Best 1970s Historical Fiction

1.
This I Know
This I Know 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,323 ratings
2.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,772,672 ratings
3.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,867 ratings
4.
The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm 3.65 avg rating β€” 6,085 ratings
5.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,772 ratings
6.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,076,351 ratings
6.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4.40 avg rating β€” 3,835,481 ratings
8.
Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating β€” 108,635 ratings
9.
Emma Who Saved My Life
Emma Who Saved My Life 3.76 avg rating β€” 546 ratings
10.
Let Me Wear Your Coat
Let Me Wear Your Coat 4.15 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
11.
Nine Minutes (Nine Minutes, #1)
Nine Minutes (Nine Minutes, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 19,334 ratings
12.
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,383 ratings
12.
Out of Time (Nine Minutes, #2)
Out of Time (Nine Minutes, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 9,004 ratings
14.
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance 3.98 avg rating β€” 10,108 ratings
15.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating β€” 20,583 ratings
16.
My Vietnam War
My Vietnam War 3.75 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
17.
Yankee, Go Home
Yankee, Go Home 4.20 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
17.
Finding Signs
Finding Signs 4.12 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
17.
Mary Jane
Mary Jane 4.13 avg rating β€” 105,724 ratings
20.
Late Nights on Air
Late Nights on Air 3.58 avg rating β€” 12,536 ratings
21.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill 3.39 avg rating β€” 29,575 ratings
22.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,640 ratings
23.
Original Sins
Original Sins 3.63 avg rating β€” 406 ratings
24.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating β€” 67,018 ratings
25.
The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude 3.84 avg rating β€” 24,040 ratings
25.
Marriage Bed
Marriage Bed 3.99 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
27.
The New City
The New City 3.82 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
28.
Pinball
Pinball 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,108 ratings
29.
Swimming in the Volcano
Swimming in the Volcano 3.67 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
30.
Anita and Me
Anita and Me 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,169 ratings
31.
Land of Smiles
Land of Smiles
by: T.C. Huo
2.95 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
32.
Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies
Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,147 ratings
32.
Poems, 1962-2012
Poems, 1962-2012 4.43 avg rating β€” 1,954 ratings
32.
Transforming Pandora (Pandora, #1)
Transforming Pandora (Pandora, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
32.
His Beloved Infidel
His Beloved Infidel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
32.
Dependence
Dependence 4.50 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
32.
The Girl You Left Behind
The Girl You Left Behind 4.03 avg rating β€” 176,532 ratings
32.
Maximilian and Carlotta Are Dead
Maximilian and Carlotta Are Dead 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
32.
Metal Horses
Metal Horses
by: Ron Ames
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
32.
Letters From the Heart
Letters From the Heart 4.50 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
32.
Seasons of Love and War
Seasons of Love and War 4.53 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
32.
Late Nights on Air
Late Nights on Air 3.58 avg rating β€” 12,536 ratings
32.
Parisian Promises
Parisian Promises 4.36 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
32.
Rich Like Us
Rich Like Us 3.44 avg rating β€” 169 ratings
32.
The Choice
The Choice 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,885 ratings
32.
Twice Freed
Twice Freed 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,739 ratings
32.
The Remnants of Summer
The Remnants of Summer 3.57 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
32.
Letters from Johnny (184) (Essential Prose Series)
Letters from Johnny (184) (Essential Prose Series)
by: Wayne Ng
4.51 avg rating β€” 206 ratings
32.
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win 3.85 avg rating β€” 615 ratings
32.
Valentine
Valentine 3.76 avg rating β€” 43,512 ratings
32.
Loom in the Loft
Loom in the Loft
by: Jay Black
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
52.
December Road
December Road 4.43 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
52.
No Small Thing
No Small Thing 4.20 avg rating β€” 946 ratings
52.
First Kisses
First Kisses
by: Jay Black
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
55.
The Old Neighborhood
The Old Neighborhood 4.06 avg rating β€” 855 ratings
55.
Never Fall Down
Never Fall Down 4.17 avg rating β€” 12,215 ratings
58.
Highways to a War
Highways to a War 4.28 avg rating β€” 608 ratings
58.
April's Secret Storm
April's Secret Storm 4.59 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
58.
The View from a Kite
The View from a Kite 3.66 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
58.
A Girl Is a Body of Water
A Girl Is a Body of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,335 ratings
62.
We're Not Here
We're Not Here really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
62.
Accidents of Nature
Accidents of Nature 3.70 avg rating β€” 792 ratings
64.
The Free World
The Free World 3.37 avg rating β€” 1,759 ratings
64.
Eve Green
Eve Green 3.69 avg rating β€” 2,503 ratings
66.
Intimate Enemies
Intimate Enemies 3.48 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
67.
Third Girl from the Left
Third Girl from the Left 3.95 avg rating β€” 751 ratings
67.
The Year Roger Wasn't Well: A Novel
The Year Roger Wasn't Well: A Novel 3.33 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
69.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,749 ratings
69.
Polite Sex
Polite Sex 3.09 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
69.
Instructions for a Heatwave
Instructions for a Heatwave 3.75 avg rating β€” 29,898 ratings
72.
The Redundancy Of Courage
The Redundancy Of Courage 4.17 avg rating β€” 290 ratings
72.
Superior Women
Superior Women 3.65 avg rating β€” 563 ratings
74.
Dream Jungle
Dream Jungle 3.51 avg rating β€” 583 ratings
75.
The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries 3.99 avg rating β€” 31,490 ratings
75.
Terminal Velocity (Ellen Burns #2)
Terminal Velocity (Ellen Burns #2) 3.64 avg rating β€” 172 ratings
77.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,085 ratings
78.
Can't Quit You, Baby
Can't Quit You, Baby 3.92 avg rating β€” 270 ratings
79.
The Brothers K
The Brothers K 4.39 avg rating β€” 16,669 ratings
80.
Plays Well with Others
Plays Well with Others 3.95 avg rating β€” 707 ratings
81.
Last Bongo Sunset: A Novel
Last Bongo Sunset: A Novel 4.05 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
82.
Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating β€” 8,695 ratings
83.
Tully
Tully 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,599 ratings