Library Journal Best Books - Historical Fiction (Awarded by Library Journal)

Awards List

2025

Let's Call Her Barbie
(*)
Renee Rosen

The Boxcar Librarian
(*)
Brianna Labuskes

The Jackal's Mistress
(*)
Chris Bohjalian

The Book Club for Troublesome Women
(*)
Marie Bostwick

Tough Luck
(*)
Sandra Dallas

The Traitor of Sherwood Forest
(*)
Amy S. Kaufman

The Listeners
(*)
Maggie Stiefvater

Typewriter Beach
(*)
Meg Waite Clayton

Wayward Girls
(*)
Susan Wiggs

The Art of a Lie
(*)
Laura Shepherd-Robinson

The Harvey Girls
(*)
Juliette Fay

This Here Is Love
(*)
Princess Joy L. Perry

Buckeye
(*)
Patrick Ryan

The Kaboom Boys
(*)
Don Keith

One of Us
(*)
Dan Chaon

The Mad Wife
(*)
Meagan Church

The Missing Pages
(*)
Alyson Richman

Daughter of Genoa
(*)
Kat Devereaux

Award Categories

Christian Fiction

Contemporary Romance

Crime Fiction

Crime Fiction: Mystery

Crime Fiction: Suspense

Crime Fiction: Thriller

Fantasy

Graphic Novels

Historical Fiction

Historical Romance

Horror

LGBTQIA+ Romance

Literary Fiction

Paranormal Romance

Pop Fiction

Romance

Romantasy

Science Fiction

SF/Fantasy

Short Stories

World Literature

Award Years

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018