Spooky season is still going strong, so here are a handful of new Young Adult horror reads! My four picks include a a creepy town […]
Historical Fiction Roundup: Marianne Wiggins and Jane Smiley
Yee-haw! Welcome to the American West, via two terrific historical fiction novels! If you want a sweeping saga set in California in the first half […]
Historical Fiction from the Recent Past
When most people think of historical fiction, they picture books set in the regency era, or perhaps WWII, since that seems to be a very […]
Women’s History Month 2023: Historical Fiction by and about Women
March is Women’s History Month, and the Matchmakers team has created a list of historical fiction titles by women authors, with women as the heroes […]
Vintage Cookbooks Drive the Plot: Elinor Lipman and Karma Brown
One way to time-travel is to peruse a vintage cookbook, follow the recipe, whip up some crazy food nobody eats anymore, and eat up the […]
Best Fiction of 2022
December is the month to look back at the year as it’s drawing to a close. I’m thinking about my favorite fiction from this past […]
Historical Mystery Series Set in India (Times Two!)
I adore historical fiction and I adore whodunnit mysteries, so I’m never happier than when I have discovered a new historical mystery series. I have […]
Historical Fiction: Ann Leary
Have you ever read a historical fiction novel that deals with the eugenics movement in the U.S. in the early part of the twentieth century? No, […]
YA Historical Fiction for Pride Month
Travel through history with pride this month with these YA novels that write queer people back into history, exactly where they belong. Begin in 1893 […]
