A Death After Dinner by David S. Pederson
$19.95A classic English country house mystery where a glamorous weekend gathering turns deadly, leaving a history professor to uncover a killer before an innocent man is condemned.
The Historical Fiction category transports readers across centuries and continents, blending the artistry of storytelling with the authenticity of lived history. Here you’ll find sweeping sagas and intimate portraits that reimagine the past through queer, feminist, and inclusive perspectives—stories that illuminate the struggles, passions, and triumphs of those who came before us. From ancient civilizations to pivotal moments of the 20th century, these novels invite readers to walk in the footsteps of rebels, lovers, and dreamers who defied convention and shaped their worlds in ways still felt today.
Whether you’re drawn to richly researched period dramas, reimagined queer histories, or modern retellings that give voice to those history overlooked, this collection celebrates the enduring power of story to keep memory—and truth—alive.
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A classic English country house mystery where a glamorous weekend gathering turns deadly, leaving a history professor to uncover a killer before an innocent man is condemned.

A haunting queer fantasy where a lighthouse keeper bound by a bargain with the devil must choose between protecting her sister, saving an unexpected love, and sacrificing her own soul.

A rebellious young noble accidentally joins a pirate crew and falls for its charismatic captain in this adventurous queer romance filled with sword fights, found family, and high-seas escapades.

A tender, queer historical novel set in 1968 NYC, following a bookseller, a mysterious drifter, and a ragtag community of radicals whose lives intertwine inside a subversive little bookstore. A story of love, hope, and found family in turbulent times.

A Cold War–era artist confronts desire, identity, and unraveling truths in this moody, atmospheric queer literary novel set in 1989 London.

A chance meeting in Paris sparks a decades-spanning love story shaped by longing and missed chances. A sweeping sapphic romance about the lives we almost live.

A tender, quietly powerful novel about a man rebuilding his life after Angola prison—one small act, one honest choice, one fragile connection at a time. A story of faith, queerness, routine, and the slow work of becoming someone others can trust.

A gifted woman confined to a sinister asylum after tragedy and accusations of witchcraft discovers forbidden love and terrifying secrets in this atmospheric queer gothic historical novel.

A sweeping LGBTQ+ medieval fantasy filled with jousting, courtly romance, hidden identities, and daring adventure, as one young woman risks everything to compete as a knight and win the heart of the woman she loves.

A gifted Sicilian performer rises from poverty to international fame in the worlds of theater and silent film, where he finds passionate love amid the glamour and dangers of early twentieth-century queer life. Creatures of Light is a lush historical LGBTQ romance filled with artistry, ambition, and heartbreak.

A luminous, queer reimagining of biblical love and loss, Dayspring blends myth, memoir, and faith into a lyrical meditation on desire, devotion, and what it means to survive love’s divine ruin.

A haunting blend of queer speculative fiction, poetry, and feminist rage, Dead Boys in Space imagines the generation lost to AIDS not as gone, but as having vanished into the cosmos, leaving future queer generations to inherit their grief, memory, and unfinished stories.

Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice is a classic modernist novella exploring beauty, obsession, and artistic discipline through the tragic unraveling of an aging writer in a decadent, cholera-stricken Venice. A foundational work of queer literature and psychological fiction, it remains as unsettling and luminous today as when it was first published.
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A darkly elegant mystery set in 1960s Paris. Madeleine Rousseau reinvents herself among the city’s elite—until secrets, temptation, and a relentless investigator threaten everything she’s built. A seductive blend of psychological tension, Parisian glamour, and femme-fatale intrigue.

Duty, danger, and forbidden love collide in this thrilling installment of Nora Phoenix’s Irresistible Dragons series, as a reluctant young king fights for his clan, his future, and the man he’s loved for years.

A haunting blend of historical fiction, supernatural mystery, and gay romance set in 1955 America, where two unlikely companions embark on a journey that will uncover forgotten memories, hidden dangers, and an otherworldly force that refuses to let go.

A lyrical meditation on beauty, desire, and unfulfilled love. A quiet, intellectual queer novel where longing lingers long after the last page.

In a nineteenth-century Nova Scotia fishing village, a ruined man and a gentle giant find refuge—and love—in each other’s arms. Finding Harbor is a slow-burn queer historical romance filled with heart, healing, and hope.

A young bike messenger and her best friend race across 1968 New York City to unravel a deadly conspiracy in this fast-paced historical mystery filled with danger, secrets, and slow-burning sapphic romance.

