# HisFic

> HisFic is a free discovery app for historical fiction. Readers plan a reading journey by era, place, subgenre, theme, and audience, then explore a shelf of curated picks, prize winners, and titles drawn from Open Library.

Canonical site: https://www.hisfic.com
Also: https://hisfic.com (redirects to www)

## Pages

- [Discover / home](https://www.hisfic.com/): Plan a reading journey (era, region, subgenre, audience, search). Browse shelf results from curated catalog + Open Library. Want to read list (browser localStorage). Explore by publication decade chips. Server-rendered era/story-type entry points + curated picks.
- [By era](https://www.hisfic.com/era): Index of era landings (WWII, medieval, Tudor, Civil War, etc.) with curated HF shelves.
- [By story type](https://www.hisfic.com/subgenre): Index of eight HF subgenres with curated shelves.
- Era landing example: https://www.hisfic.com/era/ww2 — “WWII historical fiction books”
- Subgenre landing example: https://www.hisfic.com/subgenre/romance — “Historical romance books”
- [Bestsellers](https://www.hisfic.com/bestsellers): Amazon Historical Fiction Best Sellers (outbound link); highest-rated HF by publication decade (Open Library ratings, not sales); recent prize spotlight; optional NYT fiction-chart HF picks.
- [About](https://www.hisfic.com/about): Product description, subgenres, awards, citation blurb.
- [Submit your book](https://www.hisfic.com/submit): Indie authors submit title, author, email, Amazon product link, plot, cover, period, location, story type, audience. Reviewed before publish.
- [Indie shelf](https://www.hisfic.com/indie): Approved indie HF titles. Also included in journey/Discover search when filters match.
- Book detail: https://www.hisfic.com/book/{id} for curated catalog titles.

## Product facts

- Free to use; discovery only (not ecommerce).
- Data: curated seed + award winners; Open Library for bulk search; Amazon product/search links; optional NYT Books API for live fiction charts.
- English-language focus for Open Library results.
- “Want to read” and saved journeys are stored in the user’s browser only (no account required).
- Eight HF subgenres: literary, romance, mystery, biographical, military & war, adventure & epic, family saga, time-slip.

## Optional full text

- See /llms-full.txt for a longer machine-readable summary.