Sylvia’s Lovers – Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell is a historical romance set during the Napoleonic Wars, weaving love, betrayal, and duty in a Yorkshire whaling town.
Classics
Historical
Romance
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Fantasy
Historical
Science Fiction
The Thief of Time – John Boyne (2000)
An immortal man journeys through centuries of love, loss, and history, watching time pass and humanity repeat itself, unable to change fate but unable to look away.
Historical
Psychological
The Spire – William Golding (1964)
Dean Jocelin is obsessed with constructing an impossibly high spire atop a cathedral, testing his faith, ambition, and the limits of human endurance.
Historical
Rules for Virgins – Amy Tan (2011)
In 1912 Shanghai, a seasoned courtesan trains a young girl in the seductive arts of illusion, power, and survival in a world where desire is currency and love is a trap.
Historical
Mystery
Supernatural
Crippen – John Boyne (2004)
A chilling transatlantic chase unfolds as a fugitive doctor and his disguised lover sail toward freedom, unaware that justice follows just a wave behind.
Historical
Mystery
Romance
Next of Kin – John Boyne (2006)
A gripping tale of inheritance, deceit, and moral reckoning unfolds in 1930s England, where ambition turns deadly and secrets buried with the dead refuse to stay silent.
Adventure
Historical
Romance
Cleopatra – H Rider Haggard (1851)
Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard follows Harmachis, an Egyptian prince destined to overthrow Cleopatra, but entangled in her allure and Egypt’s political turmoil.
Historical
Mystery
The Paris Express – Emma Donoghue (2025)
A doomed train races toward Paris, carrying secrets, strangers, and fate - a gripping journey where every heartbeat counts and not all passengers will reach the end.
Classics
Historical
Romance
The Blythes Are Quoted – Lucy Maud Montgomery (2009)
Through poetry, mystery, and war’s shadow, the final chapter in Anne’s journey reveals a haunting, poignant meditation on memory, loss, and the quiet endurance of love.
Historical
Romance
Life Mask – Emma Donoghue (2004)
A dazzling tale of art, ambition, and hidden desires set in 18th-century London, where love and reputation balance precariously on society’s gilded stage.