Best Historical Fiction Gems You Suspect Many Have Not Read.

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I, Cleopatra
I, Cleopatra 4.03 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
2.
Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife 4.43 avg rating β€” 78,868 ratings
3.
Winter Dreams
Winter Dreams 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,288 ratings
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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,565 ratings
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A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating β€” 320,507 ratings
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Death Comes as the End
Death Comes as the End 3.85 avg rating β€” 26,780 ratings
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner
The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner 4.02 avg rating β€” 157,962 ratings
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The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan
The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,748 ratings
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The China Garden
The China Garden
by: Liz Berry
4.12 avg rating β€” 3,029 ratings
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The Girl with Spunk
The Girl with Spunk 3.10 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
11.
Mystery of the Green Cat
Mystery of the Green Cat 3.98 avg rating β€” 394 ratings
12.
Ice Mermaid (Salt for Air Series)
Ice Mermaid (Salt for Air Series) 2.99 avg rating β€” 768 ratings
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A Northern Light
A Northern Light 3.83 avg rating β€” 45,423 ratings
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A Night at the Tropicana
A Night at the Tropicana 4.01 avg rating β€” 6,463 ratings
15.
DΓ©sirΓ©e's Baby
DΓ©sirΓ©e's Baby really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5,805 ratings
16.
Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 152,431 ratings
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An Instance of the Fingerpost : A Novel
An Instance of the Fingerpost : A Novel 3.94 avg rating β€” 26,660 ratings
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Shine (Ruth Jefferson, #.5)
Shine (Ruth Jefferson, #.5) 3.89 avg rating β€” 11,367 ratings
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How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating β€” 18,451 ratings
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Flowers in the Snow (The Edenville Series, #1)
Flowers in the Snow (The Edenville Series, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 6,882 ratings
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Mara, Daughter of the Nile 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,372 ratings
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Greek Gods and Heroes (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Greek Gods and Heroes (Laurel-Leaf Books) 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,669 ratings
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Plain Expectations
Plain Expectations 4.14 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
24.
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison 3.86 avg rating β€” 10,460 ratings
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The Shape of Mercy
The Shape of Mercy 3.96 avg rating β€” 9,190 ratings
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The Grass is Singing
The Grass is Singing 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,769 ratings
27.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 66,219 ratings
28.
Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating β€” 121,456 ratings
29.
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths 3.87 avg rating β€” 5,349 ratings
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"The Triple Whammy" and Other Russian Stories: A Memoir
"The Triple Whammy" and Other Russian Stories: A Memoir 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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The Color of the Rose
The Color of the Rose 3.75 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
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Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America
Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America 3.35 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating β€” 311,641 ratings
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Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow
Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow 3.56 avg rating β€” 577 ratings
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The Other Side of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight 3.96 avg rating β€” 49,775 ratings
36.
To Rescue a Witch
To Rescue a Witch 4.50 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
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Anya
Anya 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,432 ratings
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Sugar Money
Sugar Money 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,126 ratings
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Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier 3.70 avg rating β€” 17,689 ratings
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The Quincunx
The Quincunx 4.02 avg rating β€” 8,105 ratings
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Wolf Winter (SvartΓ₯sen #1)
Wolf Winter (SvartΓ₯sen #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 6,892 ratings
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Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating β€” 47,420 ratings
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The Boarded-Up House
The Boarded-Up House 3.87 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
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Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating β€” 34,185 ratings
45.
