Biographical fiction
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By: Emily Franklin
The Lioness of Boston
$28.95HardcoverAdd to cart“Brings Isabella Stewart Gardner fully, intimately alive–irrepressible and avid for life. In this richly compelling novel, Emily Franklin beautifully conjures this extraordinary woman and her world.”
- Author: Franklin, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1567927408
- Language: English
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By: Emma Donoghue
Learned by Heart
$28.00HardcoverRead more“A wrenching love story” (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from th
- Author: Donoghue, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0316564435
- Language: English
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By: Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy… [more below]
- Author: O’Farrell, Maggie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1984898876
- Language: English
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By: Benjamin Labatut
The MANIAC
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartNamed One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly – One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 – A National Bestseller – A New York Times Editor’s Choice pick – Nom
- Author: Labatut, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593654471
- Language: English
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By: Jason Reynolds
There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)
$18.99HardcoverAdd to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literar
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book- Author: Reynolds, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1534439447
- Language: English
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The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner
$10.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+
This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Appleg
- Series: One and Only
- Author: Applegate, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 06, 2015
- ISBN10: 0061992275
- Language: English
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By: Huguley, Piper
By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America’s most famous wedding dre
- Author: Huguley, Piper
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0063059746
- Language: English
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By: Anna Lee Huber
Sisters of Fortune: A Riveting Historical Novel of the Titanic Based on True History
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartReaders of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé will be captivated as the USA Today bestselling author expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this vivid, surprising, emotionally powerfu
- Author: Huber, Anna Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 1496742699
- Language: English
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By: Eliza Knight
Can’t We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartAward-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063282909
- Language: English
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Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestsellin
- Author: Thornton, Stephanie Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593198425
- Language: English
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By: Marie Benedict
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
$29.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick!
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! “Historical fiction at it- Author: Benedict, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0593414241
- Language: English
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By: Knight, Eliza
Starring Adele Astaire
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartUSA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage—with and without her also famous brother Fred A
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063209209
- Language: English
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By: Andrea Penrose
The Diamond of London: A Fascinating Historical Novel of the Regency Based on True History
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cart“What a life Lady Hester had!…Simply sparkles!” –Kate Quinn, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Diamond Eye
Fans of Shana Abé, Theresa Ann Fowler, and Fiona Davis will be captivated by the u- Author: Penrose, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1496744209
- Language: English
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The Engineer’s Wife
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartTHE USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
She built the Brooklyn Bridge, so why don’t you know her name?
Emily Roebling built a monument for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow. Disco
- Author: Wood, Tracey Enerson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 1728226252
- Language: English
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By: Stephen Greco
Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartTHE CAN’T MISS READ-ALONG FOR FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS!
“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” –Shana Abé, New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor “A rollic- Author: Greco, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 149673744X
- Language: English
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Susanna’s Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartTHE REVOLUTION RESTS IN HER HANDS
As the former Colonies struggle for freedom, the American Revolution is in the hands of a brave and resourceful teenage girl.
At sixteen, Susanna Bolling is like Amer- Series: Sagebrush Publishing
- Author: McNamee, Libby Carty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: July 04, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732220204
- Language: English
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By: Kathleen Rooney
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartNOW A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a- Author: Rooney, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 03, 2018
- ISBN10: 1250151163
- Language: English
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By: Penny Haw
The Woman at the Wheel
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- Author: Haw, Penny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1728257735
- Language: English
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By: Bennett, Sj
The Windsor Knot
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” – New York Times Book Review
“[A] pitch-perfect murder mystery…
- Series: Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1
- Author: Bennett, Sj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063050013
- Language: English
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By: Rachel Cantor
Half-Life of a Stolen Sister
$27.00HardcoverRead moreReimagines the lives of the Brontë siblings–Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and brother Branwell–from their precocious childhoods, to the writing of their great novels, to their early deaths.
A form-shatter- Author: Cantor, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1641294647
- Language: English


















