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    Walrus With A Gold Tooth

    In the two decades between the Second World War and the Great Alaska Earthquake, Anchorage grew by a factor of 10. Money was, quite literally, washing down the street. The economic boom was so great that all you needed to make a million dollars was a...
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    The Mystery of Sarah Slater

    Hired by the Confederate government in Richmond when it was already in its death throes, Sarah Slater was the perfect agent for a courier between Richmond and the Confederate outpost in Montreal, Canada.  Beautiful of face, curvaceous in form,...
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  • When the Sky Rained Dust When the Sky Rained Dust
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    When the Sky Rained Dust

    Fourteen-year-old Josh and his friend Shan are facing hard times on their families' farms in Central Texas in 1934. It's the days of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and rain is as scarce as money. With the long dry spell have come wild animals with...
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  • Chasing Tumbleweeds Chasing Tumbleweeds
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    Chasing Tumbleweeds

    The sagebrush prairie passed by outside the bus window and the landscape grew dim in the fading sunset, leaving his hometown far behind. Maybe the tumbleweeds swirling in the wind alongside the bus were an omen; time would scatter bad memories just like...
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  • The Justice Brigade The Justice Brigade
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    The Justice Brigade

    Throughout history, and in today's times, there has always been conflict between the pursuit of law and order and citizens' concepts of justice. Ideally, the two virtues should be served by a single authority but in the early days of Montana Territory,...
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  • Rupert of Hesse Rupert of Hesse
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    Rupert of Hesse

    The book is about the naval arms race between Great Britain and Germany in 1906 to 1914. Both wanted to build more Dreadnoughts than the other. Germany needed to know how many Great Britain planned to build, and they found a close friend of Queen...
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  • The Death Master Chronicles The Death Master Chronicles
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    The Death Master Chronicles

    This is the second book of the Death Master Chronicles series. The author has written this story about the principle character, Henri Madariaga, who is the son of H. E. Rasske, the hero of The Ultimatum, Book One of The Death Master Chronicles. It tells...
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  • The Chinese Contract The Chinese Contract
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    The Chinese Contract

    A traumatic year awaits the international team with Moa Zedong needing engineers and opening the door to let in his paper tigers. Barney and Allie Smith of the United States arrive in Peking at gunpoint and finally make their way south by rail to the...
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  • Thirteenth Summer Thirteenth Summer
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    Thirteenth Summer

    More fun and adventure on the Carolina Coast. Sarah Bowers and her family return to Beaufort in the summer of 1945. Papa Tom takes his grandchildren to the health department for a vaccination which will prevent typhoid fever. The grandfather's bravery...
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  • Fourteenth Summer Fourteenth Summer
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    Fourteenth Summer

    So begins the search for a suitable bride... Sarah fancies her Uncle Herb lonely and in need of a wife. With the aid of Granny Jewel and her friend Nancy, they set about to find the perfect young woman. Sarah soon realizes it is not quite as simple as...
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  • The Menedacus Legacy The Menedacus Legacy
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    The Menedacus Legacy

    Lisa Davis, a strong willed Journalist is kidnapped while she is on assignment and taken to the shores of the ocean. Her kidnapper is trying to convince her she has gone back in time, a part of his plan to capture a major Cartel Lord that wants Lisa. A...
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  • A Piazza for Sant'antonio A Piazza for Sant'antonio
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    A Piazza for Sant'antonio

    A New Decade, and New Stories IN PAUL SALSINI?S FIRST NOVEL of this series, The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany (first place winner, Council for Wisconsin Writers and Midwest Independent Publishers Association), terrified villagers were trapped in a...
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  • The Shadow Whistler The Shadow Whistler
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    The Shadow Whistler

    The normally quiet life in a small, rural town is ripped apart by a series of strange and violent deaths. The sight of brutally dismembered bodies is becoming disturbingly commonplace in a place where this sort of crime was once unthinkable. All the...
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  • Yes, You Are Home Yes, You Are Home
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    Yes, You Are Home

