There's something magnetic about historical novels that blur the line between fact and fiction. You get the drama, the characters, the storytelling - but underneath it all, there's real history. Real ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you some of our recent favorites, novels that bring you aboard the Titanic, our latest reviews, immersive Tudor mysteries, books that bring the ...

While actual time-travel remains the stuff of science fiction, well-researched historical fiction can fling the mind back through centuries and land you squarely in the action. And the rewards go far ...

With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England and Augustus the Strong in Central Europe, 17th-century Denmark, ...