The 20th century looms large in this selection of five new historical novels. Momentous events — the sinking of the Titanic, ...

Left to run her husband’s gristmill with an elderly Black couple who chose to remain there as employees, she seems mainly ...

Yaa Gyasi’s historical fiction reveals the human cost of erased histories, confronting generational trauma and giving voice ...

These powerful quotes from historical fiction books prove that the past is never truly gone—and that its lessons still shape ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

Where it's novels or non-fiction you're after, here are our picks of the best reads this year Despite our poor, ...

Some books make you think. Others make you laugh. But the ones that truly stay with you? They make you feel—deeply, intensely, and sometimes painfully. Historical fiction is known for doing just ...

In our survey about the best books since 1996, a number of authors split the vote — among their own titles. Here are 10 ...

These fascinating reads offer new insights and perspectives into the Vietnam War that you probably never got from history ...