Best Literary Historical Fiction

101.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating β€” 794,053 ratings
102.
The Egyptian
The Egyptian 4.22 avg rating β€” 26,980 ratings
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The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1)
The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 7,982 ratings
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Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,655 ratings
105.
When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra
When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra 4.05 avg rating β€” 4,468 ratings
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The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 53,381 ratings
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Pure
Pure 3.60 avg rating β€” 10,463 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 Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,155 ratings
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The Pearl Sister (The Seven Sisters, #4)
The Pearl Sister (The Seven Sisters, #4) 4.31 avg rating β€” 96,389 ratings
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 43,332 ratings
111.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,449 ratings
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The Praise Singer
The Praise Singer 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,598 ratings
113.
A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 11,446 ratings
113.
HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating β€” 27,469 ratings
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The Owl Killers
The Owl Killers 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,342 ratings
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The Storm Sister (The Seven Sisters, #2)
The Storm Sister (The Seven Sisters, #2) 4.24 avg rating β€” 119,502 ratings
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De slinger van Foucault
De slinger van Foucault 3.91 avg rating β€” 73,680 ratings
119.
Phantom
Phantom
by: Susan Kay
4.33 avg rating β€” 12,942 ratings
120.
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating β€” 9,636 ratings
121.
In the Company of the Courtesan
In the Company of the Courtesan 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,811 ratings
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The House of Velvet and Glass
The House of Velvet and Glass 3.35 avg rating β€” 7,927 ratings
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Sacred Hunger
Sacred Hunger 4.12 avg rating β€” 7,406 ratings
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Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating β€” 528,317 ratings
125.
The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1)
The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1) 3.73 avg rating β€” 9,525 ratings
125.
The Glass Palace: A Novel
The Glass Palace: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 27,581 ratings
127.
The Secret Chord
The Secret Chord 3.68 avg rating β€” 21,342 ratings
128.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery 3.89 avg rating β€” 34,092 ratings
129.
Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)
Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 34,720 ratings
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HMS Surprise (Aubrey/Maturin, # 3)
HMS Surprise (Aubrey/Maturin, # 3) 4.42 avg rating β€” 20,884 ratings
131.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove 4.56 avg rating β€” 222,439 ratings
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Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2)
Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 9,292 ratings
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Joseph Knight
Joseph Knight 4.03 avg rating β€” 506 ratings
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The Paying Guests
The Paying Guests 3.45 avg rating β€” 82,670 ratings
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The Ways of the World (The Wide World Trilogy #1)
The Ways of the World (The Wide World Trilogy #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,306 ratings
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Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 10,557 ratings
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Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis 4.01 avg rating β€” 41,010 ratings
138.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating β€” 23,802 ratings
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The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating β€” 58,381 ratings
139.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 46,128 ratings
141.
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1)
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,227 ratings
142.
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy 4.07 avg rating β€” 628 ratings
143.
Aztec (Aztec, #1)
Aztec (Aztec, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 20,227 ratings
144.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,468 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating β€” 35,120 ratings
145.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating β€” 44,847 ratings
147.
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (The Sephardic Cycle, #1)
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (The Sephardic Cycle, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 4,294 ratings
148.
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1)
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
148.
Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,607 ratings
148.
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
148.
What Was Lost
What Was Lost 3.98 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
148.
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1)
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
153.
Fugitive Colors
Fugitive Colors
by: Lisa Barr
4.19 avg rating β€” 2,163 ratings
153.
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
155.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating β€” 76,503 ratings
156.
An Affair of Spies
An Affair of Spies 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,283 ratings
156.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,517 ratings
158.
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€” 32,333 ratings
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Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating β€” 10,488 ratings
160.
Island of Ghosts
Island of Ghosts 4.19 avg rating β€” 924 ratings
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The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating β€” 44,243 ratings
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The Rock of Tanios
The Rock of Tanios 3.98 avg rating β€” 7,967 ratings
162.
The Teahouse Fire
The Teahouse Fire 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,696 ratings
164.
Reading in the Dark
Reading in the Dark 3.75 avg rating β€” 4,853 ratings
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Goat Song
Goat Song 3.89 avg rating β€” 322 ratings
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King Hereafter
King Hereafter 4.25 avg rating β€” 2,237 ratings
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The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating β€” 11,822 ratings
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Salonika Burning
Salonika Burning 3.61 avg rating β€” 454 ratings
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The Tale of Murasaki
The Tale of Murasaki 3.84 avg rating β€” 4,510 ratings
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Creation
Creation 4.22 avg rating β€” 4,936 ratings
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Romola
Romola 3.76 avg rating β€” 4,710 ratings
172.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,458 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€” 22,307 ratings
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Count Belisarius
Count Belisarius 4.02 avg rating β€” 2,833 ratings
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The Samurai
The Samurai 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,500 ratings
176.
The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 22,388 ratings
177.
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 42,970 ratings
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Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating β€” 16,065 ratings
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Medea (Delphic Women, #1)
Medea (Delphic Women, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 371 ratings
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The Scarlet City
The Scarlet City 3.60 avg rating β€” 705 ratings
181.
Threshold of Fire: a novel of fifth century Rome
Threshold of Fire: a novel of fifth century Rome 3.52 avg rating β€” 279 ratings
181.
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 4,838 ratings
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Ragnarok
Ragnarok 3.48 avg rating β€” 6,187 ratings
184.
Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2)
Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 8,864 ratings
184.
Drop City
Drop City 3.83 avg rating β€” 15,137 ratings
184.
Stone's Fall
Stone's Fall 3.87 avg rating β€” 8,677 ratings
184.
St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)
St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4) 4.11 avg rating β€” 11,414 ratings
184.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating β€” 58,961 ratings
189.
At the Mercy of the Queen
At the Mercy of the Queen 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,573 ratings
190.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 29,072 ratings
191.
The Royal Physician's Visit
The Royal Physician's Visit 3.82 avg rating β€” 4,571 ratings
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Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating β€” 28,187 ratings
193.
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating β€” 42,083 ratings
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Caprice and Rondo (The House of NiccolΓ², #7)
Caprice and Rondo (The House of NiccolΓ², #7) 4.49 avg rating β€” 1,947 ratings
195.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,102 ratings
195.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,868 ratings
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Lady of Hay
Lady of Hay 4.07 avg rating β€” 8,325 ratings
198.
The Unicorn Hunt (The House of NiccolΓ², #5)
The Unicorn Hunt (The House of NiccolΓ², #5) 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,165 ratings
199.
The Last of the Wine
The Last of the Wine 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,306 ratings
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A Burnable Book (John Gower, #1)
A Burnable Book (John Gower, #1) 3.55 avg rating β€” 4,528 ratings
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