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Many readers love listening to audiobooks because it helps them imagine the story in a different way than reading print or digital editions. Hearing a narrator’s voice can ground a listener in the story or provide extra context, like inflections in dialogue. Audiobook listeners enjoy being able to immerse themselves …

While we normally think about gladiators as muscular men fighting in arenas, historically women were also forced to fight as entertainment in the Roman empire. Jamie Ogle’s Daughter of the Rebellion imagines one such woman.

When Adel, part of the Visigoth tribe, is captured during a battle with the Roman …

If you’ve ever wondered what living in ancient history might have been like, look no further than the novels on this list.

Some of these stories imagine what it might have been like to live in the Roman Empire, with its bustling cities and greedy emperors. Others focus on cultures …

Summer is the perfect time to catch up on your reading list. The days are longer and the weather is nicer, so pack up a novel or two from these summer books to take with you to the beach or on a picnic or for a long weekend trip.

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Romance is in the Southern air in these novels. Whether they’re spending the summer together in a small town, avoiding feelings for each other in Appalachia or looking for second chances on the coast, these couples know that the South can be the perfect place to fall in love.

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Some stories stick with us long after we’ve heard them. In The Lost Story of Via Belle, Harper and her mom enjoyed the novels written by author Via Belle. Seeing those novels again during a low point in her life causes Harper to want to learn more about the …

“Your curiosity seems to know no bounds.” —The Lost Story of Via Belle, by Melanie Dobson

Curiosity is the beginning of important journeys of discovery. It can lead us to startling facts or uncover long-held secrets. And for the heroines of these sixteen novels, that’s exactly what it …

Lynn Austin has written many historical fiction novels set across a variety of time periods. The Lumber Baron’s Wife takes readers to the Gilded Age, and what’s unique about the story for Lynn’s books is that there is also a storyline set during the present day.

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The plains, prairies, and lakes of the Midwest have inspired many authors to write novels set in states like Ohio or Nebraska or everywhere in between.

Pick up one of these novels to visit the frontier of Lake Michigan in the late 1800s or stop by a small town in …

The best kind of mystery is a treasure hunt. A treasure-hunt novel brings up all sorts of questions for its characters and its readers.

There are clues to solve: Where could the treasure be hidden? It has intrigue: Who else is searching for the treasure? And best of all: Is …