Women's History Month - Historical Fiction for Adults

March is Women's History Month in the United States! Take a look at these historical fiction titles published since 2023, placed in rough chronological order so you can choose your era.

1860s/Civil War

• The Lost Wife, Susanna Moore, print | ebook
• The American Daughters, Maurice Carlos Ruffin*, print
• Let Us Descend, Jesmyn Ward, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

1870s

• Crow Mary, Kathleen Grissom, print | ebook
• Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips, print 

1880s-1910s

• Becoming Madam Secretary, Stephanie Dray*, print 
• A Sign of Her Own, Sarah Marsh, print
• Two Wars and a Wedding, Lauren Willig, print

​WWI

• Canary Girls, Jennifer Chiaverini, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

1920s

• Coleman Hill, Kim Coleman Foote, print 
• The Ways of Water, Teresa H. Janssen, print 
• The Roaring Days of Zora Lily, Noelle Salazar, print | eaudio
• Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

1930s

• The First Ladies, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

1940s/WWII

• Under the Cover of Mercy, Rebecca Connolly, print
• The Foxhole Victory Tour, Amy Lynn Green, print
• The Woman with a Purple Heart, Diane Hanks, print 
• Only the Beautiful, Susan Meissner, print | ebook | eaudio
• The Sound of Light, Sarah Sundin, print
• Good Night Irene, Luis Alberto Urrea, print | ebook | eaudio

1950s

• Can’t We Be Friends, Denny S. Bryce & Eliza Knight*, print 
• The House of Eve, Sadeqa Johnson, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
• Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?, Crystal Smith Paul, print | ebook | eaudio
• Stealing, Margaret Verble, print 

1960s/Vietnam

• The Women, Kristin Hannah, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

​*These books are quite new, and ebooks may be available in the future.