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Historical Fiction

The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa

January 17, 2026 by NorthShore Noir Press

Set in 1990s Lima during Fujimori’s corrupt presidency, two wealthy married couples become entangled in blackmail, political corruption, and murder after the wives begin a passionate bisexual affair.

Categories Crime, Historical Fiction, Intrigue/Thriller, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Suspense

Moon At Nine by Deborah Ellis

January 15, 2026 by NorthShore Noir Press

In 1988 Tehran, fifteen-year-old Farrin falls in love with Sadira, a new student at her school, and they face devastating consequences in a country where homosexuality is punishable by death

Categories Award Winner, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Historical Fiction, Romance, YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Hermione by Hilda Doolittle

January 6, 2026 by NorthShore Noir Press

A modernist poet’s semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman in her twenties discovering her identity, sexuality, and artistic voice through an intense friendship with another woman while engaged to Ezra Pound.

Categories Autobiographical Fiction, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Historical Fiction, Literary History, Vintage

Despised And Rejected (Gay Modern Classics) by A.T. Fitzroy; Rose Laure Allatini

May 9, 2025 by NorthShore Noir Press

Despised And Rejected (Gay Modern Classics) | A.T. Fitzroy; Rose Laure Allatini | This novel, written by Rose Allatini under the pseudonym A.T. Fitzroy, is a landmark in gay and lesbian literature, and in the literature of pacifism.

Categories Fiction, Historical Fiction

A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford

May 9, 2025 by NorthShore Noir Press

A Compass Error | Sybille Bedford | In this sequel to The Favourite of the Gods, seventeen-year-old Flavia, on her own in the south of France in the late 1930s, lives with the confidence

Categories Coming of Age, Historical Fiction

A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error (NYRB Classics) by Sybille Bedford

May 9, 2025 by NorthShore Noir Press

A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error (NYRB Classics) | Sybille Bedford | A Favourite of the Gods is the story of two generations of a single family, united by a strong matrilineal bond but divided by the customs of their di

Categories Coming of Age, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Matrix by Lauren Groff

May 17, 2025August 5, 2021 by NorthShore Noir Press

Matrix | Lauren Groff | Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France

Categories Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Outlawed by North, Anna

May 17, 2025January 30, 2021 by NorthShore Noir Press

North, Anna | Outlawed | In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada’s life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves wor

Categories Historical Fiction

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

May 17, 2025January 7, 2021 by NorthShore Noir Press

Emma Donoghue | The Pull of the Stars | In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in ‘Donoghue’s best nov

Categories Fiction, Historical Fiction Tags Good

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

May 17, 2025January 7, 2021 by NorthShore Noir Press

V.E. Schwab | The Invisible Life of Addie Larue | In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s gen

Categories Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tags Good
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