Great Historical Fiction

1.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,481 ratings
2.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 222,339 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,448 ratings
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,600 ratings
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,108 ratings
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Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5) 4.40 avg rating β€” 8,267 ratings
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The Source
The Source 4.30 avg rating β€” 45,004 ratings
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The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,976 ratings
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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,216 ratings
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The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 23,948 ratings
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Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,465 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind 4.30 avg rating β€” 696,692 ratings
13.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 278,693 ratings
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Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4) 4.29 avg rating β€” 7,613 ratings
15.
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3) 4.40 avg rating β€” 8,603 ratings
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The Covenant
The Covenant 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,710 ratings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,031 ratings
18.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 16,354 ratings
19.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating β€” 45,606 ratings
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 268,991 ratings
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The Grass Crown
The Grass Crown 4.33 avg rating β€” 13,048 ratings
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Chesapeake
Chesapeake 4.22 avg rating β€” 26,869 ratings
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 180,699 ratings
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 93,950 ratings
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Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey 3.98 avg rating β€” 34,673 ratings
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Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating β€” 54,479 ratings
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The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating β€” 44,842 ratings
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The October Horse (Masters of Rome 6)
The October Horse (Masters of Rome 6) 4.33 avg rating β€” 6,481 ratings
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Space
Space 4.01 avg rating β€” 6,940 ratings
30.
Das Boot
Das Boot 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,824 ratings
31.
The Black Arrow
The Black Arrow 3.79 avg rating β€” 19,568 ratings
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From Maid to Duchess (A Fairytale Retelling, #1)
From Maid to Duchess (A Fairytale Retelling, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
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Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating β€” 44,545 ratings
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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 120,554 ratings
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The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor.
The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor. 4.43 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating β€” 302,769 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,406 ratings
38.
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
39.
Aztec
Aztec 4.27 avg rating β€” 20,225 ratings
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Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7) 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,149 ratings
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Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating β€” 100,893 ratings
42.
The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2)
The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2) 4.03 avg rating β€” 29,909 ratings
43.
King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
King Rat (Asian Saga, #4) 4.19 avg rating β€” 43,415 ratings
44.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,896 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,962,068 ratings
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The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 90,905 ratings
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Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 9,983 ratings
49.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,182 ratings
50.
Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1)
Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,881 ratings
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Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 40,600 ratings
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 29,361 ratings
53.
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt 3.88 avg rating β€” 41,723 ratings
53.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,982 ratings
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One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 17,572 ratings
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Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating β€” 262,569 ratings
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The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating β€” 90,243 ratings
58.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating β€” 1,894,519 ratings
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Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 42,998 ratings
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Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) 4.27 avg rating β€” 42,048 ratings
61.
Great Maria
Great Maria 4.09 avg rating β€” 592 ratings
62.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,546 ratings
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Mila 18
Mila 18
by: Leon Uris
4.32 avg rating β€” 26,365 ratings
64.
The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down 3.94 avg rating β€” 32,030 ratings
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Queen Margot
Queen Margot 4.16 avg rating β€” 14,269 ratings
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Cup of Gold
Cup of Gold 3.44 avg rating β€” 4,619 ratings
66.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,944 ratings
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Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating β€” 25,079 ratings
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11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating β€” 614,103 ratings
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The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,380 ratings
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The Chords of Memory
The Chords of Memory 4.87 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
71.
When Rivers Collide: Adventures of a Victorian Soldier - Book 2
When Rivers Collide: Adventures of a Victorian Soldier - Book 2 4.42 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
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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 β€” 25 ratings
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Birdsong on Holbeck Moor
Birdsong on Holbeck Moor 4.58 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1)
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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Falling Angels
Falling Angels 3.63 avg rating β€” 26,805 ratings
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The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1)
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1) 4.75 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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The Nonsuch Lure
The Nonsuch Lure 4.16 avg rating β€” 227 ratings
80.
A Hunger in the Heart
A Hunger in the Heart 3.95 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
80.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,009 ratings
82.
A Thread of Grace
A Thread of Grace 4.02 avg rating β€” 14,979 ratings
82.
Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating β€” 8,228 ratings
84.
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck 3.79 avg rating β€” 6,883 ratings
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating β€” 22,304 ratings
84.
The Wind that Shakes the Corn: Memoirs of a Scots Irish Woman
The Wind that Shakes the Corn: Memoirs of a Scots Irish Woman 4.38 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
87.
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
88.
The Sultan's Harem
The Sultan's Harem 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,597 ratings
89.
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) 4.08 avg rating β€” 12,948 ratings
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The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5)
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5) 4.16 avg rating β€” 13,292 ratings
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating β€” 50,451 ratings
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The House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose 4.19 avg rating β€” 15,763 ratings
93.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating β€” 249,833 ratings
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St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)
St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4) 4.11 avg rating β€” 11,410 ratings
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The Thunderbird Conspiracy: 50th Anniversary of JFK murder
The Thunderbird Conspiracy: 50th Anniversary of JFK murder 3.83 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Rebekah (Women of Genesis, #2)
Rebekah (Women of Genesis, #2) 3.85 avg rating β€” 8,155 ratings
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 109,176 ratings
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Rachel & Leah (Women of Genesis, #3)
Rachel & Leah (Women of Genesis, #3) 3.85 avg rating β€” 6,420 ratings
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Saints
Saints 3.55 avg rating β€” 2,747 ratings
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Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1)
Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 12,136 ratings
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