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Historical Fiction Bestsellers: Week of June 6

The following titles are shown in order of appearance from
USA Today's Top 150:

The Great Gatsby  The Light Between Oceans  Once Upon a Tower
The Sun Also Rises  The Sisterhood  The Song of Achilles

The Son  The Thorn Birds  Beautiful Ruins

Any Duchess Will Do  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  Life After Life

The Bookman's Tale  Best Kept Secret  Orphan Train

Fifteen titles! An outstanding week for historical fiction! Eloisa James's newest romance lands at #41. A Hemingway classic makes the list for the first time since I started keeping track two years ago: The Sun Also Rises comes in at #51. And for the first time a self-published historical fiction title makes the list! The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan lands at #55! Critical darling The Song of Achilles makes the list for the first time, coming in at #62. The Son debuts at #66. Look at The Thorn Birds making the list too, landing at #77. Tessa Dare's brand new full length appears at #80. Another classic, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, hits the list at #81, and another new release, The Bookman's Tale, debuts at #119. What a week!