    When scientists discover an eyewitness?s memoir and film footage of the creation and subsequent history of Earth, an opportunity presents for humans to answer the most baffling questions they have confronted. The story is told in six vignettes of...
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  • The Buenavida America The Buenavida America
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    The Buenavida America

    The Buenavida America continues to follow The Buenavida Dilemma and The Death of the Brown Americano by describing the trials and successes of the Buenavida family from 1900 to the present in New Mexico and the southwest in general. A central theme of...
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    The Curse of Abigail Buckley

    Ninety-three-year-old Abigail Buckley, who may or may not be in control of all her faculties, is prepared to reveal the skeletons in the family closet to her great-niece, Dawn, who stands to inherit the family’s considerable wealth. After claiming...
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  • The Duke Legacy The Duke Legacy
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    The Duke Legacy

    Washington Duke is very young when he first realizes there is racial discrimination in the South. Living outside of Hillsboro, North Carolina, in the mid-1820s, he is one of ten children in a family that shares the wilderness with bears, rattlesnakes,...
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  • The Oldest Son The Oldest Son
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    The Oldest Son

    March 3, 1945, turns into a fateful night of horror for a young American Marine caught in the onslaught of Japanese fire on Iwo Jima. But worse than the machine-gun wounds that he sustains is a reality that he will bury, a mental and psychological scar...
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  • Westwords Westwords
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    Westwords

    Fifteen-year-old Weston Newcomb is fairly surprised when he passes the early entrance exam into the university at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in May of 1943. But the escape from his home in Loris is welcome. Skipping his senior year at a small town high...
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  • The Temple Curtain The Temple Curtain
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    The Temple Curtain

    Twelve-year-old Nathan lives in first-century Jerusalem with his family. More than anything, he wants to follow in his father?s footsteps and serve God as a priest in the temple. But since he is crippled and uses crutches, Nathan knows that it is...
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  • The Tears of Lady Liberty The Tears of Lady Liberty
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    The Tears of Lady Liberty

    This historical novel is a cautionary tale intended to emphasize how history repeats in liberty's battle against tyranny. It spans four dramatic timeframes of the French Revolution's "reign of terror," the American Civil War, the Prague Spring Uprising...
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  • From Tolerable to Tempting From Tolerable to Tempting
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    From Tolerable to Tempting

    Another wonderful regency from Ms. Solomon... this time, in the tradition of Abigail Reynolds, a Pride and Prejudice variation that should have you both smiling and weeping. What would happen, one wonders, if Mr. Bennet were to die, leaving Lizzie...
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  • Lydia`s War Lydia`s War
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    Lydia`s War

    Lydia`s War, is the enthralling story, of how one seemingly immature and hotheaded young woman, blossoms into a confident and manipulative schemer, in just a few short years. Forced to work within Hitler`s own countryside retreat, as the Nazi Party...
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  • Beowulf ~ An Epic Poem Beowulf ~ An Epic Poem
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    Beowulf ~ An Epic Poem

    Beowulf~ An Epic Poem is the ancient heroic Norse tale of the mighty Beowulf who is called upon to save the Danes from the tyranny of the dreaded monster Grendel. Beowulf is young, fearless and uses his prodigious strength and cunning to defeat whoever...
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  • The Silent People The Silent People
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    The Silent People

    In Ireland in 1826 millions knew only famine, oppression and degradation. The landlords ground down the tenant famers; tithe wars and injustice were rife.But Dualta Duane battles against tyranny, struggling to survive the evils of hunger, poverty and...
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  • The Scorching Wind The Scorching Wind
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    The Scorching Wind

    This is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years which followed. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers the agony of Ireland during these harrowing times is witnessed.It is the time of...
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  • Seek the Fair Land Seek the Fair Land
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    Seek the Fair Land

    It is 1649. As the English soldiers trample the Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill.Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been...
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  • The Forgotten Story The Forgotten Story
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    The Forgotten Story

