Tag: Historical Fiction

• The Personal Librarian

  

  A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation.

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  August 8, 2021

  Book of the Month Selection, Historical Fiction, Reviews

  2021 Release, Author: A-D, Best Book of 2021, Book of the Month, Book Review, Historical Fiction, Rating: 5 stars

• The Night Watchman

  

  Based upon Erdrich’s grandfather’s life as a night watchman and a tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota as he fights the Native American dispossession in the 1950s.

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  April 12, 2021

  Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Reviews

  2020 Release, Author: J-N, BIPOC Author, Historical Fiction, Indigineous Literature, Literary Fiction, Rating: 3.5 stars

• The Rose Code

  

  A heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.

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  March 17, 2021

  Historical Fiction, Reviews

  2021 Release, Author: O-R, Best Book of 2021, Gifted, Historical Fiction, Rating: 5 stars

• Fifty Words for Rain

  

  Nori, a young, biracial girl ends up living with her grandparents after her mother abandons her at their front gate. Mom disappears. An embarrassment to her aristocratic family due to her race, Nori is hidden away until her brother arrives and becomes her ally.

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  January 18, 2021

  Historical Fiction, Reviews

  2020 Release, Author: J-N, BIPOC Author, Book Review, Debut Author, Historical Fiction, Rating: 2 stars