[ATY 2023] Books Set in Pre-19th Century

1.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating β€” 310,859 ratings
2.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating β€” 140,063 ratings
3.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,391 ratings
4.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 43,628 ratings
5.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating β€” 528,213 ratings
6.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers 4.07 avg rating β€” 79,265 ratings
7.
The Lost Apothecary
The Lost Apothecary 3.76 avg rating β€” 470,265 ratings
8.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating β€” 768,654 ratings
9.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,241 ratings
10.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating β€” 338,008 ratings
11.
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic #0.1)
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic #0.1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 64,233 ratings
12.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 144,086 ratings
13.
The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating β€” 42,703 ratings
14.
The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage Portrait 4.01 avg rating β€” 187,073 ratings
15.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating β€” 294,498 ratings
16.
The Book of Longings
The Book of Longings 4.23 avg rating β€” 137,575 ratings
17.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,878 ratings
18.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating β€” 213,349 ratings
19.
Matrix
Matrix 3.68 avg rating β€” 64,929 ratings
20.
The Mercies
The Mercies 4.01 avg rating β€” 50,775 ratings
21.
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 47,928 ratings
22.
The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2) 3.85 avg rating β€” 14,142 ratings
23.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating β€” 157,955 ratings
24.
Witch Light
Witch Light 4.30 avg rating β€” 7,861 ratings
25.
The Red Queen (Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #3; The Cousins' War, #2)
The Red Queen (Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #3; The Cousins' War, #2) 3.82 avg rating β€” 76,900 ratings
26.
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos 3.87 avg rating β€” 30,424 ratings
27.
The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1)
The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 27,942 ratings
28.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,363 ratings
29.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4) 4.07 avg rating β€” 116,432 ratings
30.
The Last Hours (Black Death, #1)
The Last Hours (Black Death, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 8,335 ratings
31.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,390,531 ratings
32.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,938 ratings
32.
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2) 4.08 avg rating β€” 265,200 ratings
34.
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe 3.65 avg rating β€” 3,126 ratings
35.
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Thomas Hawkins, #1)
The Devil in the Marshalsea (Thomas Hawkins, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 4,627 ratings
36.
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) 3.62 avg rating β€” 150,485 ratings
37.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating β€” 171,863 ratings
37.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 12,542 ratings
39.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,925 ratings
39.
Haven
Haven 3.42 avg rating β€” 11,035 ratings
41.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating β€” 508,923 ratings
42.
The Familiars
The Familiars 3.87 avg rating β€” 52,246 ratings
42.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating β€” 99,469 ratings
44.
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival 4.08 avg rating β€” 17,684 ratings
45.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,124 ratings
45.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,593 ratings
45.
Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt
Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt 3.70 avg rating β€” 50,447 ratings
48.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating β€” 293,906 ratings
49.
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 180,694 ratings
50.
1776
1776 4.10 avg rating β€” 243,310 ratings
51.
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3) 4.26 avg rating β€” 120,929 ratings
52.
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love 3.97 avg rating β€” 27,935 ratings
52.
The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitane, #1)
The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitane, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 11,310 ratings
54.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,201 ratings
55.
Caleb's Crossing
Caleb's Crossing 3.86 avg rating β€” 70,914 ratings
56.
The Mere Wife
The Mere Wife 3.87 avg rating β€” 5,392 ratings
57.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,588 ratings
57.
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,671 ratings
59.
Revelations of Divine Love
Revelations of Divine Love 3.97 avg rating β€” 7,747 ratings
60.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating β€” 107,261 ratings
61.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating β€” 1,201,547 ratings
61.
A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 55,711 ratings
63.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating β€” 633,796 ratings
63.
The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12) 3.96 avg rating β€” 32,326 ratings
65.
The Glass-Blowers
The Glass-Blowers 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,045 ratings
65.
The Wedding (Lairds' FiancΓ©es, #2)
The Wedding (Lairds' FiancΓ©es, #2) 4.16 avg rating β€” 37,397 ratings
67.
Blood Water Paint
Blood Water Paint 4.15 avg rating β€” 9,750 ratings
67.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating β€” 24,210 ratings
69.
My Dear Hamilton
My Dear Hamilton 4.30 avg rating β€” 51,330 ratings
69.
The Sign of the Beaver
The Sign of the Beaver 3.87 avg rating β€” 39,016 ratings
71.
Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating β€” 131,284 ratings
71.
Ransom (Highlands' Lairds, #2)
Ransom (Highlands' Lairds, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 37,952 ratings
73.
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 58,575 ratings
74.
The Architect's Apprentice
The Architect's Apprentice 4.03 avg rating β€” 27,228 ratings
75.
The Royal Physician's Visit
The Royal Physician's Visit 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,570 ratings
76.
The Child from the Sea
The Child from the Sea 4.02 avg rating β€” 859 ratings
77.
The Novice's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #1)
The Novice's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,207 ratings
78.
Shadow on the Crown
Shadow on the Crown 3.91 avg rating β€” 6,119 ratings
79.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 268,971 ratings
80.
Beheld
Beheld 3.43 avg rating β€” 6,077 ratings
81.
The Borgia Confessions
The Borgia Confessions 3.82 avg rating β€” 914 ratings
82.
The Cloister and the Hearth
The Cloister and the Hearth 3.93 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
83.
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark Water 3.84 avg rating β€” 62,285 ratings
84.
The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England 4.13 avg rating β€” 885 ratings
85.
Mistress of the Revolution
Mistress of the Revolution 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,255 ratings
86.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
The Trumpeter of Krakow 3.75 avg rating β€” 7,773 ratings
87.
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1)
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,138 ratings
88.
The Importance of Pawns (Chronicles of the House of Valois, #1)
The Importance of Pawns (Chronicles of the House of Valois, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 461 ratings
88.
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6) 3.93 avg rating β€” 166,041 ratings
90.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating β€” 22,304 ratings
91.
Illuminations
Illuminations 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,850 ratings
92.
The Poison Bed
The Poison Bed 3.55 avg rating β€” 1,488 ratings
93.
Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
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The Bride (Lairds' FiancΓ©es, #1)
The Bride (Lairds' FiancΓ©es, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 69,627 ratings
95.
White Rose Rebel
White Rose Rebel 3.67 avg rating β€” 600 ratings
96.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating β€” 89,874 ratings
97.
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus 3.80 avg rating β€” 71,004 ratings
98.
Calico Captive
Calico Captive 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,575 ratings
99.
Devil Water
Devil Water 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,935 ratings
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,727 ratings
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