Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs

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North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,171 ratings
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The Mercy Seller (Illuminator, #2)
The Mercy Seller (Illuminator, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
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Under Heaven (Under Heaven, #1)
Under Heaven (Under Heaven, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 16,596 ratings
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Gillespie and I
Gillespie and I 3.83 avg rating — 4,478 ratings
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The Beacon at Alexandria
The Beacon at Alexandria 4.28 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 331,926 ratings
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The Volcano Lover
The Volcano Lover 3.64 avg rating — 3,176 ratings
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The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1)
The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,071 ratings
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In a Far Country
In a Far Country 4.04 avg rating — 632 ratings
310.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating — 6,393 ratings
310.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,771 ratings
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The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1)
The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
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A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife 3.28 avg rating — 80,018 ratings
313.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,941 ratings
313.
Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley 3.30 avg rating — 103,143 ratings
316.
The Moonlit Cage
The Moonlit Cage 4.17 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
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The Potato Factory (The Australian Trilogy, #1)
The Potato Factory (The Australian Trilogy, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 11,098 ratings
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Virgin Earth (Tradescant, #2)
Virgin Earth (Tradescant, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 6,415 ratings
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We Wove a Web in Childhood: The Brontes at Home
We Wove a Web in Childhood: The Brontes at Home 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Apricots and Wolfsbane
Apricots and Wolfsbane 4.35 avg rating — 105 ratings
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That Woman
That Woman 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1)
Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings
324.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish 3.70 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
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The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Cat and Mouse
Cat and Mouse 4.11 avg rating — 368 ratings
326.
Shaman (Cole Family Trilogy, #2)
Shaman (Cole Family Trilogy, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 16,162 ratings
328.
Kids We Were
Kids We Were 4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings
328.
Amarna Book II: Book of Hawara
Amarna Book II: Book of Hawara 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
328.
Amarna Book III: Book of Raia
Amarna Book III: Book of Raia 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower 3.43 avg rating — 6,495 ratings
331.
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
333.
The Blood upon the Rose
The Blood upon the Rose 3.75 avg rating — 442 ratings
334.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating — 9,362 ratings
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An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5)
An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 30,145 ratings
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Angels in Iron
Angels in Iron 4.27 avg rating — 199 ratings
337.
Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1)
Blood & Beauty (The Borgias #1) 3.70 avg rating — 11,525 ratings
338.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief 3.60 avg rating — 12,867 ratings
339.
In the Company of the Courtesan
In the Company of the Courtesan 3.79 avg rating — 25,811 ratings
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Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather 3.74 avg rating — 3,352 ratings
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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6)
The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6) 3.45 avg rating — 36,387 ratings
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Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,493 ratings
343.
The Time in Between
The Time in Between 4.20 avg rating — 49,550 ratings
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King Hereafter
King Hereafter 4.25 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
344.
Texas
Texas 4.11 avg rating — 19,212 ratings
344.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 16,357 ratings
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The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence 3.61 avg rating — 19,304 ratings
347.
Equal of the Sun
Equal of the Sun 3.75 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
349.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating — 593,067 ratings
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Conceit
Conceit 3.40 avg rating — 346 ratings
351.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,303 ratings
352.
The Way Back to Florence
The Way Back to Florence 4.19 avg rating — 402 ratings
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Silent on the Moor (Lady Julia Grey, #3)
Silent on the Moor (Lady Julia Grey, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 15,089 ratings
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,343 ratings
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Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,152 ratings
356.
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker, #2)
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 302 ratings
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The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3)
The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,096 ratings
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The Journeyer
The Journeyer 4.32 avg rating — 4,034 ratings
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The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7) 4.36 avg rating — 29,956 ratings
360.
The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5)
The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5) 4.58 avg rating — 3,635 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,489 ratings
362.
The Lost Garden: A Novel
The Lost Garden: A Novel 3.83 avg rating — 2,847 ratings
362.
Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3)
Persona Non Grata (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 3,467 ratings
362.
The Fall of the Empire (The Rise of the Aztecs, #5)
The Fall of the Empire (The Rise of the Aztecs, #5) 4.39 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Lady of the Reeds (Lady of the Reeds, #1)
Lady of the Reeds (Lady of the Reeds, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
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Currents of War (The Rise of the Aztecs, #4)
Currents of War (The Rise of the Aztecs, #4) 4.54 avg rating — 146 ratings
367.
The Queen of Bedlam (Matthew Corbett, #2)
The Queen of Bedlam (Matthew Corbett, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 6,566 ratings
368.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,878 ratings
369.
The Emperor's Second Wife (The Rise of the Aztecs, #3)
The Emperor's Second Wife (The Rise of the Aztecs, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 165 ratings
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The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
The Whistling Season (Morrie Morgan #1, Two Medicine Country #7)
by: Ivan Doig
4.07 avg rating — 21,117 ratings
371.
Crossing Worlds (The Rise of the Aztecs, #2)
Crossing Worlds (The Rise of the Aztecs, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Empire
Empire 3.86 avg rating — 2,469 ratings
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The Mistress of Nothing
The Mistress of Nothing 3.61 avg rating — 4,201 ratings
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Spandau Phoenix (World War Two #2)
Spandau Phoenix (World War Two #2)
by: Greg Iles
4.02 avg rating — 6,560 ratings
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The List
The List 3.70 avg rating — 1,883 ratings
376.
A Thread of Grace
A Thread of Grace 4.02 avg rating — 14,979 ratings
376.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller 4.30 avg rating — 264,390 ratings
378.
The Widow of the South
The Widow of the South 3.78 avg rating — 18,310 ratings
378.
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3)
Tracks (Love Medicine. #3) 3.94 avg rating — 13,676 ratings
380.
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World 3.78 avg rating — 43,685 ratings
381.
A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3)
A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,264 ratings
381.
The Postmistress
The Postmistress 3.36 avg rating — 45,252 ratings
383.
The Night Calls
The Night Calls 4.06 avg rating — 463 ratings
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Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9)
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9) 4.04 avg rating — 24,713 ratings
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The Sword of Shame (The Medieval Murderers, #2)
The Sword of Shame (The Medieval Murderers, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 510 ratings
386.
The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)
The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) 3.60 avg rating — 14,374 ratings
386.
The Homesman
The Homesman 3.89 avg rating — 4,295 ratings
388.
The Patient's Eyes
The Patient's Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 739 ratings
388.
Aztec Autumn (Aztec, #2)
Aztec Autumn (Aztec, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 3,222 ratings
390.
The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)
The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7) 4.25 avg rating — 31,261 ratings
390.
The Observations
The Observations 3.62 avg rating — 7,396 ratings
390.
March
March 3.81 avg rating — 76,165 ratings
393.
Every Man for Himself
Every Man for Himself 3.48 avg rating — 1,884 ratings
393.
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6) 4.13 avg rating — 30,698 ratings
393.
Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4)
Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4) 4.34 avg rating — 15,886 ratings
393.
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1)
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 3,138 ratings
397.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating — 14,198 ratings
397.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating — 12,548 ratings
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Thirteen Moons
Thirteen Moons 3.75 avg rating — 16,132 ratings
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The Innocent
The Innocent 3.72 avg rating — 13,212 ratings
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