The fictional stories based in history. Some of them are so real you could almost believe that they really happened. Some so fantastical that you only wish they did.
Series
- The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer (The Ministry of Curiosities #1)
- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine (The Great Library #1)
- Ink, Iron, and Glass by Gwendolyn Clare (Ink, Iron and Glass #1)
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (Sands of Arawiya #1)
- Chain of Charms series by Kate Forsyth
- Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #21)
- Gene of Isis by Traci Harding (The Mystique Trilogy #1)
- Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori #1)
- His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers
- The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence (Roman Mysteries #1)
- Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee
- The Falconer series by Elizabeth May
Short story collections
Standalones – Novels
- Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Human Acts by Han Kang
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Standalones – Short stories
- The Face of the Killer by Violet Addison & David N. Smith
- His Last Victim by K.G. Anderson
- Mr. Splitfoot by Dale Bailey
- Wagers of Gold Mountain by Steve Berman
- Picking Up the Pieces by Pat Cadigan
- In the Wake of the Autumn Storm by Adrian Cole
- Ripper Familias by Terry Davis & Patrick Jones
- Blue Serge by Martin Edwards
- Signed Confession by Martin Feekins
- Kosher by Michael Gregorio
- Charged by Leanna Renee Hieber
- Boiling Point by Alex Howard
- Knowledge of Medicine by Erin N. Kennemer
- A Small Band of Dedicated Men by Andrew Lane
- Into the Mist For Ever by Rosemary Laurey
- Dear Boss by Nic Martin
- A Child of the Darkness by Brett McBean
- The Keys to the Door by William Meikle
- A Head for Murder by Keith Moray
- Flowers of the Chapel by Sarah Morrison
- Bertie by Barbara Nadel
- Martha by Columbkill Noonan
- Phosphorus by Veronica Schanoes
- Trespass by Sally Spedding
- Point of No Return by Jennifer St Giles
- Monkeys by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Unwanted Women of Surrey by Kaaron Warren
- The Jewel in the Toad Queen’s Crown by Jane Yolen
