I’m looking forward to a lot of the 2021 historical fiction releases that will be released soon. There’s a bunch of exciting new titles on the horizon covering a range of time periods. I’m personally most excited about Kate Quinn’s upcoming novel, The Rose Code, and I’m curious about Laura Pucell’s The Shape of Darkness as well.
This is a list of some of the Best Historical Fiction Books for 2021. I’ll be updating this list as new titles are announces and books are further reviewed and released!
Have anything to add? Which of these books are you looking forward to?
For more books coming soon, see the list of Upcoming New Release Books.
The Sunflower Sisters
What It's About: In Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of her ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse who joins the war effort during the Civil War, and how her calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Ann-May Wilson, a southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists...Publication Date: March 30, 2021
What It's About: In Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of her ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse who joins the war effort during the Civil War, and how her calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Ann-May Wilson, a southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists...Publication Date: March 30, 2021
Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War
What It's About: Publication Date: January 5, 2021
What It's About: Publication Date: January 5, 2021
The Children's Train
What It's About: Publication Date: January 12, 2021Publication Date: January 12, 2021
What It's About: Publication Date: January 12, 2021Publication Date: January 12, 2021
Shouldn’t you include the Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin coming out in January 2021? Based upon a true story.
added, thank you! :)
An earlier book about the blizzard with the same title has already been written! It was very good
Yes, I have read that one, too. I am surprised this new book would have the same name.
Enjoy historic fiction
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell should be included! It was one of the best books I have ever read!
I loved it too, but it was released in 2020 and this list is just for books released in 2021!
Have you read anything by Laurie R. King? She has the Mary Russel series, and a new one coming out this June “Castle Shade”. I’m really looking forward to it! Some of my absolute favorite books!
I would also include Surviving Savannah
by Henry, Patti Callahan.
Thank you for the list!
thank you for the suggestions!
Where’s mine? I the Eye of the Beholder was published in June and has gotten great reviews.
I’m looking forward to reading “Tell the Bees that I’ve Gone” by Diana Gabaldon coming out on November 23rd, 2021. The latest in the Outlander series.
ooo great suggestion, I’ve added it to the list!