Francis Spufford

• Mar-2026

A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz -- from “one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction” (The Washington Post).Follo...

• Oct-2023

* Winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History * Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, The New York Times, Fresh Air (top 10 pick), NPR, the Los Angeles Times (top 15 pick...

• May-2021

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, NPR, Slate, Lit Hub, Fresh Air, and moreFrom the critically acclaimed and award�'winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…casually stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) nov...

• May-2016

A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of the Year * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Lib...

• Feb-2012

"Spufford cunningly maps out a literary genre of his own . . . Freewheeling and fabulous." -- The Times (London)Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentieth-century magic called "the pl...