Historical Fiction

Translated by Ruth Martin A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran.1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order...

Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television but years later she is still stuck in a cramped tenement with her husband,...

A powerful feminist folktale rooted in Ugandan historySmart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by...

Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women. On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around...

A feminist literary classic by one of Africa's greatest writersFirst published in 1979, The Joys of Motherhood is the story of Nnu Ego, a Nigerian woman struggling in a patriarchal...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARDLibertie Sampson was named by her father as he lay dying, in honour...

Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. Palestine,...