Best Historical Novels of 2014

by Jeffery Renard Allen

If there’s any justice, Allen’s visionary work, as startlingly inventive as one of his subject’s performances, should propel... Full review >

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by Francine Prose

Brilliant and dazzling Prose. Full review >

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by Sarah Waters

Waters keeps getting better, if that’s even possible after the sheer perfection of her earlier novels. Full review >

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by Bruce Holbert

A masterpiece. Full review >

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by Laila Lalami

Adding a new spin to a familiar story, Lalami offers an utterly believable, entertainingly told alternative to the... Full review >

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by Lily King

A small gem, disturbing and haunting. Full review >

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by Jude Morgan

A tour de force. Full review >

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by Jessie Burton

With its oblique storytelling, crescendo of female empowerment and wrenching ending, this novel establishes Burton as a... Full review >

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by Anthony Doerr

Doerr captures the sights and sounds of wartime and focuses, refreshingly, on the innate goodness of his major characters. Full review >

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