Authors in Historical Fiction

1.
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1)
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 42,427 ratings
2.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,579 ratings
3.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
4.
Arthur & George
Arthur & George 3.72 avg rating — 18,624 ratings
5.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,012 ratings
6.
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Becoming Mrs. Lewis 4.05 avg rating — 48,060 ratings
7.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,989 ratings
8.
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot 3.65 avg rating — 16,253 ratings
9.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,687 ratings
10.
The List of Seven (The List of Seven, #1)
The List of Seven (The List of Seven, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,499 ratings
11.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,673 ratings
12.
The Pale Blue Eye
The Pale Blue Eye 3.80 avg rating — 10,135 ratings
13.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society 4.17 avg rating — 143,700 ratings
14.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 4.06 avg rating — 89,313 ratings
15.
A Visit From Voltaire
A Visit From Voltaire 3.60 avg rating — 131 ratings
16.
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) 4.36 avg rating — 156,358 ratings
17.
A Dead Man in Deptford
A Dead Man in Deptford 3.81 avg rating — 1,511 ratings
18.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
19.
Madame Serpent (Catherine de Medici, #1)
Madame Serpent (Catherine de Medici, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
20.
The Master of Petersburg
The Master of Petersburg 3.62 avg rating — 4,222 ratings
21.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,935 ratings
22.
The Poe Shadow
The Poe Shadow 3.21 avg rating — 9,531 ratings
23.
An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating — 26,660 ratings
24.
Flush
Flush 3.88 avg rating — 13,256 ratings
25.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,230 ratings
26.
Pearl of China
Pearl of China 3.86 avg rating — 8,563 ratings
27.
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Becoming Mrs. Lewis 4.05 avg rating — 48,060 ratings
28.
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun 3.77 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
28.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,769 ratings
30.
The Late Mr. Shakespeare
The Late Mr. Shakespeare 3.50 avg rating — 254 ratings
31.
Quills
Quills 4.01 avg rating — 307 ratings
32.
Conceit
Conceit 3.40 avg rating — 346 ratings
33.
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating — 46,858 ratings
34.
Drood
Drood 3.54 avg rating — 17,353 ratings
34.
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
36.
Charlotte and Emily: A Novel of the Brontës
Charlotte and Emily: A Novel of the Brontës 3.83 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
37.
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1)
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings
38.
The World Within: A Novel of Emily Brontë
The World Within: A Novel of Emily Brontë 3.36 avg rating — 225 ratings
39.
Cathedral of the Sea
Cathedral of the Sea 4.17 avg rating — 61,958 ratings
40.
Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works
Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works 3.13 avg rating — 213 ratings
41.
The Book of Air and Shadows
The Book of Air and Shadows 3.42 avg rating — 10,471 ratings
41.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 72,137 ratings
43.
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
44.
Light on Lucrezia (Lucrezia Borgia, #2)
Light on Lucrezia (Lucrezia Borgia, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
44.
El capitán Alatriste (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #1)
El capitán Alatriste (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 17,179 ratings
46.
El paciente inglés
El paciente inglés 3.86 avg rating — 137,382 ratings
47.
Shakespeare's Sister
Shakespeare's Sister 4.36 avg rating — 146 ratings
47.
The Queen's Lady (Thornleigh, #1)
The Queen's Lady (Thornleigh, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,358 ratings
49.
The Last Dickens
The Last Dickens 3.57 avg rating — 7,209 ratings
50.
The Lambs of London
The Lambs of London 3.19 avg rating — 1,966 ratings
51.
The Patient's Eyes
The Patient's Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 739 ratings
52.
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes 3.94 avg rating — 615 ratings
53.
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6) 3.93 avg rating — 166,043 ratings
54.
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 94,356 ratings
55.
Burning Bright
Burning Bright 3.41 avg rating — 15,418 ratings
56.
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13)
The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #13) 3.88 avg rating — 99,890 ratings
57.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,475 ratings
58.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,017 ratings
58.
A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1)
A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1) 4.57 avg rating — 104,380 ratings
60.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 508,939 ratings
61.
