The market front
New Historical fiction books
11 books released in the last eighteen months, best first.
What is new and already good
4 of these have cleared the ordinary bar of 50 ratings; 7 carry an early score from 20 to 49 ratings. The newest arrival is “Land: A Novel” by Maggie O'Farrell.
An early score uses the same formula as everything else, pulled harder toward the category mean until more readers vote. The chip on a row says how much of the number is the readers’ own. Method →
- The Book of Lost Hours35 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Bright Years52 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - The Calamity Club41 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - Japanese Gothic81 ratings
8.08.0 / 10 - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil331 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - The Book Club for Troublesome Women35 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Land: A Novel26 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Seascraper49 ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - What Kind of Paradise40 ratings
7.87.8 / 10 - All of Us Murderers27 ratings
7.77.7 / 10 - With a Vengeance65 ratingsWith a Vengeance7.47.4 / 10
What is the best new Historical fiction book?
“The Book of Lost Hours” by Hayley Gelfuso scores 8.0/10 from 35 reader ratings, the highest of the releases we have enough readers for.
What does “early score” mean?
The book has between 20 and 49 reader ratings. It gets a page and a place on this list, but it does not enter category rankings until it reaches 50, like every other book.
How is this list built?
From reader ratings only: the same Bayesian score as everywhere on the site, with releases of the last eighteen months and at least 20 ratings. Sales, marketing and prizes do not enter it. Refreshed daily.