Bookish Historical Fiction

1.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,920 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,971 ratings
3.
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 — 696,646 ratings
4.
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie 3.74 avg rating — 46,998 ratings
5.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 253,265 ratings
6.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,717 ratings
7.
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian 4.05 avg rating — 212,668 ratings
8.
The Paris Bookseller
The Paris Bookseller 3.72 avg rating — 15,915 ratings
9.
The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 81,201 ratings
10.
The Library of Legends
The Library of Legends 3.79 avg rating — 11,224 ratings
11.
The Paris Library
The Paris Library 4.06 avg rating — 140,711 ratings
12.
Mr. Dickens and His Carol
Mr. Dickens and His Carol 3.78 avg rating — 20,447 ratings
13.
The Little Wartime Library
The Little Wartime Library 4.24 avg rating — 10,973 ratings
14.
The Last Bookshop in London
The Last Bookshop in London 4.14 avg rating — 92,519 ratings
15.
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club 3.70 avg rating — 3,686 ratings
16.
Bloomsbury Girls
Bloomsbury Girls 3.85 avg rating — 16,799 ratings
17.
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey 3.75 avg rating — 7,588 ratings
18.
The Giver of Stars
The Giver of Stars 4.29 avg rating — 485,670 ratings
19.
The Mayfair Bookshop
The Mayfair Bookshop 3.73 avg rating — 3,895 ratings
19.
The War Librarian
The War Librarian 4.02 avg rating — 3,772 ratings
21.
Gutenberg's Apprentice
Gutenberg's Apprentice 3.51 avg rating — 3,252 ratings
22.
Love and Fury
Love and Fury 4.16 avg rating — 2,006 ratings
23.
Emily's House
Emily's House really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
24.
The Bookseller's Secret
The Bookseller's Secret 3.27 avg rating — 5,669 ratings
24.
The Book of Lost Names
The Book of Lost Names 4.43 avg rating — 268,725 ratings
26.
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
Becoming Mrs. Lewis 4.05 avg rating — 48,052 ratings
26.
The Words I Never Wrote
The Words I Never Wrote 4.03 avg rating — 1,778 ratings
28.
The Book Spy
The Book Spy
by: Alan Hlad
4.17 avg rating — 5,958 ratings
29.
The Dream Lover
The Dream Lover 3.29 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
30.
The Bookbinder of Jericho
The Bookbinder of Jericho 4.04 avg rating — 30,324 ratings
31.
The Bookbinder's Secret
The Bookbinder's Secret
by: A.D. Bell
4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
32.
The Air Raid Book Club
The Air Raid Book Club 4.05 avg rating — 11,368 ratings
33.
The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)
The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) 3.83 avg rating — 2,166 ratings
34.
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
The Lions of Fifth Avenue 3.90 avg rating — 77,864 ratings
35.
The Mitford Affair
The Mitford Affair 3.71 avg rating — 17,457 ratings
36.
The Jane Austen Society
The Jane Austen Society 3.73 avg rating — 50,676 ratings
37.
The Manhattan Girls
The Manhattan Girls
by: Gill Paul
3.69 avg rating — 3,053 ratings
38.
Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
Last Confessions of Sylvia P. 3.73 avg rating — 2,395 ratings
39.
The Librarian Spy
The Librarian Spy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,843 ratings
40.
Mrs. Poe
Mrs. Poe 3.67 avg rating — 12,466 ratings
41.
Vanessa and Her Sister
Vanessa and Her Sister 3.77 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
42.
I, John Kennedy Toole
I, John Kennedy Toole 3.67 avg rating — 75 ratings
43.
The Words in My Hand
The Words in My Hand 3.99 avg rating — 2,069 ratings
44.
Privilege
Privilege 3.25 avg rating — 102 ratings
45.
The Keeper of Hidden Books
The Keeper of Hidden Books 4.12 avg rating — 29,517 ratings
46.
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library 3.38 avg rating — 16,177 ratings
47.
Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley 4.05 avg rating — 978 ratings
48.
The Librarian of Burned Books
The Librarian of Burned Books 3.93 avg rating — 20,839 ratings
49.
The Book of Eve
The Book of Eve 3.24 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
50.
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 4.32 avg rating — 21,246 ratings
51.
The London Bookshop Affair
The London Bookshop Affair 3.76 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
52.
Book of Forbidden Words
Book of Forbidden Words really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
53.
The Cromarty Library Circle
The Cromarty Library Circle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
54.
The Sisters of Book Row
The Sisters of Book Row 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
55.
The Secret Book Society
The Secret Book Society 4.47 avg rating — 180 ratings
56.
The Booklover's Library
The Booklover's Library 3.97 avg rating — 18,110 ratings
57.
The Lost Book of Bonn
The Lost Book of Bonn 3.93 avg rating — 4,734 ratings
58.
The Boxcar Librarian
The Boxcar Librarian 4.08 avg rating — 3,432 ratings
59.
The Librarians of Lisbon
The Librarians of Lisbon 3.90 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
60.
Strangers in Time
Strangers in Time 4.22 avg rating — 22,829 ratings
61.
The Royal Librarian
The Royal Librarian 4.11 avg rating — 6,835 ratings
62.
The Banned Books of Berlin
The Banned Books of Berlin 4.29 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
63.
The Missing Pages
The Missing Pages 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
64.
The Midnight Estate
The Midnight Estate 4.17 avg rating — 182 ratings
65.
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade 3.99 avg rating — 14,748 ratings
66.
The Hidden Book
The Hidden Book 3.84 avg rating — 1,959 ratings
67.
The Wartime Book Club
The Wartime Book Club 4.28 avg rating — 4,494 ratings
68.
The Library Thief
The Library Thief 3.33 avg rating — 2,447 ratings