Reading Level: Adult Genre: Contemporary Fiction Length: 368 pages Publisher: MIRA Release Date: March 3, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0778309451 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed Audiobook from Audible Escapes Rating: 5/5 stars “Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural …
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Manga/Historical Fantasy Length: 384 pages Publisher: Kodansha Comics Release Date: December 17, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1632368034 Stand Alone or Series: 11th volume in the Vinland Saga series Source: Bought Rating: 5/5 stars “Thanks to his claim by lineage, the attackers surrounding Jomsborg want Thorfinn to be their …
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Steampunk Length: 72 pages Publisher: Anne Renwick Release Date: January 18, 2018 ASIN: B07942VJVS Stand Alone or Series: Short Story in the Elemental Steampunk series Source: Bought for Kindle Rating: 4/5 stars “Time has run out. Rules must be broken and her patron’s wrath risked. To …
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 400 pages Publisher: Philomel Books Release Date: February 2, 2016 ISBN-13: 978-0399160301 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars “World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate …
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 400 pages Publisher: Washington Square Press Release Date: May 29, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1501161933 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4/5 stars “Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her …
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 512 pages Publisher: Philomel Books Release Date: October 1, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0399160318 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: ARC through Amazon Vine Rating: 4/5 stars “Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, …
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Magical Realism Length: 256 pages Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Release Date: January 15, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0525517498 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: ARC through Amazon Vine Rating: 3/5 stars “Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant …
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Magical Realism/Historical Fiction Length: 360 pages Publisher: Soho Teen Release Date: June 18, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1641290340 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: ARC from Amazon Vine Rating: 5/5 stars “Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who …
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 8 hours and 37 minutes (336 pages) Publisher: Listening Library Release Date: March 3, 2015 ASIN: B00SZ1ZN76 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Audiobook from Audible.com Rating: 4/5 stars “In 1972 home is a cozy nest on Cape Cod for 11-year-old …
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction Length: 389 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: March 6, 2012 ASIN: B006IE2IO8 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Free for Kindle through Amazon Prime Rating: 4/5 stars “Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to …