Historical Fiction set in Europe

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,558 ratings
2.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,120 ratings
3.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,918 ratings
4.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,550 ratings
5.
Becoming Leidah
Becoming Leidah 3.46 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
6.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,753 ratings
7.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,248 ratings
8.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,895,498 ratings
9.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,132,074 ratings
10.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 275,001 ratings
11.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,609 ratings
12.
Restoration (Restoration #1)
Restoration (Restoration #1) 3.98 avg rating — 6,655 ratings
13.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,300 ratings
14.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo 4.09 avg rating — 93,735 ratings
15.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter 4.22 avg rating — 10,075 ratings
16.
Music & Silence
Music & Silence 3.95 avg rating — 4,802 ratings
17.
The Paris Architect
The Paris Architect 4.05 avg rating — 63,201 ratings
18.
Myself as Witness
Myself as Witness 3.91 avg rating — 98 ratings
19.
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5) 4.36 avg rating — 22,229 ratings
20.
Rasputin's Daughter
Rasputin's Daughter 3.48 avg rating — 3,793 ratings
21.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,020 ratings
22.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 82,679 ratings
22.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,941 ratings
24.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 60,130 ratings
25.
Here be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
26.
The House at Sunset (House, #3)
The House at Sunset (House, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 773 ratings
27.
In the Company of the Courtesan
In the Company of the Courtesan 3.79 avg rating — 25,811 ratings
28.
A Rose for Virtue
A Rose for Virtue 3.66 avg rating — 213 ratings
29.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,485 ratings
30.
The Lost Queen
The Lost Queen 3.71 avg rating — 838 ratings
31.
The Concubine
The Concubine 3.97 avg rating — 3,215 ratings
32.
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1)
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings
33.
Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating — 9,495 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #1)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 933,828 ratings
35.
Blood Red, Snow White
Blood Red, Snow White 3.61 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
36.
Pure
Pure 3.60 avg rating — 10,463 ratings
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Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 13,364 ratings
38.
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 26,669 ratings
39.
Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)
Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 16,414 ratings
39.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating — 162,029 ratings
39.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,012 ratings
42.
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6) 4.43 avg rating — 19,161 ratings
43.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,632 ratings
44.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,391 ratings
45.
Through A Glass Darkly
Through A Glass Darkly 3.97 avg rating — 11,333 ratings
46.
Ingenious Pain
Ingenious Pain 3.71 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
46.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar 3.92 avg rating — 15,671 ratings
46.
The Wolf Time
The Wolf Time 4.04 avg rating — 98 ratings
49.
Knight in Anarchy
Knight in Anarchy 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings
50.
The Romanov Bride
The Romanov Bride 3.57 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
50.
The Paladin
The Paladin 3.70 avg rating — 311 ratings
52.
A German Requiem (Bernie Gunther, #3)
A German Requiem (Bernie Gunther, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 9,168 ratings
53.
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 31,753 ratings
54.
Pied Piper
Pied Piper 4.27 avg rating — 5,145 ratings
54.
The Gun
The Gun 3.81 avg rating — 762 ratings
56.
Here Was a Man
Here Was a Man 3.51 avg rating — 165 ratings
57.
Rifleman Dodd
Rifleman Dodd 4.04 avg rating — 2,003 ratings
58.
The Lady And The Unicorn
The Lady And The Unicorn 3.71 avg rating — 46,866 ratings
59.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating — 99,473 ratings
60.
Eleanor the Queen
Eleanor the Queen 3.79 avg rating — 905 ratings
61.
Two Ravens
Two Ravens 3.61 avg rating — 98 ratings
62.
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 32,093 ratings
63.
The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist 3.62 avg rating — 150,509 ratings
64.
Rakóssy
Rakóssy 3.96 avg rating — 133 ratings
65.
The Earl
The Earl 3.95 avg rating — 259 ratings
66.
The Firedrake
The Firedrake 3.89 avg rating — 222 ratings
67.
The Egyptian
The Egyptian 4.22 avg rating — 26,978 ratings
68.
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn 3.96 avg rating — 1,249 ratings
69.
Great Maria
Great Maria 4.09 avg rating — 592 ratings
70.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,118 ratings
71.
The House at Old Vine (House, #2)
The House at Old Vine (House, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 955 ratings
72.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,163 ratings
73.
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 8,603 ratings
74.
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 7,614 ratings
75.
The Greenlanders
The Greenlanders 3.93 avg rating — 3,029 ratings
76.
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6) 4.33 avg rating — 6,481 ratings
77.
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 8,267 ratings
78.
Reading in the Dark
Reading in the Dark 3.75 avg rating — 4,852 ratings
78.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,899 ratings
78.
Where do you go to
Where do you go to 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings
78.
The War in Our Hearts
The War in Our Hearts 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings
78.
We Were the Lucky Ones
We Were the Lucky Ones 4.42 avg rating — 189,220 ratings
78.
Into the Unbounded Night
Into the Unbounded Night 4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
78.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,801 ratings
78.
All the Gold in Abbotsford (Days of Ore, #1)
All the Gold in Abbotsford (Days of Ore, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings
78.
Battle Song (de Norton trilogy, #1)
Battle Song (de Norton trilogy, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 240 ratings
87.
The Countess
The Countess 3.55 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
87.
Tamar
Tamar
by: Mal Peet
3.91 avg rating — 5,816 ratings
87.
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile 3.91 avg rating — 9,079 ratings
87.
Stone's Fall
Stone's Fall 3.87 avg rating — 8,677 ratings
91.
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 21,410 ratings
92.
The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
The Grand Duchess of Nowhere 4.06 avg rating — 800 ratings
92.
An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy 4.22 avg rating — 32,180 ratings
94.
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,391 ratings
94.
Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1)
Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 4,602 ratings
94.
Green Darkness
Green Darkness 3.97 avg rating — 6,875 ratings
94.
Wakenhyrst
Wakenhyrst 3.87 avg rating — 17,873 ratings
94.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 10,102 ratings
94.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,154 ratings
100.
Race of Scorpions (The House of Niccolò, #3)
Race of Scorpions (The House of Niccolò, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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