Under the Frog
Under the Frog 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,069 ratings
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Meet the Austins (Austin Family Chronicles, #1)
Meet the Austins (Austin Family Chronicles, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 10,458 ratings
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Q
Q 4.22 avg rating β€” 9,295 ratings
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The Moon in the Water (Heron, #1)
The Moon in the Water (Heron, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 560 ratings
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The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating β€” 50,327 ratings
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Equal of the Sun
Equal of the Sun 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,570 ratings
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Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,878 ratings
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The Haunted Monastery
The Haunted Monastery 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,826 ratings
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Alethea (Heron, #3)
Alethea (Heron, #3) 4.21 avg rating β€” 248 ratings
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Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,104 ratings
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The Book of Abraham
The Book of Abraham really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 385 ratings
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Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,720 ratings
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The Chains of Fate (Heron, #2)
The Chains of Fate (Heron, #2) 4.26 avg rating β€” 315 ratings
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Send Judah First: The Erased Life of an Enslaved Soul
Send Judah First: The Erased Life of an Enslaved Soul 4.20 avg rating β€” 485 ratings
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Moonfleet
Moonfleet 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,392 ratings
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Holocaust
Holocaust 4.32 avg rating β€” 2,171 ratings
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I, Claudius
I, Claudius 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,602 ratings
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Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
63.
Secrets on 26th Street (Mysteries through History Book 5)
Secrets on 26th Street (Mysteries through History Book 5) 3.92 avg rating β€” 735 ratings
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A Country of Strangers
A Country of Strangers 4.01 avg rating β€” 162 ratings
63.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
Cinnamon and Gunpowder
by: Eli Brown
3.90 avg rating β€” 8,466 ratings
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Jassy / Bless This House / Scent of Cloves / How Far to Bethlehem?
Jassy / Bless This House / Scent of Cloves / How Far to Bethlehem? 4.61 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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The Conjurer's Wife
The Conjurer's Wife 3.84 avg rating β€” 8,453 ratings
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The Sealed Letter
The Sealed Letter 3.36 avg rating β€” 6,777 ratings
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Booky: A Trilogy
Booky: A Trilogy 4.40 avg rating β€” 244 ratings
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
Afternoon of an Autocrat 4.08 avg rating β€” 228 ratings
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Stone's Fall
Stone's Fall 3.87 avg rating β€” 8,676 ratings
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Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)
Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 55,745 ratings
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The Lute Player
The Lute Player 3.82 avg rating β€” 642 ratings
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The Children of Jocasta
The Children of Jocasta 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,770 ratings
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The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating β€” 12,548 ratings
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The War That Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
The War That Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) 4.49 avg rating β€” 111,814 ratings
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To See a Fine Lady
To See a Fine Lady 4.05 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
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30 Red Dresses
30 Red Dresses 4.28 avg rating β€” 202 ratings
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FIONN: Defence of RΓ‘th BlΓ‘dhma (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #1)
FIONN: Defence of RΓ‘th BlΓ‘dhma (Fionn mac Cumhaill, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 215 ratings
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The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)
The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) 4.48 avg rating β€” 45,499 ratings
78.
The Golden Fleece
The Golden Fleece 4.29 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
82.
The Egypt of Nefertiti: Beauty of the Nile
The Egypt of Nefertiti: Beauty of the Nile 3.69 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
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Amazir
Amazir 3.68 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
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The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1)
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 7,868 ratings
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The King's Pleasure
The King's Pleasure 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,210 ratings
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Medusa
Medusa 4.09 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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The Gathering Night
The Gathering Night 3.59 avg rating β€” 294 ratings
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Abigail
Abigail 4.33 avg rating β€” 8,963 ratings
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Esther
Esther 3.99 avg rating β€” 246 ratings
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The Sea Road
The Sea Road 3.85 avg rating β€” 610 ratings
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The Bound Girl
The Bound Girl 4.35 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Silver Nutmeg
Silver Nutmeg 3.78 avg rating β€” 162 ratings
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Night Falls on the City
Night Falls on the City 4.03 avg rating β€” 315 ratings
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A Faraway Island (A Faraway Island #1)
A Faraway Island (A Faraway Island #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,544 ratings
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Eleanor the Queen
Eleanor the Queen 3.79 avg rating β€” 905 ratings
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Strange Eden (Strange Eden #1)
Strange Eden (Strange Eden #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 258 ratings
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The Year Without Summer
The Year Without Summer 3.48 avg rating β€” 381 ratings
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The Last Train to London
The Last Train to London 4.13 avg rating β€” 16,643 ratings
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Here Was a Man
Here Was a Man 3.51 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
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Snowbound in Hidden Valley
Snowbound in Hidden Valley 4.15 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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