Whether it’s historical fact or fiction, this is a new area that has begun to fascinate me.
Non-fiction
- The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman
- The Inventions, Researches and Writing of Nikola Tesla by Nikola Tesla
Series
- A Captain of the Gate by John Birmingham (The Disappearance Companion)
- Chain of Charms series by Kate Forsyth
- Sekret series by Lindsay Smith
- First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung (Daughter of Cambodia #1)
- Lucky Child by Loung Ung (Daughter of Cambodia #2)
Standalones – Novels
- The Heart is a Burial Ground by Tamara Colchester
- Island of the Lost by Joan Druett
- Falling Pomegranate Seeds by Wendy J. Dunn
- The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson
- A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
- Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson
- The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
- The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
- A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
- The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper by Maxim Jakubowski & Nathan Braund
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
- Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
- Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
- Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
- Tough Mothers by Jason Porath
- Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus
- The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley
- Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
- The Mapmaker’s Wife by Robert Whitaker