Historical fiction worth reading

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating β€” 2,801,988 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,688,390 ratings
3.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,961,909 ratings
4.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,257,985 ratings
5.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,401,819 ratings
6.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating β€” 793,923 ratings
7.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,408 ratings
8.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,561 ratings
9.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,478 ratings
10.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,931 ratings
11.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,724 ratings
12.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating β€” 768,657 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,318,865 ratings
14.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating β€” 508,926 ratings
15.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 257,761 ratings
16.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,011 ratings
17.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,337,442 ratings
18.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,464 ratings
19.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,598 ratings
20.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating β€” 971,523 ratings
21.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,680,766 ratings
22.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating β€” 996,626 ratings
23.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating β€” 896,466 ratings
24.
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1) 4.36 avg rating β€” 80,357 ratings
25.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,245 ratings
26.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating β€” 361,054 ratings
26.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
28.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,414,954 ratings
29.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 650,933 ratings
30.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating β€” 419,607 ratings
31.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 268,976 ratings
32.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating β€” 234,617 ratings
33.
Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1)
Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1) 4.39 avg rating β€” 36,855 ratings
34.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating β€” 857,493 ratings
35.
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 340,717 ratings
36.
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating β€” 94,354 ratings
37.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating β€” 22,483 ratings
38.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,138 ratings
39.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 180,694 ratings
39.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,430,001 ratings
41.
The Diary of Mattie Spenser
The Diary of Mattie Spenser 4.03 avg rating β€” 11,939 ratings
42.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating β€” 311,626 ratings
43.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,942 ratings
44.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating β€” 100,893 ratings
44.
The Lip Reader
The Lip Reader 4.70 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
46.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating β€” 528,218 ratings
47.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,204 ratings
48.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,392,895 ratings
49.
Between Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky 4.34 avg rating β€” 8,920 ratings
50.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,721 ratings
51.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating β€” 461,022 ratings
52.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating β€” 268,373 ratings
53.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating β€” 234,155 ratings
54.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,449 ratings
55.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,079,771 ratings
55.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,727 ratings
57.
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13) 3.88 avg rating β€” 99,888 ratings
58.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 17,209 ratings
59.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating β€” 299,212 ratings
60.
Follow the River
Follow the River 4.23 avg rating β€” 22,886 ratings
61.
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 109,088 ratings
62.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,348 ratings
63.
Shadow on the Sun (The Mound Builders Book 1)
Shadow on the Sun (The Mound Builders Book 1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
64.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19,447 ratings
65.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 16,352 ratings
66.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 58,922 ratings
67.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating β€” 54,478 ratings
67.
The Red Queen
The Red Queen 3.82 avg rating β€” 76,900 ratings
67.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 208,681 ratings
70.
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) 4.38 avg rating β€” 172,968 ratings
71.
Agincourt
Agincourt 4.16 avg rating β€” 31,308 ratings
72.
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 β€” 696,650 ratings
73.
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating β€” 38,936 ratings
74.
The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1/Arthurian Saga, #1)
The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1/Arthurian Saga, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 47,929 ratings
75.
The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours 3.89 avg rating β€” 83,458 ratings
76.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 293,932 ratings
77.
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 90,898 ratings
78.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,935 ratings
78.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating β€” 35,119 ratings
80.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating β€” 215,596 ratings
81.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating β€” 297,791 ratings
82.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 176,363 ratings
83.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,104 ratings
84.
The House at Riverton
The House at Riverton 3.95 avg rating β€” 123,465 ratings
85.
The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution)
The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution) 3.69 avg rating β€” 1,901 ratings
86.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,386 ratings
87.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating β€” 608,375 ratings
88.
The Wet Nurse's Tale
The Wet Nurse's Tale 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,627 ratings
89.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating β€” 44,667 ratings
90.
MolokaΚ»i (Moloka'i, #1)
MolokaΚ»i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 138,219 ratings
90.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,461 ratings
92.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating β€” 530,036 ratings
93.
Innocent Traitor
Innocent Traitor 3.98 avg rating β€” 34,673 ratings
94.
The Long Winter (Little House, #6)
The Long Winter (Little House, #6) 4.18 avg rating β€” 91,399 ratings
95.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating β€” 102,361 ratings
96.
The Town House (House, #1)
The Town House (House, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,510 ratings
97.
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1)
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 10,279 ratings
98.
Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating β€” 131,287 ratings
99.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,124 ratings
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Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating β€” 489,763 ratings
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