Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs

101.
The Quincunx
The Quincunx 4.02 avg rating — 8,105 ratings
102.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,056 ratings
103.
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 264,739 ratings
104.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,455 ratings
105.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,725 ratings
106.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers 4.07 avg rating — 79,266 ratings
107.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,672 ratings
108.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,106 ratings
109.
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,950 ratings
110.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating — 160,767 ratings
111.
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1)
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 42,427 ratings
112.
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves 4.23 avg rating — 28,555 ratings
113.
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,031 ratings
114.
The Valley of Unknowing
The Valley of Unknowing 3.85 avg rating — 370 ratings
115.
The Forever Queen (Saxon #2)
The Forever Queen (Saxon #2) 3.73 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
116.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,632 ratings
117.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar 3.92 avg rating — 15,671 ratings
117.
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4)
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,501 ratings
119.
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 88,695 ratings
120.
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,727 ratings
121.
Agincourt
Agincourt 4.16 avg rating — 31,309 ratings
122.
Russka
Russka 4.03 avg rating — 14,927 ratings
123.
Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)
Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50,449 ratings
124.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
The Memoirs of Cleopatra 4.19 avg rating — 21,334 ratings
125.
Longbourn
Longbourn
by: Jo Baker
3.67 avg rating — 61,406 ratings
126.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,331 ratings
127.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,035 ratings
128.
Roma (Roma, #1)
Roma (Roma, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 8,665 ratings
128.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 12,543 ratings
130.
The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper 4.16 avg rating — 171,031 ratings
131.
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 80,362 ratings
132.
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader 3.75 avg rating — 9,177 ratings
133.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,377 ratings
134.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,008 ratings
135.
The Course of Honor
The Course of Honor 4.15 avg rating — 1,908 ratings
135.
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 — 40,599 ratings
137.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
138.
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici 3.99 avg rating — 10,732 ratings
138.
Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,514 ratings
140.
Morality Play
Morality Play 3.78 avg rating — 4,436 ratings
141.
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian 4.16 avg rating — 204,433 ratings
142.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,460 ratings
143.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 636,865 ratings
144.
The Absolutist
The Absolutist 4.10 avg rating — 22,488 ratings
144.
The Lady Elizabeth
The Lady Elizabeth 3.99 avg rating — 28,381 ratings
146.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,359 ratings
146.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,826 ratings
148.
Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating — 6,654 ratings
149.
The Heretics Daughter
The Heretics Daughter 3.79 avg rating — 36,938 ratings
150.
Caleb's Crossing
Caleb's Crossing 3.86 avg rating — 70,919 ratings
151.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,930 ratings
152.
Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 121,001 ratings
153.
Honesty in World War 2
Honesty in World War 2 4.57 avg rating — 46 ratings
154.
Genghis: Lords of the Bow (Conqueror, #2)
Genghis: Lords of the Bow (Conqueror, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 24,751 ratings
154.
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
156.
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
157.
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
158.
The Last Queen
The Last Queen 4.06 avg rating — 11,718 ratings
159.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6) 4.44 avg rating — 188,407 ratings
160.
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)
Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 58,391 ratings
161.
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6) 3.93 avg rating — 166,043 ratings
162.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 86,562 ratings
163.
I, Elizabeth
I, Elizabeth 4.02 avg rating — 13,544 ratings
163.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,590 ratings
165.
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2)
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 9,706 ratings
166.
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine 3.79 avg rating — 10,082 ratings
166.
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 96,151 ratings
168.
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 134,716 ratings
169.
A Place Beyond Courage (William Marshal, #1)
A Place Beyond Courage (William Marshal, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 4,589 ratings
170.
The Owl Killers
The Owl Killers 3.82 avg rating — 4,342 ratings
171.
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3)
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 18,891 ratings
172.
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1)
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,949 ratings
173.
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3) 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
174.
The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers 3.99 avg rating — 19,492 ratings
175.
The Tenderness Of Wolves
The Tenderness Of Wolves 3.74 avg rating — 15,706 ratings
176.
Half-Blood Blues
Half-Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
177.
Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1)
Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 15,557 ratings
178.
The Sealed Letter
The Sealed Letter 3.36 avg rating — 6,777 ratings
178.
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,876 ratings
180.
Las legiones malditas (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #2)
Las legiones malditas (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #2) 4.70 avg rating — 11,594 ratings
181.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,332 ratings
182.
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 6,149 ratings
183.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch 3.71 avg rating — 32,757 ratings
184.
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3)
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 6,442 ratings
185.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,358 ratings
186.
The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1)
The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 19,090 ratings
187.
Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating — 49,985 ratings
188.
The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)
The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) 3.74 avg rating — 56,845 ratings
189.
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 265,214 ratings
190.
City of Darkness, City of Light
City of Darkness, City of Light 3.95 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
191.
Quarantine
Quarantine
by: Jim Crace
3.68 avg rating — 4,085 ratings
192.
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1)
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 11,637 ratings
192.
English Passengers
English Passengers 4.07 avg rating — 7,473 ratings
194.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,446 ratings
195.
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7) 4.44 avg rating — 162,706 ratings
196.
Enemy Women
Enemy Women 3.76 avg rating — 8,325 ratings
196.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
198.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) 4.55 avg rating — 137,530 ratings
199.
I Am the Chosen King (Saxon #1)
I Am the Chosen King (Saxon #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,330 ratings
199.
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers 4.26 avg rating — 28,700 ratings
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