Literary Historical Fiction

1.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,515 ratings
2.
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
by: K. Ritz
4.30 avg rating β€” 28,053 ratings
3.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,254 ratings
4.
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
by: Brom
4.23 avg rating β€” 73,829 ratings
5.
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 396,752 ratings
6.
The Butcher of the Forest
The Butcher of the Forest 3.87 avg rating β€” 7,289 ratings
7.
The Salt Grows Heavy
The Salt Grows Heavy 3.55 avg rating β€” 25,374 ratings
8.
All the Murmuring Bones
All the Murmuring Bones 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,879 ratings
9.
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 528,387 ratings
10.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,478 ratings
11.
Glow (The Plated Prisoner, #4)
Glow (The Plated Prisoner, #4) 4.14 avg rating β€” 145,899 ratings
12.
Victor's Blessing
Victor's Blessing 4.34 avg rating β€” 6,300 ratings
13.
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1) 3.56 avg rating β€” 32,653 ratings
14.
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) 3.54 avg rating β€” 81,626 ratings
15.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,393 ratings
16.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 356,969 ratings
17.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,599 ratings
18.
Pompeii
Pompeii 3.88 avg rating β€” 51,568 ratings
19.
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
by: Penn Cole
4.18 avg rating β€” 215,255 ratings
20.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,069,932 ratings
21.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,953 ratings
22.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,728 ratings
23.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 12,543 ratings
24.
The Echo of Old Books
The Echo of Old Books 4.26 avg rating β€” 116,719 ratings
25.
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety 3.84 avg rating β€” 40,490 ratings
26.
The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage Portrait 4.01 avg rating β€” 187,101 ratings
27.
The Painter's Apprentice (Venetian Artisans, #1)
The Painter's Apprentice (Venetian Artisans, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,074 ratings
28.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,161 ratings
29.
Lust for Life
Lust for Life 4.27 avg rating β€” 30,947 ratings
30.
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
The Secret Life of Sunflowers 4.09 avg rating β€” 41,911 ratings
31.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,030 ratings
32.
His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition
His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition 4.31 avg rating β€” 8,980 ratings
33.
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0) 4.39 avg rating β€” 128,369 ratings
34.
Winter Garden
Winter Garden 4.28 avg rating β€” 385,557 ratings
35.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,374 ratings
36.
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 53,364 ratings
37.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating β€” 496,311 ratings
38.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) 3.88 avg rating β€” 412,864 ratings
39.
The Lost Letters of Aisling
The Lost Letters of Aisling 4.32 avg rating β€” 22,848 ratings
40.
The Keeper of Happy Endings
The Keeper of Happy Endings 4.46 avg rating β€” 122,450 ratings
41.
The Romantic
The Romantic 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,722 ratings
42.
Oil and Marble
Oil and Marble 4.08 avg rating β€” 11,198 ratings
43.
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 106,979 ratings
44.
No. 23 Burlington Square
No. 23 Burlington Square 4.19 avg rating β€” 11,465 ratings
45.
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 4.32 avg rating β€” 21,248 ratings
46.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,121 ratings
47.
The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre 4.04 avg rating β€” 36,002 ratings
48.
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1)
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 16,701 ratings
49.
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
by: Leon Uris
4.17 avg rating β€” 10,232 ratings
50.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 58,923 ratings
51.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,924 ratings
52.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,463 ratings
53.
The Consequence of Anna
The Consequence of Anna 4.14 avg rating β€” 11,932 ratings
54.
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating β€” 247,200 ratings
55.
The Diamond of London
The Diamond of London 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,833 ratings
56.
The Swallows of Lunetto
The Swallows of Lunetto 3.94 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
57.
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating β€” 38,936 ratings
58.
The Venice Sketchbook
The Venice Sketchbook 4.25 avg rating β€” 80,131 ratings
59.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,211 ratings
60.
The Huntress
The Huntress 4.30 avg rating β€” 199,880 ratings
61.
Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2)
Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,089 ratings
62.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,432 ratings
63.
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,701 ratings
64.
The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)
The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) 4.25 avg rating β€” 5,546 ratings
64.
The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2)
The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 8,106 ratings
66.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating β€” 115,229 ratings
67.
Secrets of a Charmed Life
Secrets of a Charmed Life 4.24 avg rating β€” 67,205 ratings
68.
Pied Piper
Pied Piper 4.27 avg rating β€” 5,143 ratings
69.
The Magic of Ordinary Days
The Magic of Ordinary Days 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,289 ratings
70.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,106 ratings
71.
The Girl from Venice
The Girl from Venice 3.43 avg rating β€” 8,680 ratings
72.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating β€” 592,975 ratings
73.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating β€” 109,437 ratings
74.
Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating β€” 23,855 ratings
75.
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger 3.86 avg rating β€” 65,360 ratings
76.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating β€” 535,565 ratings
77.
Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,516 ratings
78.
The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1)
The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 9,854 ratings
79.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,600 ratings
80.
Dust Child
Dust Child 4.23 avg rating β€” 17,832 ratings
81.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,965 ratings
81.
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1)
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 23,228 ratings
83.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating β€” 34,176 ratings
84.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,450 ratings
85.
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1)
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 9,994 ratings
86.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,255 ratings
87.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating β€” 97,931 ratings
88.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,861,373 ratings
89.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating β€” 44,667 ratings
90.
I, Claudius/Claudius the God
I, Claudius/Claudius the God 4.45 avg rating β€” 2,868 ratings
91.
The Virgins of Venice
The Virgins of Venice 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,826 ratings
92.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating β€” 73,672 ratings
93.
A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 11,444 ratings
94.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,125 ratings
95.
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 18,092 ratings
96.
Life After Life
Life After Life 3.78 avg rating β€” 237,977 ratings
97.
Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,654 ratings
98.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating β€” 66,777 ratings
99.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,826 ratings
100.
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis 4.01 avg rating β€” 41,007 ratings
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