Most Popular Historical Fiction Books of 2025

Discover popular Historical Fiction books published in 2025, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Redmond and Haze Mysteries #17

Murder of a Vampire

Irina Shapiro

Historical Fiction · Mystery

October 2, 2025

The Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow #22

A Day at the Races

C. S. Woolley

Cozy Mystery · Novella · Historical Fiction

March 18, 2025

The Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow #12

A Royal Wedding in Stickleback Hollow

C. S. Woolley

Cozy Mystery · Novella · Historical Fiction

February 25, 2025

Moriarty #1

Moriarty

Gavin Collinson

Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

May 20, 2025

Monstrous Gentry

Riding The Centaur Lord

Evangeline Priest

Fantasy · Centaur · Gaslamp Fantasy · Monster Romance · Alternate History

May 12, 2025

Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries #20

Who Will Remember

C. S. Harris

Historical Fiction · Mystery

April 15, 2025

The Amalfi Curse

Sarah Penner

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery

April 29, 2025

Calanthir – The Wyrm of Pemberley

Isobel Thorne

Fantasy · Dragons · Historical Fantasy · Jane Austen Retellings · Regency

April 19, 2025

The Austen Affair

Madeline Bell

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Jane Austen Retellings · Regency · Historical Fiction

September 16, 2025

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

Evie Woods

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Romance

March 27, 2025

The Secret Detective Agency #3

Murder Most British

Helena Dixon

Cozy Mystery · Historical Fiction · Mystery

November 6, 2025

The Secret Detective Agency #2

The Seaside Murders

Helena Dixon

Cozy Mystery · Historical Fiction · Mystery

April 30, 2025

The Secret Detective Agency #1

The Secret Detective Agency

Helena Dixon

Cozy Mystery · Historical Fiction · Mystery

March 24, 2025

Nora Breen Investigates #1

Murder at Gulls Nest

Jess Kidd

Cozy Mystery · Historical Fiction · Mystery

April 8, 2025

Blood on Her Tongue

Johanna van Veen

Horror · Gothic Horror · Vampires · Historical Fiction

March 25, 2025

The Artist of Blackberry Grange

Paulette Kennedy

Historical Fiction · Mystery · Romance

May 1, 2025

Ladies of the Wilderness #2

The Lady of Red River Valley

Gabrielle Meyer

Historical Fiction · Romance

July 21, 2025

Ladies of the Wilderness #1

The Fur Trader's Lady

Gabrielle Meyer

Historical Fiction · Romance

February 10, 2025

The Antidote

Karen Russell

Magical Realism · Historical Fiction

March 11, 2025

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones

Horror · Historical Fiction

March 18, 2025

Clean Fairytales for Adults

Dreams and Dragon Wings

Ashley Willingham

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dragons · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy

September 16, 2025

Once in a Wood

Hannah and the Nightingale

Sienna Peake

Fairy Tale Retellings · Regency · Historical Fiction · Retellings · Romance

September 25, 2025

Once in a Wood

Guinevere and the Three Brothers

Sienna Peake

Fairy Tale Retellings · Regency · Historical Fiction · Retellings · Romance

May 29, 2025

Once in a Wood

Rosalyn and the Wolf

Sienna Peake

Fairy Tale Retellings · Regency · Historical Fiction · Retellings · Romance

March 25, 2025

Once in a Wood

Pearl and the Baker

Sienna Peake

Fairy Tale Retellings · Regency · Historical Fiction · Retellings · Romance

January 23, 2025

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

Magical Realism · Historical Fiction

February 4, 2025

Time for Monsters

Seduced by the Shedu

Roslyn St. Clair

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Monster Romance · Historical Fiction · Romance

May 10, 2025

Operation Kinderspion #2

Max in the Land of Lies

Adam Gidwitz

Middle Grade · Adventure · Historical Fiction

February 25, 2025

Greenteeth

Molly O'Neill

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mythology

February 25, 2025

The Rome Escape Line Trilogy #2

The Ghosts of Rome

Joseph O'Connor

War & Military · Historical Fiction

February 4, 2025

Las Leonas #3

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

Adriana Herrera

Historical Fiction · Romance

February 4, 2025

Difficult Dukes #3

My Inconvenient Duke

Loretta Chase

Historical Fiction · Romance

January 21, 2025

Victorian Psycho

Virginia Feito

Horror · Historical Fiction

February 4, 2025

Ancestor Memories #1

Gate to Kagoshima

Poppy Kuroki

Fantasy · Romantasy · Historical Fiction

January 28, 2025

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · LGBTQ+ · Vampires

February 18, 2025

Fury of the Dragon’s Maiden

D.F. Jones

Fantasy · Dragons · Historical Fantasy · Romantasy · Shapeshifters

April 8, 2025