Best historical fiction novels

401.
Dangerous Waters
Dangerous Waters 3.49 avg rating — 86 ratings
401.
The Glass Palace: A Novel
The Glass Palace: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,581 ratings
401.
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile
The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile 3.91 avg rating — 9,079 ratings
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Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating — 49,988 ratings
404.
Morning Star (The Aztec Chronicles #5)
Morning Star (The Aztec Chronicles #5) 4.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
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A Cruel Mischief (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #5)
A Cruel Mischief (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #5) 4.48 avg rating — 125 ratings
407.
The Chain Garden
The Chain Garden 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
407.
Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise 4.12 avg rating — 5,607 ratings
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A Pleasant Distraction (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #8)
A Pleasant Distraction (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #8) 4.27 avg rating — 77 ratings
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A Hidden Motive (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #6)
A Hidden Motive (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #6) 4.34 avg rating — 101 ratings
411.
Eye of the Wind
Eye of the Wind 3.97 avg rating — 65 ratings
411.
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1)
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
413.
Gone to Soldiers
Gone to Soldiers 4.27 avg rating — 5,096 ratings
413.
Sharpe's Fortress (Sharpe, #3)
Sharpe's Fortress (Sharpe, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 15,509 ratings
413.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
416.
Bonded Heart
Bonded Heart 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings
416.
An Affair of Spies
An Affair of Spies 3.91 avg rating — 2,283 ratings
418.
Checkered Fences
Checkered Fences 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
418.
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1)
The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 10,279 ratings
418.
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
421.
Seasons of Love and War
Seasons of Love and War 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
422.
When Nietzsche Wept
When Nietzsche Wept 4.36 avg rating — 80,672 ratings
422.
War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11) 4.36 avg rating — 19,085 ratings
422.
Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17)
Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum, #17) 3.99 avg rating — 88,414 ratings
425.
Charity Girl
Charity Girl 3.27 avg rating — 949 ratings
425.
City of Shadows
City of Shadows 3.97 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
425.
The Sekhmet Bed (The She-King, #1)
The Sekhmet Bed (The She-King, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,154 ratings
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English Passengers
English Passengers 4.07 avg rating — 7,475 ratings
425.
December Road
December Road 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
430.
The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,651 ratings
430.
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 58,593 ratings
430.
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Mara, Daughter of the Nile 4.25 avg rating — 13,375 ratings
430.
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 33,313 ratings
430.
The Course of Honor
The Course of Honor 4.15 avg rating — 1,908 ratings
435.
The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine, #1)
The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 10,054 ratings
435.
The Journey of Elizabeth Ann Rose (Seasons of Love and War Saga, #3)
The Journey of Elizabeth Ann Rose (Seasons of Love and War Saga, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
435.
The King Must Die
The King Must Die 3.97 avg rating — 10,102 ratings
438.
A Place Called Freedom
A Place Called Freedom 4.07 avg rating — 44,386 ratings
439.
The Inheritors
The Inheritors 3.51 avg rating — 5,408 ratings
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Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Knight of the Purple Ribbon 3.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
439.
Six Million Accusers: Catching Adolf Eichmann
Six Million Accusers: Catching Adolf Eichmann 4.32 avg rating — 85 ratings
439.
Echoes of the Past (People of the Longhouse #5)
Echoes of the Past (People of the Longhouse #5) 4.51 avg rating — 79 ratings
439.
Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1)
Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1) 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
444.
A Rose for Lancaster
A Rose for Lancaster 4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings
444.
The Mulberry Empire
The Mulberry Empire 3.36 avg rating — 404 ratings
444.
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,070 ratings
444.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,862,433 ratings
448.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,131 ratings
449.
At the Mercy of the Queen
At the Mercy of the Queen 3.91 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
449.
April's Secret Storm
April's Secret Storm 4.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
451.
Lucky Us
Lucky Us
by: Amy Bloom
3.22 avg rating — 17,905 ratings
451.
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1)
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1) 4.08 avg rating — 438 ratings
453.
Traveller
Traveller 3.91 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
454.
My Brother Sam Is Dead
My Brother Sam Is Dead 3.44 avg rating — 19,140 ratings
454.
The Summer Before the War
The Summer Before the War 3.79 avg rating — 44,139 ratings
454.
Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1)
Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
457.
Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8)
Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8) 4.30 avg rating — 16,814 ratings
458.
The Countess
The Countess 3.55 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
459.
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) 4.12 avg rating — 7,406 ratings
459.
Burned Out
Burned Out 4.30 avg rating — 5,525 ratings
461.
News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,565 ratings
461.
Hardcastle
Hardcastle 4.29 avg rating — 224 ratings
461.
Puck's Legacy
Puck's Legacy 4.36 avg rating — 553 ratings
464.
The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3)
The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,096 ratings
464.
Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1)
Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
464.
La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz
La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz 4.15 avg rating — 61,976 ratings
467.
Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles, #4)
Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles, #4) 4.62 avg rating — 4,005 ratings
467.
Sharpe's Regiment (Sharpe, #17)
Sharpe's Regiment (Sharpe, #17) 4.28 avg rating — 9,231 ratings
467.
Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)
Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 37,083 ratings
470.
Four Sisters, All Queens
Four Sisters, All Queens 3.92 avg rating — 4,343 ratings
471.
The Serpent Garden
The Serpent Garden 3.93 avg rating — 1,589 ratings
471.
The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)
The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) 3.86 avg rating — 25,036 ratings
473.
Fate Of The Children: Holocaust Confessions Of A Reluctant Nazi
Fate Of The Children: Holocaust Confessions Of A Reluctant Nazi 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
473.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating — 154,878 ratings
475.
P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16)
P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16) 3.89 avg rating — 29,766 ratings
476.
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone 3.73 avg rating — 16,261 ratings
476.
Death Comes as the End
Death Comes as the End 3.85 avg rating — 26,783 ratings
476.
The Abolitionist's Daughter
The Abolitionist's Daughter 3.78 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
476.
Marilla of Green Gables
Marilla of Green Gables 4.04 avg rating — 14,432 ratings
480.
O Palácio de Inverno
O Palácio de Inverno 4.19 avg rating — 15,765 ratings
480.
Aztec (Aztec, #1)
Aztec (Aztec, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 20,227 ratings
482.
Flight of Dreams
Flight of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 9,341 ratings
483.
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.92 avg rating — 38,982 ratings
483.
Pride of Carthage
Pride of Carthage 3.91 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
485.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,822 ratings
485.
Dictator (Cicero, #3)
Dictator (Cicero, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 17,081 ratings
485.
The North and South Trilogy: North and South / Love and War / Heaven and Hell (North and South, #1-3)
The North and South Trilogy: North and South / Love and War / Heaven and Hell (North and South, #1-3) 4.52 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
488.
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman 4.07 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
488.
The King's Grace
The King's Grace 3.99 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
488.
The Devil's Company (Benjamin Weaver #3)
The Devil's Company (Benjamin Weaver #3) 3.96 avg rating — 3,592 ratings
488.
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 91,824 ratings
488.
Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21)
Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum, #21) 3.91 avg rating — 65,733 ratings
493.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating — 44,670 ratings
493.
A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4)
A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 105,490 ratings
495.
Black Robe
Black Robe 3.78 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
495.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 573,297 ratings
497.
The Eagles' Brood (Camulod Chronicles, #3)
The Eagles' Brood (Camulod Chronicles, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 5,656 ratings
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Mistress Suffragette
Mistress Suffragette 4.29 avg rating — 4,571 ratings
499.
Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3)
Heaven and Hell (North and South, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 12,047 ratings
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Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 28,561 ratings
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