A dazzling, layered debut that entwines the lives of E. M. Forster’s Egyptian lover and a Black queer writer in modern Brooklyn—exploring race, love, and identity through a stunning interplay of history and imagination. Hardcover

Spanning 1980s London and the decades that follow, I Remember Everything tells the story of Billie and the queer chosen family she builds during the AIDS crisis. Heartbreaking and deeply compassionate, this literary novel celebrates queer love, friendship, memory, and the lives that refuse to be forgotten.

A haunting blend of historical fiction, gothic fantasy, and sapphic romance, Little Wild follows two young women whose forbidden love awakens secrets, betrayal, and dark forces lurking beneath the English countryside.

A lyrical gay literature classic, Nights in Aruba explores coming out, Catholic guilt, aging, and the quiet reckoning that follows a life once lived in hiding.

In this lush historical fantasy of secrets and seduction, two men—an aristocrat bound by shame and a rogue hardened by loss—navigate love, betrayal, and the ghosts that bind them. Book 3 in Camille Duplessis’s Threads of Wyrd series.

Betrayed and handed over to the barbarians, a spoiled prince quickly learns that his inability to speak the common tongue may cost him his freedom—or lead him somewhere he never expected. As he struggles to communicate with the warrior assigned to watch over him, misunderstandings turn into connection in this queer-friendly romantic fantasy full of humor, culture clash, and unexpected heart.

A disgraced naval officer, his former lover, and a charismatic pirate collide in a high-stakes tale of ambition, rebellion, and queer love on the open sea.

A sweeping LGBTQ+ family saga spanning two decades, Replace The Sky explores buried secrets, first love, identity, and the enduring bonds that shape generations.

A queer Black teen mage challenges power, racism, and forbidden magic in an alternate 1937 America. Rust in the Root is a bold YA historical fantasy about resistance, identity, and reclaiming what was taken.

Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the International Booker Prize, Taiwan Travelogue is a beautifully layered sapphic historical novel exploring love, language, food, colonialism, and the hidden histories that shape human connection.

Two rival swordswomen. One impossible choice. The Beauty’s Blade brings the celebrated Chinese Girls’ Love saga to English readers—a lush enemies-to-lovers wuxia romance filled with passion, honor, and swordplay.

A tense queer crime novel set in 1980s Dublin, The Burning Boy exposes homophobia, secrecy, and institutional failure as two detectives chase a truth no one wants uncovered.

A darkly funny and deeply honest novel about generational trauma, The Conditioning Tree follows Henry Andersson as he battles the punishing voice inside his head—Rotten Apple—while uncovering the origins of the wounds that shaped him. Interwoven with the story of Julie, a young Black woman confronting racism and misogyny in the 1960s, the book explores how emotional neglect and addiction echo across generations. Raw, haunting, and unforgettable, it’s a powerful look at what it takes to break free from the voices that raise us.

The Dark Pool: The Complete Trilogy by Monika Carless is a paranormal romance collection following a powerful witch entangled in love, magic, and fate spanning centuries.

A gothic, time-bending tale of love and illusion spanning from Belle Époque Paris to a near-future Oxford, where two souls are drawn together by the vanished Château des Miroirs and the secrets it holds.

A lyrical, tango-infused musical memoir, The Gardens of Anuncia follows legendary Broadway artist Graciela Daniele as she reflects on her girlhood in 1940s Buenos Aires and the extraordinary women who raised her. Michael John LaChiusa’s warm, witty adaptation brings her memories to life with rhythm, heart, and theatrical brilliance.

A young governess and the lady of a grand Victorian estate fall into a forbidden slow-burn romance that could cost them everything. The Governess of Blackthorne Hall is an emotional sapphic historical romance filled with longing, secrets, and beautifully restrained passion.

A scandalous and witty queer classic from 1894, The Green Carnation follows the beautiful and decadent Lord Reggie as he parades through London society wearing the infamous “green carnation.” A satirical portrait of Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic circle, the novel remains a fascinating—and boldly queer—snapshot of fin-de-siècle culture.
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A breathtaking sapphic romantasy inspired by Korean mythology, where an ancient warrior with shadow magic must confront her forgotten past, save a dying kingdom, and risk her heart by falling for the sister of the woman she once killed.

