Historical Fiction Archives - Book Club Babble

In 1947, war bride Ursula arrives in Minneapolis torn between guilt over leaving loved ones behind and her desire to start a new life, and a family. But the American dream proves elusive—she is struck with po... Read More...

Book Club Questions for Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain

Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions, Diversity, Reviews

In this absorbing sequel to The Takeaway Men, the story of Bronka and JoJo Lubinski continues, fraternal twins born in a displaced persons camp in Germany before immigrating to America who are coming of age and... Read More...

Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne – Reader’s Guide and Book Club Questions

Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions, Reviews

Looking for a book club read? Check out Rebecca Rosenberg's newest release Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne, and use this list of book club questions to guide your conversation. Champagne,... Read More...

Brandywood Small Town Romance Series – Smart, Sexy Storytelling

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Fans of Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley, meet Annabelle McCormack! You may recognize her name from a previous BCB post. Annabelle is also the author of the historical fiction series Windswept, but she's ventured... Read More...

Midnight on the Marne – An Interview with Sarah Adlakha

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Sarah Adlakha's sophomore novel, Midnight on the Marne, is a powerful story of love and sacrifice. Set predominantly in occupied France during WWI, the novel follows the interwoven lives of a French nurse doubl... Read More...

The Hardest Book – Guest Post by Annabelle McCormack

Tabitha Lord

Guest Writer, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, on Writing

I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Annabelle McCormack's debut historical fiction novel, Windswept, last year. You can check that post out HERE. So, when I heard the sequel was in the works, I couldn't... Read More...

Why I Don’t Mind the Gaps by Susanne Dunlap

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe

Historians and historical novelists have a lot in common. We both love the chase, the research. Tracking down that nugget of information that is so telling, so revealing of the time or the character or t... Read More...

An Interview with Suzanne Moyers, Author of ’Til All These Things Be Done

Tabitha Lord

Interviews

When her beloved father mysteriously vanishes, sixteen-year-old Leola Rideout has little time to question why. With the 1918 influenza epidemic in its second year, social turmoil raging across Texas, and povert... Read More...

Writing in Another Gender from Another Time – Guest Post by Abigail Cutter

Tabitha Lord

Guest Writer, Literary Lagniappe

When I read Abigail Cutter's historical, paranormal fiction novel Long Shadows, I immediately had all the questions! How did she think up the idea of a Civil War ghost haunting his old digs while a young couple... Read More...

Until We Meet – An Interview with Camille Di Maio

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Camille Di Maio's latest release, Until We Meet, is a beautifully crafted WWII novel centered around three women whose lives are irrevocably impacted by war. Themes of love, loss, friendship, and the changing ... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions for Good Morning, Midnight

Book Club Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Your Next Book Club Read – Snakes of St. Augustine by Ginger Pinholster

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Isola Book Review: Allegra Goodman's Powerful Story of Resilience

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

Book Club Questions for Children of Ever After by Avery Yearwood

Should you read YA book, Murder on a Summer Break?

Book Club Questions for Project Hail Mary

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – Book Club Questions for a Timeless Classic

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Bookstore Revival: A Nostalgic Journey Back to the Love of Reading

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

How To Write a Kick-Ass Love Scene

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Book Club Questions for Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain

Madame Pommery: Creator of Brut Champagne – Reader’s Guide and Book Club Questions

Brandywood Small Town Romance Series – Smart, Sexy Storytelling

Midnight on the Marne – An Interview with Sarah Adlakha

The Hardest Book – Guest Post by Annabelle McCormack

Why I Don’t Mind the Gaps by Susanne Dunlap

An Interview with Suzanne Moyers, Author of ’Til All These Things Be Done

Writing in Another Gender from Another Time – Guest Post by Abigail Cutter

Until We Meet – An Interview with Camille Di Maio

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