Fiction - Thrillers - Historical

From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, the inspiration for HBO's True Blood, comes "a gripping, twisty-turny, thrill ride of a read" (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author) following a young gunslinging mercenary on deadly mission...

The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer!In one of the most luxurious cities on earth...A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged...

'An absolute page-turner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Impossible to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'So many turns and twists' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Compelling' - David Baldacci *** Two deaths. Continents apart. A shocking murder in the most luxurious city on earth.An unexpected death that sends...

A whistle-blower. A witch hunt. A cover-up. Secret tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, and government corruption. Welcome to 1890s Paris - From Robert Harris, the bestselling author of Conclave NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction - Winner of the...

A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Anathem is perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked the world with Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. Now he imagines an alternate universe where scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A thunderous gallop of a war novel, a new classic, a best-in-class example of speculative fiction." --The New York Times Book Review The critically acclaimed author of the "crazily enjoyable" (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about...

Author: Daniel KrausPublisher: Atria BooksPublished: 05/12/2026Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.76dISBN: 9781668068519About the AuthorDaniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in The New York Times Book...

As Seen on The TODAY Show!Called One of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by New York Times * NPR * New York Post * Washington Post * Buzzfeed * South Florida Sun-Sentinel * Library Journal * CrimeReadsFrom the award-winning author of All...

A haunting tale of brotherhood, betrayal, and resilience in the face of defeat.Arkansas, 1927. When a late spring frost decimates the apple harvest, the Fitch family orchard collapses under the weight of ruin. Jesse Fitch, weary and pragmatic, prepares to leave the land behind...

Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance during the Renaissance in this novel based on the Assassin's Creed(TM) video game series. "I will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio...

Haunting, gorgeously descriptive, and spellbinding, At the Edge of the Woods is a magnificent and assured debut novel that delivers all the resonance and significance of an instant classic. Laura lives alone in a cabin deep within the Italian Alps, making her living translating...

Gary Jennings's Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, Aztec reveals the very depths of Aztec civilization from...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alive comes a pulse-pounding horror novel set in 18th century colonial America amid a reimagined French and Indian War, in which a member of the legendary Rogers' Rangers with indigenous ancestry must protect his father's...

The strange and tortured mind of the Victorian artist and patricide Richard Dadd, a painter of fairies who spent most of his life in psychiatric hospitals Jennifer Higgie presents a year in the life of Rich­ard Dadd, infamous inmate of one of England's most...

The towns aren't the only things disappearing...so are the girls.Western Massachusetts, 1938. As the state prepares to flood the Swift River Valley to create the Quabbin Reservoir, the once-thriving community has become a ghost town. With most homes and businesses burned to the ground...

Berlin Game begins with a plea from "Brahms Four," one of Britain's most valuable agents stationed in East Germany: He wants to cross the Iron Curtain and come to the West. Bernard Samson, the former field agent now stationed in London, is tasked with...

His name is Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit missionary come from Europe to the New World to bring the word of God to the heathen. He is given minimal aid by the governor of the vast territory that is proudly named New France but...

A Courtney series adventure - Book 3 in the Birds of Prey trilogy Jim sprang back on to the truck of the violently rocking wagon, and stared across at Manatasee. She saw him and pointed her assegai at his face. Then he saw the...

Len Deighton - one of the masters of twentieth-century espionage fiction -- combines his expertise as both historian and novelist in Bomber, the classic World War II novel that relates, in devastating detail, the twenty-four-hour story of an allied bombing raid.Skilled Royal Air Force...

An epic story of espionage, love and sacrifice. In 1970s Ethiopia, 13-year-old Elen, determined to escape her arranged marriage, secretly abandons her tiny village hoping to find her aunt living in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. Meanwhile, Girmai escapes his abusive stepmother after the...