A tender, high-stakes historical romance set in 1920s England, where falling in love could mean prison. When reserved barrister Rafe Devonish meets intuitive, warm-hearted Ivo Manning, their connection becomes impossible to deny—and impossible to live openly. As their bond deepens amid legal battles, family pressure, and dangerous laws, Rafe and Ivo must decide whether love is worth the cost. A heartfelt story of courage, desire, and choosing truth in a world built on fear.

A magical, multigenerational novel that blends historical fiction, family secrets, and quiet fantasy as one young woman uncovers an extraordinary legacy connecting memory, love, and the written word across generations.

A controversial 1894 novella about forbidden love and social condemnation, The Priest and the Acolyte is a tragic and historically significant work from the Wilde-era cultural landscape.
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The forgotten gay son of King Herod the Great recounts his survival inside one of history’s most dangerous royal courts. The Prince of Judea is a witty and scandal-filled historical novel packed with palace intrigue, dark humor, ambition, and queer perspective.

Colette’s daring literary masterpiece returns in a brilliant new English translation, offering an unforgettable exploration of love, gender, desire, and queer life in Belle Époque Paris.

Set in the glittering shadows of 1869 Paris, this lush gothic horror follows an ancient vampire coven whose carefully ordered existence begins to unravel as revolution, forbidden desire, and blood-soaked prophecy converge.

A powerful historical epic set in 16th-century Mexico, where a ruthless mine owner, a secret Indigenous rebel, and a politically savvy noblewoman collide in a rebellion that threatens the Spanish empire.

A poignant historical novel imagining the final six days of Elizabeth Short’s life, focusing not on her infamous murder, but on friendship, queer love, survival, and the everyday courage of women in postwar Los Angeles.

In this sweeping speculative thriller, Alan Turing invents a machine capable of sending messages into the past, setting off a hidden legacy of secrecy, ethical dilemmas, and history-altering decisions across generations.

Set amid the glittering cabarets and collapsing society of Weimar Berlin, this haunting historical novel explores grief, guilt, queer friendship, and the seductive escape offered by a city dancing on the edge of catastrophe.

A romantic queer historical fantasy in which a disgraced prince is given a second chance to cherish the devoted consort he once neglected, amid palace intrigue and political danger.

A sweeping danmei epic of assassins, forbidden love, and fate. When a killer sent to infiltrate a noble family falls for his target, both their worlds unravel in a storm of secrets and devotion.

When the Cobalt Hare arrives on his island with a magical artifact no one can identify, Lyam Beaumont takes the chance to leave home and join the ship’s inexperienced crew. But their voyage north quickly becomes a perilous tangle of magic, secrets, and storm-tossed danger. With a reclusive captain, a mysterious artifact, and the sea itself turning against them, the crew must uncover the truth before they’re claimed by the cobalt currents. A queer-tinged high-seas fantasy full of mystery and momentum.

A nobleman wakes in a sky-high prison with blood on his hands and no memory—now branded an archfiend. As Tealspire collapses, he forms a reluctant alliance with the cold, powerful Tianxiu Immortal to survive and uncover the truth behind his imprisonment. A gripping danmei fantasy from Mu Su Li.

An innovative short story collection that fuses English, Vietnamese, and Vietlish to explore love, loss, and identity across generations—an electrifying collaboration between Lily Hoàng and Vi Khi Nào.

A young woman restoring a mysterious Victorian house discovers the hidden journal of another queer couple who lived there a century earlier, revealing uncanny parallels to her growing romance with a fellow student. Time After Time is a sweeping sapphic love story about fate, reincarnation, and the chance to rewrite history.

A queer sleuth hunts an assassin in Elizabethan London’s criminal underworld. To Kill a Queen by Amie McNee blends historical intrigue, mystery, and forbidden romance in a lush, twist-filled tale of redemption and danger.

Inspired by the true history of the infamous Magdalene-style reform schools, this powerful historical novel follows six young women whose courage, friendship, and resilience become their greatest acts of defiance.

A chilling historical horror novel inspired by the Beast of Gévaudan, following two girls who turn a legendary monster into a dangerous plan for survival and escape.

A retired professor inherits a mystery tied to his grandfather’s secret life as a WWII spy in the Canary Islands. Where the Light Stops is a haunting historical espionage thriller filled with hidden letters, Nazi secrets, wartime shadows, and danger stretching across generations.

A lush sapphic romance set in a reimagined Victorian England where love is free but courage costs everything. From Hayley Kiyoko, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Girls.

A dark, literary gay romance set in postwar Oxford, where two young men fall in love amid class warfare, secret societies, and deadly consequences.