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story 3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings
61.
The Walled Orchard (The Walled Orchard #1-2)
The Walled Orchard (The Walled Orchard #1-2)
by: Tom Holt
4.22 avg rating — 404 ratings
61.
Delilah
Delilah 3.68 avg rating — 407 ratings
61.
Ruled Britannia
Ruled Britannia 3.71 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
61.
Morrigan's Brood (Morrigan's Brood, #1)
Morrigan's Brood (Morrigan's Brood, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings
61.
Das Gelübde
Das Gelübde
by: Kai Meyer
3.18 avg rating — 102 ratings
61.
The Marlowe Conspiracy
The Marlowe Conspiracy 3.34 avg rating — 192 ratings
61.
The Sherlockian
The Sherlockian 3.66 avg rating — 14,891 ratings
61.
A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1)
A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1) 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
61.
Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets
Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets 3.95 avg rating — 868 ratings
61.
Legacy of Hunger (Druid's Brooch #1)
Legacy of Hunger (Druid's Brooch #1) 3.95 avg rating — 671 ratings
61.
This Marlowe
This Marlowe 4.28 avg rating — 57 ratings
61.
The Journey of Elizabeth Ann Rose (Seasons of Love and War Saga, #3)
The Journey of Elizabeth Ann Rose (Seasons of Love and War Saga, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
61.
The American Boy
The American Boy 3.61 avg rating — 3,514 ratings
61.
Feather of Hawk - Rebellion: Epic historical fiction based on a true story.
Feather of Hawk - Rebellion: Epic historical fiction based on a true story. 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
61.
Feather of Hawk
Feather of Hawk 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
61.
Daughters of Northern Shores (Blackbird Mountain, #2)
Daughters of Northern Shores (Blackbird Mountain, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
61.
The Unsealing: Love, Lust, and Murder in the Gilded Age
The Unsealing: Love, Lust, and Murder in the Gilded Age 3.91 avg rating — 113 ratings
79.
Crone of War (Morrigan's Brood, #2)
Crone of War (Morrigan's Brood, #2) 4.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
79.
Entered From The Sun: The Murder Of Marlowe
Entered From The Sun: The Murder Of Marlowe 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings
79.
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 61,954 ratings
79.
Ride the Wind
Ride the Wind 4.39 avg rating — 6,242 ratings
79.
Muse
Muse 3.47 avg rating — 302 ratings
79.
December Road
December Road 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
79.
Shining Ones: Legacy of the Sidhe
Shining Ones: Legacy of the Sidhe 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings
79.
Shakespeare's Daughter
Shakespeare's Daughter 3.46 avg rating — 139 ratings
87.
Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens 3.90 avg rating — 519 ratings
87.
Tamburlaine Must Die
Tamburlaine Must Die 3.40 avg rating — 823 ratings
87.
Homer's Daughter
Homer's Daughter 3.78 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
87.
Girl in a Blue Dress
Girl in a Blue Dress 3.57 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
87.
The Two Loves of Will Shakespeare
The Two Loves of Will Shakespeare 2.80 avg rating — 25 ratings
92.
Christoferus or Tom Kyd's Revenge
Christoferus or Tom Kyd's Revenge 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
92.
Tödliche Loge: E. T. A. Hoffmann Unter Verdacht: Krimi
Tödliche Loge: E. T. A. Hoffmann Unter Verdacht: Krimi 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
92.
Will
Will 3.51 avg rating — 135 ratings
92.
Mark of the Lion Trilogy
Mark of the Lion Trilogy 4.78 avg rating — 14,070 ratings
92.
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 7,311 ratings
97.
Echoes
Echoes 4.09 avg rating — 11,528 ratings
97.
Seduction (Reincarnationist, #5)
Seduction (Reincarnationist, #5)
by: M.J. Rose
3.79 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
97.
Loving Will Shakespeare
Loving Will Shakespeare 3.49 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
97.
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë (The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë #1)
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë (The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë #1) 3.23 avg rating — 884 ratings
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