Historical Fiction In Translation

1.
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 — 696,726 ratings
2.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,013 ratings
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Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,883 ratings
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The Three Musketeers (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #1)
The Three Musketeers (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #1) 4.10 avg rating — 340,223 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,635 ratings
6.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,474 ratings
7.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,598 ratings
8.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating — 67,012 ratings
9.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,577 ratings
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
by: Wang Anyi
3.93 avg rating — 772 ratings
11.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,983 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,269 ratings
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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 22,386 ratings
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Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,186 ratings
15.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating — 6,393 ratings
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Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis 4.01 avg rating — 41,006 ratings
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Queen Margot
Queen Margot 4.16 avg rating — 14,269 ratings
18.
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon 4.15 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
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In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
20.
The Spy
The Spy 3.38 avg rating — 43,720 ratings
21.
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45,450 ratings
22.
Segu (Ségou, #1)
Segu (Ségou, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
22.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,113 ratings
24.
Pieternella - Daughter of Eva
Pieternella - Daughter of Eva 4.09 avg rating — 484 ratings
25.
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
by: Tariq Ali
3.85 avg rating — 4,138 ratings
26.
Midnight Blue
Midnight Blue 3.76 avg rating — 6,708 ratings
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Taiko
Taiko 4.28 avg rating — 5,028 ratings
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The Horse Healer
The Horse Healer 4.27 avg rating — 3,164 ratings
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Malinche
Malinche 3.35 avg rating — 6,734 ratings
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Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar 3.85 avg rating — 3,338 ratings
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My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,039 ratings
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis 3.99 avg rating — 14,443 ratings
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The House on the Lagoon
The House on the Lagoon 3.82 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
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Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating — 138,056 ratings
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Green Mountain, White Cloud: A Novel of Love in the Ming Dynasty
Green Mountain, White Cloud: A Novel of Love in the Ming Dynasty 3.75 avg rating — 471 ratings
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An Iliad
An Iliad 3.70 avg rating — 9,684 ratings
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
The Hummingbird's Daughter 4.21 avg rating — 14,258 ratings
38.
Samarkand
Samarkand 4.24 avg rating — 30,676 ratings
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The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat 4.34 avg rating — 40,755 ratings
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Woman of the Ashes (Sands of the Emperor #1)
Woman of the Ashes (Sands of the Emperor #1)
by: Mia Couto
3.83 avg rating — 1,517 ratings
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Ponniyin Selvan - The First Floods
Ponniyin Selvan - The First Floods 4.62 avg rating — 7,762 ratings
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Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas
by: Su Tong
3.59 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
43.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,218 ratings
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Barabbas
Barabbas 3.87 avg rating — 6,065 ratings
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With Fire and Sword
With Fire and Sword 4.06 avg rating — 6,543 ratings
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Medea
Medea 3.92 avg rating — 4,762 ratings
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The War of the End of the World
The War of the End of the World 4.25 avg rating — 12,234 ratings
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Affections
Affections 3.52 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
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Eva Luna
Eva Luna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,551 ratings
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Love in Exile
Love in Exile 4.05 avg rating — 2,618 ratings
51.
The Dream of the Celt
The Dream of the Celt 3.85 avg rating — 9,869 ratings
52.
The Door
The Door 4.10 avg rating — 33,174 ratings
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The Sea of Fertility
The Sea of Fertility 4.45 avg rating — 617 ratings
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The Long Ships
The Long Ships 4.27 avg rating — 12,190 ratings
55.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth 3.70 avg rating — 25,211 ratings
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Zama
Zama 3.99 avg rating — 3,599 ratings
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Black Flower
Black Flower 3.56 avg rating — 840 ratings
57.
Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,912 ratings
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Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4)
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4) 3.80 avg rating — 540 ratings
60.
The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)
The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 78,687 ratings
60.
Kabuki Dancer
Kabuki Dancer 3.98 avg rating — 236 ratings
60.
The Investigation
The Investigation 4.09 avg rating — 1,925 ratings
60.
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Madonna in a Fur Coat 4.37 avg rating — 83,434 ratings
60.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea 4.06 avg rating — 110,131 ratings
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Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1)
Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows (Volume 1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
66.
The Holy Sail
The Holy Sail 3.96 avg rating — 450 ratings
66.
The Royal Physician's Visit
The Royal Physician's Visit 3.82 avg rating — 4,570 ratings
66.
An Invincible Memory
An Invincible Memory 4.46 avg rating — 901 ratings
66.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,153 ratings
66.
Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2)
Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence (Volume 2) 4.30 avg rating — 717 ratings
71.
HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating — 27,467 ratings
71.
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3)
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads (Volume 3) (Olav Audunssøn, 3) 4.27 avg rating — 551 ratings
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The Blue Fox
The Blue Fox
by: Sjón
3.73 avg rating — 9,626 ratings
73.
According to Mary Magdalene
According to Mary Magdalene 3.83 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
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The Book of Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations 4.21 avg rating — 919 ratings
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Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4)
Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Volume 4) (Olav Audunssøn, 4) 4.52 avg rating — 524 ratings
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The Secret Book of Kings
The Secret Book of Kings 4.10 avg rating — 893 ratings
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The Free Negress Elisabeth
The Free Negress Elisabeth 3.94 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem 4.09 avg rating — 4,937 ratings
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The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1)
The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend (Faustus, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 2,822 ratings
81.
The Revolution of the Moon
The Revolution of the Moon 4.12 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
81.
The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 178,439 ratings
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Tinisima
Tinisima 4.09 avg rating — 789 ratings
81.
The Devil's Pawn (Faust, #2)
The Devil's Pawn (Faust, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 1,294 ratings
85.
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening: A Novel
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening: A Novel 4.06 avg rating — 664 ratings
85.
The Invention of Curried Sausage
The Invention of Curried Sausage
by: Uwe Timm
3.43 avg rating — 3,937 ratings
85.
To the End of the Land
To the End of the Land 4.01 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
85.
Victus
Victus 4.08 avg rating — 2,928 ratings
85.
The Devils' Dance
The Devils' Dance 3.98 avg rating — 287 ratings
90.
The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas (The Silk Road Trilogy, # 1)
The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas (The Silk Road Trilogy, # 1) 3.72 avg rating — 40 ratings
90.
Jamilia
Jamilia 3.89 avg rating — 9,620 ratings
90.
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
by: Kim Leine
3.95 avg rating — 3,434 ratings
90.
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels 4.40 avg rating — 38,973 ratings
90.
Voices of the Desert
Voices of the Desert 2.62 avg rating — 110 ratings
95.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,957 ratings
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Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #1)
Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 17,181 ratings
95.
Sultana
Sultana 3.97 avg rating — 342 ratings
95.
The Court Dancer
The Court Dancer 3.76 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
95.
The Notebook
The Notebook 4.17 avg rating — 15,165 ratings
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The Bell in the Lake (The Sister Bells, #1)
The Bell in the Lake (The Sister Bells, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 9,290 ratings
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