simple Indonesian coastal town, adopted by a gentle Dutch painter named Karl. As political unrest ignites and post-colonial hostility sweeps the nation, Karl is abruptly arrested by military soldiers. Armed with determination and haunted by memories of his estranged brother, sixteen-year-old Adam embarks on a desperate, high-stakes quest to find his father. 

Author: Tash Aw

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Set in 1973 Cape Town, this exceptional debut novel follows eleven-year-old Marnus, a boy growing up in a prominent, elite Afrikaner military family. When a mysterious visitor named Mr. Smith arrives at their home, a quiet but irreversible shift shatters Marnus's world, exposing a deep undercurrent of hypocrisy and disillusionment. Serving as a poignant indictment of apartheid's complex realities, this deeply moving work safely secures its place alongside the finest masterpieces of South African literature.

Author: Mark Behr

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A breathtaking Victorian epic of friendship, survival, and exotic wonders that was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize. In Jamrach's Menagerie, Carol Birch brings 1857 London brilliantly to life through young Jaffy Brown, who is plucked from the jaws of an escaped tiger by the legendary exotic animal collector, Mr. Jamrach. Soon, Jaffy is swept onto a high-seas voyage bound for the Dutch East Indies on a treacherous mission that will push his friendships, sanity, and will to survive to their absolute limits. A beautifully written, fast-paced literary adventure.

Author: Carol Birch

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Zee Miller, a minister's restless daughter, dreams of becoming a movie star, and Doyle Lawrence, the son of a wealthy lawyer, is expected to follow his father in the practice of law. But the high school friends enter a caldron of conflict when war breaks out and changes everyone's plans. 

Author: James Scott Bell

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Baruch Kotler is a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand, his opponents expose his affair with a younger woman. Seeking refuge, he and his mistress flee to Yalta—the very place where he spent time fifty years earlier in a Soviet gulag. But Yalta has changed, and Kotler's past is not as buried as he thought. When he is unexpectedly confronted with the man who denounced him to the KGB decades ago, he is forced to reckon with both his history and his present. 

Author: David Bezmozgis

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Dive into a heart-stopping race across Europe as ex-justice department agent Cotton Malone hunts for the legendary lost treasure of the Knights Templar. To find it, Malone must crack a series of ancient puzzles that have baffled experts for centuries, all while staying one step ahead of a ruthless rival prepared to commit the ultimate crime for the ultimate prize. Hailed by the New York Times for raising the stakes of the genre, this masterfully plotted suspense thriller is packed with historical secrets that could bring the modern world to its knees.

Author: Steve Berry

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Lady Jocelyn MacCallum had always believed she would marry for love. But the price of her brother's freedom was to become fearsome Connor MacLerie's new bride - a bargain that could cost Jocelyn her life. From the moment she looked into Connor's smouldering eyes, Jocelyn began to hope that the rumours surrounding his first wife's death were false. His reputation was as wild and untamed as the Scottish moors. Would she find a way to reach the man beneath that forbidding exterior?

Author: Terri Brisbin (Mills & Boon)

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A highly acclaimed historical novel by the Irish author Sebastian Barry. It is widely regarded as one of the most poignant and powerful depictions of the Irish experience during the First World War.

Author: Sebastian Barry

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Author: Pat Barker

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Anna Blair, author of best-selling Tea at Miss Cranston's, has written 22 short stories, with very different settings: some in her native Scotland, some in Malaysia where she lived for a few years and others from North America where she has grandchildren. Some of her Scottish stories have a historical context, but most of the stories were prompted by some incident or encounter which left her wondering what might have led up to it, or what might follow. The stories are often deeply touching, but her gentle sense of humour prevents them becoming sentimental. The varied geographical and cultural settings add a richness to the collection.

Author: Anna Blair

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Sent on a mission deep into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his vision of the world turned upside down. The familiar English countryside is not what it seems; threatening spirits, birds of omen and plants of power lurk in this landscape of unseen terrors and mysterious forces. With Wulf, a sorcerer and mystic, as his guide, Wat is instructed in the magical lore of plants, runes, fate and life force until finally he journeys to the spirit world on a quest to encounter the true nature of his own soul.

Author: Brian Bates

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