Historical Fiction

Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

A failed Mississippi dynasty, told in spiraling Faulknerian sentences.

More Historical Fiction

• Atmosphere — Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The She-Wolf — Maurice Druon
• The Final Revival of Opal & Nev — Dawnie Walton
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes — Diana Gabaldon
• Eynhallow — Tim McGregor
• The Silence of the Girls — Pat Barker
• Victory City — Salman Rushdie
• Between Two Fires — Christopher Buehlman

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