    In December, 1898, a barquentine was wrecked on the Cornish coast near Falmouth. This is "the forgotten story" of some of the people who came unexpectedly to be passengers in the ship on her last voyage, of their loves and hates, and how a young boy is...
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  • The Grove of Eagles The Grove of Eagles
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    The Grove of Eagles

    In 1588 the Spanish Armada had been defeated in the English Channel and the whole of Elizabethan England was alert for the revenge that surely had to follow.Men like John Killigrew, commanding a key position on the Cornish coast, were vital to the...
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  • Mihael Krešimir II Mihael Krešimir II
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    Mihael Krešimir II

    This is a historical story about the Croatian king Mihael Krešimir II. according to the events that took place in the turbulent 10th century during the reign of King Michael and his wife Queen Jelena.the story tells about chivalry and the power of...
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    Marcus the Last Living Roman

    In 88 B.C. King Mithradates Eupator VI of Pontus ordered the murders of every man, woman, and child of Latin heritage in all of Asia Minor {Today's Turkey} and the Aegean Cyclades. A state organized genocide or murder of Romans covering half a continent...
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  • The Siege of Sparta The Siege of Sparta
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    The Siege of Sparta

    The Siege of Sparta is a gripping historical novel that brings to life one of the most dramatic moments in ancient history - the defense of Sparta in 272 BC. At its heart is Prince Acrotatus, a young Spartan noble thrust into a role that will test his...
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  • The Immortal Samurai The Immortal Samurai
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    The Immortal Samurai

    The Immortal Samurai is a historical novel that vividly reimagines the life and legacy of Saito Musashibo Benkei, one of Japan's most legendary warrior-monks. Based on true events, the story unfolds around Benkei's iconic last stand on a narrow bridge,...
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  • Amongst My Enemies, auf Deutsch Amongst My Enemies, auf Deutsch
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    Amongst My Enemies, auf Deutsch

    Tote Männer geben keine Geheimnisse preis... Oder doch? Im Inneren eines gesunkenen rostigen deutschen U-Boots befinden sich Goldbarren in Millionenhöhe, gestohlene Kunstwerke und ein Geheimnis, das die NATO zerreißen kann. 4.5 Sterne auf 857 US...
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  • The Wretched Spy The Wretched Spy
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    The Wretched Spy

    Within the city walls, a monster hunt rages. Outside, an army marches.For Ahsan and the beast hiding under his skin, the safest place to hide is behind enemy lines. These days, the trick is knowing where that is. When the Blight Hunt comes to Sippar,...
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  • To So Few - Overlord To So Few - Overlord
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    To So Few - Overlord

    Overlord is the tenth book of Cap Parlier's epic To So Few series of historical novels.The year 1943 proved to be a pivotal point in the Allied prosecution of the war against the Axis powers in Europe. The Western Allies cleared and secured North Africa,...
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  • Dawn Empress Dawn Empress
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    Dawn Empress

    As Rome reels under barbarian assaults, a young girl must step up…After the Emperor’s unexpected death, ambitious men eye the Eastern Roman throne occupied by seven-year-old Theodosius II. His older sister Princess Pulcheria faces a stark...
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  • KRONIEK VAN DONKERHOEK KRONIEK VAN DONKERHOEK
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    KRONIEK VAN DONKERHOEK

    Die end van die twintigste eeu het die einde gesien van wat breedweg genoem word die apartheidsbestel. Vir die Afrikanervolk was dit traumaties. Baie is landuit. Van die agtergeblewenes het skepties-gelate die nuwe bestel aanvaar en gewerk aan 'n nuwe...
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  • Time Never Runs Back Time Never Runs Back
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    Time Never Runs Back

    This twisting tale, the sequel to the author's "Ring Around the Sun," takes Coot Boldt and Narlow Montgomery back to their childhood in the wilds of the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico Territory and west Texas. The story tracks their days tending...
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  • Bidsprinkaan Bidsprinkaan
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    Bidsprinkaan

