New historical fiction
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For November's new fiction, I've gathered together some of the most highly-anticipated tales set in history. This list has something for everybody: family drama, an international detective case, war and peace, and high court shenanigans. All in the service of a great month to read.
What's that? You're refraining from reading novels this month because you'll be writing a novel instead? Go, you! Here's your library's guide to NaNoWriMo.
1. This House is Mine by Dorte Hansen
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2. Desolation Flats by Andrew Hunt
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3. The Gun Room by Georgina Harding
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A young English photographer’s life is forever altered by bearing witness, particularly to the aftermath of a U.S. raid on a village during the Vietnam War. There, he captures an image of an American soldier that becomes a powerful war photograph, intentionally symbolizing the agony of war and unintentionally exposing how photojournalism is also wounding. - Booklist Reviews
Reserve4. The Spy by Paulo Coelho
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The fictional memoir of a woman who paid the ultimate price for daring to defy convention in a time and a place where a war was raging, and justice was consequently distorted. Coelho uses Mata Hari’s story to illustrate how an individual’s fate can be caught up in the effort by the powers-that-be to distract the public from the horrific realities of their circumstances. - Booklist Reviews
Reserve5. Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
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