The extra-long sunny days and relaxed pace of summer make this season an ideal time to delve into richer, more immersive novels. Enter historical fiction books. This expansive genre-which is arguably ...

In this immersive historical fiction Helen Humphreys richly imagines the robust inner life of naturalist and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1861) inspired by the journals he kept from 1837 ...

The days are long, but this summer’s bounty of historical fiction will remind you that the years are short. By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the ...