Where can I buy historical fiction books online in the UK?

Historical Fiction at Ever After Books: an independent bookshop in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria selling new, second hand and antiquarian books online at everafterbooks.uk and on the high street, with UK delivery.

How do I find my next historical fiction read?

Browse the new releases and bestsellers on this page, borrow from the community reading lists, or take the free Book Matchmaker quiz at everafterbooks.uk/what-should-i-read for personalised recommendations.

Historical Fiction Books | New Releases, Bestsellers & Community Lists

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The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

£2.99

Moon Witch, Spider King: Dark Star Trilogy 2

Marlon James

£6.99

The Darkening Globe

Naomi Kelsey

£2.99

The Marriage Portrait: the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

Maggie O'Farrell

£5.49

The Crow Folk: The Witches of Woodville 1

Mark Stay

£10.44

Babes in the Wood: The Witches of Woodville 2

Mark Stay

£9.49

Cosima Unfortunate Foils a Fraud

Laura Noakes, Flavia Sorrentino

£7.59

The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel

Antonio Iturbe

£16.14

Spirited

Julie Cohen

£16.14

The Prophets: a New York Times Bestseller

Robert Jones Jr.

£18.99

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

£9.49

I Am Not Raymond Wallace

Sam Kenyon

£11.39

Historical bestsellers

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11.22.63

Stephen King

£12.34

Operation Mincemeat

Ben MacIntyre

£10.99

Violeta

Isabel Allende

£9.49

Orphans of the Storm

Imrie Celia

£9.49

Lady Macbethad

Isabelle Schuler

£14.99

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

Spice level 1 of 5: Glimpses and kisses

£22.12

Once a Monster: A reimagining of the legend of the Minotaur

Robert Dinsdale

£18.04

The Sin Eater: Megan Campisi

Megan Campisi

£10.44

The Secrets of the Lake

Liz Trenow

£8.54

War Lord: Book 13 (The Last Kingdom Series)

Bernard Cornwell

£9.49

last kingdom,the (Warrior Chronicles)

Bernard Cornwell

£9.49

Dark Tides: The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tidelands

Philippa Gregory

£9.49

Community Shelves

made by book lovers

Sweeping Stories for a Long Walk

curated by Henry Beaumont

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

£10.44

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize 2022

Shehan Karunatilaka

£9.49

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

£10.44

The Covenant of Water: An Oprah’s Book Club Selection

Abraham Verghese

£10.44

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

£9.49

Historical Fiction That Transports You

curated by Henry Beaumont

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

£9.49

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

£9.49

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

£12.34

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

£9.49

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