Travel the Historical World with These November Historical Fiction New Releases

Release date: Nov 5, 2024

In medieval Provence, a young woman named Eleanore hones her skills as a midwife and herbalist. She’s as surprised as anyone when the personal physician to Pope Clement agrees to take her on as an apprentice. It’s far more than Eleanore ever could’ve hoped for. The opportunity is incredible, but just as she’s beginning to settle into her new role, the plague comes to Europe. Now Eleanore and her mentor must work twice as hard just as a pregnant prisoner awaiting trial arrives—an accused queen who only Eleanore can treat.

Release date: Nov 6, 2024

Forced to flee her home country after the Nazi invasion of France, Noor trains as a wireless operator. Her fluent French makes her an ideal undercover operative, and soon she’s being sent back to Paris as part of a prestigious spy network. The work is treacherous, and as her fellow agents are captured one by one, Noon becomes convinced there’s a traitor in their midst. With only Noon left standing, she’ll have to maintain the network and connections alone, even as the Nazis’ search draws ever closer.

Release date: Nov 12, 2024

In the elite society of 1920’s French-colonial Vietnam, four friends—Duy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond—run some of Vietnam’s biggest and most formidable businesses. But when one of them is murdered, the twisted threads of secrets, motives, and truth begin to unravel. As each of them becomes more suspect in the days leading up to the murder, it becomes clear that the real force of evil at work here is the colonialism that has overtaken and reshaped Vietnam in France’s image.

Release date: Nov 12, 2024

On the picturesque Italian island of Tavalli, a film set becomes a crime scene when the two leading ladies discover the crew are up to some illegal dealings behind the scenes. Vivienne Rhodes and Lottie Lawerence are rivals on and off screen, vying for the same roles and even the same men. But when they find themselves on the run with key evidence of illegal activity on set, they’ll have to work together to stay ahead of all the crooks and crooked cops on their trail.

Release date: Nov 12, 2024

In this meticulously researched WWII historical fiction novel, Adriana Ellegri sheds light on the horrifying Nazi-run baby factory known as Hochland Home. Allina, a local girl hiding her birth mother’s Jewish heritage, soon begins to work for the Lebensborn Program, where women of “pure” German heritage gave birth to perfect Aryan babies adopted out to Nazi families. This program of eugenics is horrifying enough on the surface, but when Allina discovers the neglect going on in Hochland Home, she’s determined to save these children as well as herself from the future the Nazis have envisioned.

Release date: Nov 12, 2024

A young novelist traveling from Japan to Taiwan in the 1930s meets a kindred spirit in her interpreter, a woman even younger than she is. Despite their connection, something keeps them apart. It’s not until they’re separated that Chizuko begins to understand why Chizuru has always held herself slightly apart.

Release date: Nov 19, 2024

Touring on the Vaudeville circuit after a life in show business with her family’s traveling band, Lucille knows a thing or two about life on the road. It’s hard, but for Lucille, it’s worth it. So with dreams of Broadway and a new talent manager, she becomes the front lady for Miss Lucille’s Black Troubadours. Every one of the Troubadours is battling their own demons, though, and when a dark secret from the past implicated Lucille’s father, it puts them all in danger.