Great New July Historical Fiction Releases

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If your summer reading list isn’t already filled to the brim with historical fiction, these great new releases will fix that right up. These new July historical fiction books include new releases from bestselling authors like Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Chanel Cleeton, as well as retellings and stories based on real people and events. From historical romances that would make the perfect beach read to dark thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat, these nine new books are just the thing you need to get through a hot summer day.

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The Brides by Charlotte Cross

Release date: July 7, 2026

The story of Dracula like you’ve never read it before, because this isn’t the story of Dracula; it’s the story of his brides. Told in found document form through a series of letters, diary entries, and psychiatric reports, The Brides follows the three women who became the brides of Dracula…and the one who managed to escape.

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An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton

Release date: July 7, 2026

In the vein of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere, this historical space race romance follows Vivian Mitchell’s love story with her astronaut husband, Joe, after NASA loses contact with his spacecraft. Caught in the limbo between believing he’s dead and hoping he might still be alive, Vivian remembers the epic love that brought them to this point. This can’t be the end of their story—and when Vivian begins receiving mysterious messages she is certain only Joe could write, she begins to think it might not be.

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With Her Baby on Her Back by Suzette D. Harrison

Release date: July 13, 2026

Zinnie’s newborn baby is strapped to her back, her daughters’ hands in hers, as she sets off on a two-thousand-mile journey she has no choice but to make. As an enslaved midwife, she saves lives even as her own life is controlled by others. But when she crosses state lines, her determination to protect her children could prove the spark she needs to fight for their freedom.

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Astronaut! by Oana Aristide

Release date: July 14, 2026

In 1989 Romania, at the twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship, when even family, friends, and neighbors can’t be trusted, rumors of a man-eating bear set a police detective and a young schoolgirl on a collision course for disaster. Police detective Constantin is tasked with solving a series of mysterious deaths. Rebellious schoolgirl Lia, meanwhile, befriends her elderly neighbor and becomes enmeshed in his plot to take down the Ceaușescu regime. Though they don’t realize it yet, the choices each of them makes will have consequences that ripple out into their families and beyond.

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The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Release date: July 14, 2026

The author of Mexican Gothic and many of your other favorite historical fiction reads is back with a historical thriller about a con artist who makes his living tricking lonely women out of their money. His newest mark: the owner of a small boarding house in Veracruz. But when the woman’s niece discovers his plans and wants in on the scheme, the two soon realize that Perla is a far more formidable woman—with many more secrets—than either of them bargained for. The other thing Ulises didn’t count on: his very real attraction to Perla’s niece, Inés.

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The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza

Release date: July 14, 2026

This dual-timeline mystery from the author of Everyone Is Lying to You follows an American artist who thought she’d left her dreams of succeeding in the Paris art world behind when she took a job as a cleaner. But when the elite circles she now works for introduce her to the widow of an art dealer, she’s drawn into their world of lavish excess…and deeply held secrets.

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Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim

Release date: July 28, 2026

This fairy tale-inspired novel blends historical fiction with fabulism to tell the story of mothers and daughters grappling with a magical ability that is both their gift and their curse. Ha Yut Ying escaped the clutches of Japanese Soldiers during WWII by turning invisible, but her mother warns her of the family’s curse. Decades later, in San Francisco, Marigold’s discovery of her mother’s fantastical ability drives a wedge into their relationship. But as her condition begins to deteriorate, Marigold will have to dive deeper into their family’s past, uncovering dark truths that might help explain all her mother’s secrets.

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When Mikan Road Was Ours by D.K. Furutani

Release date: July 28, 2026

An English teacher still reeling from his father’s death discovers a copy of his great-uncle’s unpublished memoir. The pages introduce him to a family he never knew existed, in a time when the Murano lived a life of inseparable happiness on a farm. Now, more determined than ever to find out what drove his family apart in the wake of their imprisonment in an American concentration camp during WWII, he sets off to uncover the truth about himself, his father, and his ancestors.

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Where the Sky Begins by Cindy Dee and Mary Wine

Release date: July 28, 2026

The Roaring Twenties are drawing to a close, but these daring women have one incredible feat left to accomplish: prove they can outfly any man. When Hollywood tries to fill first-ever cross-country National Women’s Air Race with starlets as a publicity stunt, Florence “Pancho” Barnes enlists fellow aviation legends like Amelia Earhart and Louise Thaden to help her take it back. Together, in their patched-together airplanes, they’ll prove why their names will be remembered for generations. But when increasingly dangerous sabotage threatens not only the competition but their lives, they know there’s no turning back in this race for women’s right to the skies.

Don’t forget to check out the best new historical fiction that came out in June as well as these new Asian American and dual-timeline historical novels.

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