Historical Fiction

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

In 1960s Mississippi, an aspiring white journalist collaborates with two Black maids to expose the brutal realities of domestic service. Their clandestine project risks everything in a society built on silence and segregation. Stockett illuminates the courage required to speak truth and the transformative power of storytelling.

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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