Recommended Historical Fiction

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Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating β€” 91,971 ratings
102.
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0) 4.39 avg rating β€” 128,356 ratings
103.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating β€” 54,862 ratings
104.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 4.18 avg rating β€” 18,781 ratings
105.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 58,919 ratings
106.
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 106,971 ratings
107.
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
108.
The Romantic
The Romantic 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,716 ratings
109.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty 4.01 avg rating β€” 15,325 ratings
110.
Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2)
Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,089 ratings
111.
The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre 4.04 avg rating β€” 35,998 ratings
112.
Secrets of a Charmed Life
Secrets of a Charmed Life 4.24 avg rating β€” 67,196 ratings
113.
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
The Secret Life of Sunflowers 4.09 avg rating β€” 41,889 ratings
114.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,245 ratings
114.
Winter Garden
Winter Garden 4.28 avg rating β€” 385,460 ratings
116.
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 4.32 avg rating β€” 21,244 ratings
117.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,876 ratings
118.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) 3.88 avg rating β€” 412,827 ratings
119.
An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating β€” 26,659 ratings
120.
The Keeper of Happy Endings
The Keeper of Happy Endings 4.46 avg rating β€” 122,419 ratings
121.
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety 3.84 avg rating β€” 40,486 ratings
122.
The Echo of Old Books
The Echo of Old Books 4.26 avg rating β€” 116,699 ratings
123.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating β€” 171,861 ratings
124.
The Venice Sketchbook
The Venice Sketchbook 4.25 avg rating β€” 80,128 ratings
125.
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating β€” 247,108 ratings
126.
Dust Child
Dust Child 4.23 avg rating β€” 17,822 ratings
127.
The Lost Letters of Aisling
The Lost Letters of Aisling 4.32 avg rating β€” 22,847 ratings
128.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating β€” 933,440 ratings
129.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 33,022 ratings
130.
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 10,012 ratings
131.
The Diamond of London
The Diamond of London 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,833 ratings
132.
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1)
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 16,696 ratings
133.
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis 4.01 avg rating β€” 41,006 ratings
134.
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4) 4.32 avg rating β€” 44,302 ratings
135.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating β€” 311,624 ratings
136.
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1)
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 9,993 ratings
137.
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger 3.86 avg rating β€” 65,358 ratings
138.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating β€” 328,037 ratings
139.
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
Voyager (Outlander, #3) 4.39 avg rating β€” 325,453 ratings
140.
No. 23 Burlington Square
No. 23 Burlington Square 4.19 avg rating β€” 11,465 ratings
141.
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers 4.26 avg rating β€” 28,697 ratings
142.
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,701 ratings
143.
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating β€” 94,353 ratings
144.
The Magic of Ordinary Days
The Magic of Ordinary Days 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,286 ratings
145.
The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)
The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) 4.25 avg rating β€” 5,546 ratings
146.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating β€” 215,346 ratings
147.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating β€” 489,758 ratings
148.
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1)
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 23,225 ratings
149.
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1)
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 11,637 ratings
150.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19,447 ratings
151.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating β€” 37,706 ratings
152.
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) 4.38 avg rating β€” 172,968 ratings
153.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 62,167 ratings
154.
In the Company of the Courtesan
In the Company of the Courtesan 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,809 ratings
154.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,100 ratings
156.
The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #6)
The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #6) 4.17 avg rating β€” 10,523 ratings
157.
Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2)
Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2) 4.45 avg rating β€” 4,728 ratings
158.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,593 ratings
159.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating β€” 535,536 ratings
160.
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
161.
The Virgins of Venice
The Virgins of Venice 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,826 ratings
162.
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating β€” 46,856 ratings
163.
Creation
Creation 4.22 avg rating β€” 4,934 ratings
164.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating β€” 99,469 ratings
165.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
166.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating β€” 295,445 ratings
167.
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1)
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) 3.42 avg rating β€” 42,425 ratings
168.
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€” 696,623 ratings
169.
Cleopatra's Daughter
Cleopatra's Daughter 4.12 avg rating β€” 30,535 ratings
170.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,680,741 ratings
171.
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5) 4.40 avg rating β€” 8,267 ratings
172.
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3)
Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3) 4.44 avg rating β€” 30,168 ratings
173.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,894 ratings
174.
Pope Joan
Pope Joan 4.10 avg rating β€” 73,849 ratings
174.
Bell Hammers
Bell Hammers 4.13 avg rating β€” 710 ratings
176.
Innocent Traitor
Innocent Traitor 3.98 avg rating β€” 34,671 ratings
177.
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1)
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 438 ratings
178.
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.26 avg rating β€” 32,090 ratings
178.
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 92,477 ratings
180.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,923 ratings
181.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 17,570 ratings
182.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating β€” 41,756 ratings
183.
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
183.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating β€” 234,146 ratings
185.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,254 ratings
186.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating β€” 273,564 ratings
187.
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
Imperium (Cicero, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 39,314 ratings
188.
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 9,064 ratings
189.
Follow the River
Follow the River 4.23 avg rating β€” 22,885 ratings
190.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,066 ratings
191.
The Bone Church
The Bone Church 3.83 avg rating β€” 616 ratings
192.
Captain Horatio Hornblower: Beat to Quarters / Ship of the Line / Flying Colours
Captain Horatio Hornblower: Beat to Quarters / Ship of the Line / Flying Colours 4.32 avg rating β€” 4,265 ratings
193.
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 10,556 ratings
194.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,438 ratings
195.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating β€” 268,363 ratings
196.
Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating β€” 25,078 ratings
197.
Julian
Julian 4.22 avg rating β€” 7,986 ratings
198.
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3) 3.82 avg rating β€” 76,900 ratings
199.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating β€” 44,666 ratings
200.
The Chronicle of Sapta Sindhu
The Chronicle of Sapta Sindhu 3.54 avg rating β€” 2,049 ratings
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