    Gebaseer op die historiese figuur Kupido Kakkerlak (c. 1760 - c. 1825) se lewe. Kupido is nie gebore nie, 'n arend het hom gebring. In daardie tyd het ook 'n bidsprinkaan verskyn: 'n teken van die gode. Wonderwerke het soos optelgoed op die aarde...
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  • Jake's Fortune Jake's Fortune
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    Jake's Fortune

    Historical Fiction At Its BestRay Comfort and Anna Jackson have crafted a compelling novel of mystery and romance that breathes with suspense and intrigue. Greed over gold, a cold-blooded murder, overwhelming bitterness, abiding faith, romantic love,...
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  • More Tales of Gold and Myrrh More Tales of Gold and Myrrh
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    More Tales of Gold and Myrrh

    Eight more short stories of rural and village life in late nineteenth century Silesia, and especially of the trials and tribulations of school teachers. "Somewhere on your path stands fortune and it waits for you! It waits for you, just do not walk past...
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  • Ya'acov's Well Ya'acov's Well
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    Ya'acov's Well

    The year is 1 AD.The setting is Samaria, in the Roman province of Judaea.Mara is the beautiful youngest daughter in a poor family, seeking her place in a world where she has always been the underdog. When Yelsaventa, a rich girl from a Romanised family,...
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Historical Fiction Books | Buy Historical Novels & New Releases Online at BookLoop

Step into the past with the finest collection of historical fiction books at BookLoop. Whether you are drawn to sweeping epics, intimate love stories, or novels that bring forgotten voices to life, our collection allows you to explore the world’s most fascinating eras through powerful storytelling. At BookLoop, we make it easy to buy books online with fast delivery across Australia, giving readers access to both timeless classics and trending new releases in historical fiction.

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Our shelves are filled with novels by some of the most acclaimed and bestselling authors in historical fiction. From Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall series to Ken Follett’s sweeping epics such as The Pillars of the Earth, you’ll find the perfect read to immerse yourself in history. Fans of Philippa Gregory’s Tudor novels and Geraldine Brooks’ Australian historical fiction will also discover a wide range of titles to enjoy. If you love Australian voices, authors like Kate Morton continue to deliver gripping stories set against richly imagined backdrops, making her novels some of the most popular historical fiction books in Australia.

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At BookLoop, we pride ourselves on being one of Australia’s favourite places to buy books online. Our historical fiction collection is curated with care, featuring both new releases and bestsellers that readers across the country are searching for. Whether you are looking for literary fiction, historical romance, or adventure-driven stories, our collection ensures there is something for every reader. Book clubs searching for novels that spark conversation will also find endless choices in our carefully selected titles.

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Historical fiction continues to be one of the most popular genres, and BookLoop ensures you never miss out on the latest trending books. Explore new releases from international favourites and Australian authors alike. From epic sagas spanning generations to intimate family dramas, historical fiction offers something unique for every kind of reader. If you are searching for the best historical novels to add to your library, BookLoop has you covered.

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BookLoop is more than just a bookstore. We connect readers with stories that matter, offering a wide selection of books across every genre. Our historical fiction range highlights authors who bring history to life in unforgettable ways, whether through bestselling novels, book club favourites, or powerful debuts. With a focus on quality storytelling and seamless online shopping, we make it easy to find your next unforgettable read.

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What are the best historical fiction books right now?

Some of the best historical fiction books trending today include works by Kate Morton, Ken Follett, Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory, and Geraldine Brooks, alongside new Australian releases that are quickly gaining attention.

Can I buy Australian historical fiction books at BookLoop?

Yes. BookLoop features a wide range of Australian historical fiction books, from award-winning authors like Geraldine Brooks to modern bestsellers by Kate Morton.

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Readers love historical fiction because it combines the richness of history with the emotional power of storytelling, allowing them to experience past worlds in a deeply personal way.

Does BookLoop offer new releases in historical fiction?

Absolutely. We regularly update our catalogue with new releases from both Australian and international authors, ensuring you have access to the latest bestselling books in historical fiction.