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Historical Fiction September 2023 |
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| King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-TannerWhat it is: a compelling and character-driven debut novel about a young Chinese American man's coming-of-age after being quarantined for Hansen's Disease (known historically as leprosy) and the strange kind of freedom he finds away from his family.
Read it for: the complex characters and sincere portrayal of a lesser-known part of the immigrant experience.
For fans of: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. |
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Learned by Heart
by Emma Donoghue
Based on a true story and a five-million-word secret journal, this extraordinary work of fiction follows an orphaned heiress, banished from India to England, and a brilliant, troublesome tomboy who meet at the Manor School for young ladies in 1805 York where they fall secretly, deeply and dangerous in love.
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| Hotel Laguna by Nicola HarrisonWhat it's about: Hazel Francis got a taste for freedom while building airplanes during the Allied war effort, and in an effort to keep her independence she reinvents herself, heading to a then bohemian community in Laguna Beach to make a life that's unquestionably her own.
Reviewers say: "Harrison's story of self-determination is one to savor" (Publishers Weekly).
About the author: Nicola Harrison's previous books include the Ziegfeld Follies novel The Show Girl and Montauk, which follows wealthy vacationers on Long Island on the cusp of the Great Depression. |
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An Honest Man
by Michael Koryta
A man who gained infamy after murdering his own father ten years prior discovers seven murdered men on his yacht, in the new thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead.
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| Three Fires by Denise MinaWhat it is: an atmospheric and character-driven portrayal of the rise and fall of 15th-century friar Girolamo Savonarola, whose religious fanaticism took Medici-dominated Florence by storm, culminating in the 1497 "Bonfire of the Vanities" and Savonarola's eventual execution.
Read it for: the vivid historical details and lyrical prose.
Reviewers say: "This is a triumph" (Publishers Weekly). |
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The Fraud
by Zadie Smith
In 1873 Victorian London, with the city mesmerized by the “Tichborne Trial,” wherein a lower-class butcher from Australia claims he is the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title, Mrs. Eliza Touchet becomes determined to find out if he's really who he says he is or if he's a fraud.
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Never Back Down: A Faulkner Family Thriller
by Christopher Swann
Hunting the one man who puts fear into her heart—and who could destroy everything she loves—Susannah Faulkner, who has lived a dangerous and violent life, journeys across the U.S., contending with both new and old friends and foes, to take down her evil equal.
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| A Right Worthy Woman by Ruth P. WatsonWhat it's about: the true story of Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a former slave whose determination and business investment acumen led to her becoming the first Black woman to both charter a bank and to serve as a bank's president.
About the author: Ruth P. Watson is a novelist whose work includes plays, juvenile and adult fiction, the latter of which includes the Blackberry Days of Summer series.
You might also like: Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander; The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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