Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Rowhouse | 1997 | Buy |
| Monuments to Money: The Architecture of American Banks | 2005 | Buy |
| Niernsee And Neilson, Architects Of Baltimore: Two Careers On The Edge Of The Future | 2006 | Buy |
| Edmund G. Lind: Anglo-American Architect of Baltimore and the South | 2009 | N/A |
| The Azola Legacy - 50 Years REBUILDING BALTIMORE | 2018 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Paris Architect | 2013 | Buy |
| House of Thieves | 2015 | Buy |
| The Fallen Architect | 2019 | Buy |
| The Fabergé Secret | 2020 | Buy |
| Monsters With Human Faces | 2022 | Buy |
Charles Belfoure is an American architect, historian, and novelist based in Maryland. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he has taught at both Pratt and Goucher College. His professional focus is historic preservation, and his non-fiction work on architectural history includes a book that received a Graham Foundation national grant for architectural research.
Belfoure’s fiction career began in 2013 with The Paris Architect, which tells the story of a French architect who designs hidden spaces for Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris. The novel was inspired by the priest holes built into English houses during the reign of Elizabeth I. It became a New York Times bestseller and was selected by Malcolm Gladwell as his favorite book of 2013. Belfoure followed it with four more standalone novels, including House of Thieves (2015), set in 1880s New York, The Fallen Architect (2019), The Faberge Secret (2020), and Monsters With Human Faces (2022). His non-fiction books cover topics ranging from Baltimore rowhouses to the architecture of American banks, reflecting his lifelong engagement with how buildings tell the story of a city’s past.