Best Historical Fiction/Novels Ever

1.
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth 4.35 avg rating — 809,519 ratings
2.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,609 ratings
3.
Shadow on the Sun (The Mound Builders Book 1)
Shadow on the Sun (The Mound Builders Book 1) 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings
4.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,005 ratings
5.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 269,022 ratings
6.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,775 ratings
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Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,882 ratings
8.
Sinuhe the Egyptian
Sinuhe the Egyptian 4.22 avg rating — 26,977 ratings
9.
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 109,109 ratings
10.
A Lineage of Grace (Lineage of Grace #1- 5)
A Lineage of Grace (Lineage of Grace #1- 5) 4.47 avg rating — 18,558 ratings
11.
Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1)
Obsidian Puma (The Aztec Chronicles #1) 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
12.
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 60,125 ratings
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Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1)
Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
14.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,241 ratings
15.
Taiko
Taiko 4.28 avg rating — 5,028 ratings
15.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,479 ratings
17.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,123 ratings
18.
Myself as Witness
Myself as Witness 3.91 avg rating — 98 ratings
19.
Musashi
Musashi 4.47 avg rating — 22,914 ratings
20.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating — 99,473 ratings
21.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating — 45,614 ratings
22.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,461 ratings
23.
Shogun (Asian Saga)
Shogun (Asian Saga) 4.41 avg rating — 206,499 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,493 ratings
25.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
26.
Royal Blood (The Mound Builders Book 2)
Royal Blood (The Mound Builders Book 2) 4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings
27.
Skeletons at the Feast
Skeletons at the Feast really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,799 ratings
27.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2) 3.95 avg rating — 59,188 ratings
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The Welsh Girl
The Welsh Girl 3.45 avg rating — 4,749 ratings
30.
Marrying Mozart
Marrying Mozart 3.58 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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The Roman
The Roman 4.10 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
31.
Here be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
31.
The Highlander (The Rise of the Aztecs, #1)
The Highlander (The Rise of the Aztecs, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 985 ratings
34.
Island of Ghosts
Island of Ghosts 4.19 avg rating — 924 ratings
34.
Whirlwind (Asian Saga, #6)
Whirlwind (Asian Saga, #6) 3.87 avg rating — 8,513 ratings
36.
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey 3.98 avg rating — 34,677 ratings
37.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,485 ratings
38.
The Path of the Hero King (Robert the Bruce, #2)
The Path of the Hero King (Robert the Bruce, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 207 ratings
39.
Hood (King Raven, #1)
Hood (King Raven, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 15,539 ratings
40.
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 66,595 ratings
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Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 9,066 ratings
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The Paladin
The Paladin 3.70 avg rating — 311 ratings
43.
Seven Men of Gascony
Seven Men of Gascony 4.12 avg rating — 226 ratings
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 4.18 avg rating — 18,787 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
46.
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd 3.91 avg rating — 134,725 ratings
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The Wolf Time
The Wolf Time 4.04 avg rating — 98 ratings
47.
Knight in Anarchy
Knight in Anarchy 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings
49.
Rifleman Dodd
Rifleman Dodd 4.04 avg rating — 2,003 ratings
50.
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1)
God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
51.
To Serve Them All My Days
To Serve Them All My Days 4.33 avg rating — 3,119 ratings
52.
Winter Quarters
Winter Quarters 3.55 avg rating — 456 ratings
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The Boat of Fate
The Boat of Fate 3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings
54.
The Big Sky
The Big Sky 4.01 avg rating — 5,628 ratings
55.
Company of cowards
Company of cowards 3.73 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Black Robe
Black Robe 3.78 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
57.
Betsy's River Adventure: The Journey Westward (1808) (Sisters in Time #7)
Betsy's River Adventure: The Journey Westward (1808) (Sisters in Time #7) 3.85 avg rating — 121 ratings
57.
Away
Away
by: Amy Bloom
3.38 avg rating — 11,556 ratings
57.
Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set) 4.38 avg rating — 6,322 ratings
57.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,241 ratings
57.
Atlantis: On the Shores of Forever (Atlantis: The Antediluvian Chronicles, #1)
Atlantis: On the Shores of Forever (Atlantis: The Antediluvian Chronicles, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 72 ratings
57.
The Physician (The Cole Trilogy, 1)
The Physician (The Cole Trilogy, 1) 4.41 avg rating — 58,588 ratings
57.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,053 ratings
57.
The Women
The Women 4.60 avg rating — 1,329,359 ratings
65.
King Jesus
King Jesus 3.84 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
65.
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
65.
Temple of a Thousand Faces
Temple of a Thousand Faces 3.84 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
65.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 4.06 avg rating — 58,958 ratings
65.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Biographical Novel of Michelangelo 4.09 avg rating — 93,734 ratings
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The street sparrows
The street sparrows 4.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
71.
The Centurion's Wife (Acts of Faith, #1)
The Centurion's Wife (Acts of Faith, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 15,240 ratings
71.
Tatiana and Alexander
Tatiana and Alexander 4.28 avg rating — 46,263 ratings
71.
The Steps to the Empty Throne (Robert the Bruce, #1)
The Steps to the Empty Throne (Robert the Bruce, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 408 ratings
71.
The Teahouse Fire
The Teahouse Fire 3.48 avg rating — 3,696 ratings
71.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,213 ratings
71.
Troubled Waters (People of the Longhouse #3)
Troubled Waters (People of the Longhouse #3) 4.54 avg rating — 101 ratings
71.
Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2)
Queen of This Realm (Queens of England, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 1,899 ratings
78.
The Price of the King's Peace (Robert the Bruce, #3)
The Price of the King's Peace (Robert the Bruce, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 173 ratings
78.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
78.
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 (A Bride's Story, #1)
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 (A Bride's Story, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 9,521 ratings
78.
Eagle Song
Eagle Song really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings
78.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 57,466 ratings
78.
Dark Before Dawn (The Mound Builders Book 3)
Dark Before Dawn (The Mound Builders Book 3) 4.71 avg rating — 42 ratings
78.
In the Shadow of the Crown (Queens of England, #6)
In the Shadow of the Crown (Queens of England, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 1,606 ratings
85.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,269 ratings
85.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1)
The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,579 ratings
85.
Above All Things
Above All Things 3.69 avg rating — 3,905 ratings
85.
The Tale of Murasaki
The Tale of Murasaki 3.84 avg rating — 4,510 ratings
85.
The Sand-Reckoner
The Sand-Reckoner 4.19 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
85.
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1)
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1) 4.08 avg rating — 438 ratings
85.
The Queen's Confession
The Queen's Confession 3.95 avg rating — 2,071 ratings
92.
Patrick: Son of Ireland
Patrick: Son of Ireland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
92.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,994 ratings
92.
Frog Music
Frog Music 3.20 avg rating — 26,613 ratings
92.
The Beacon at Alexandria
The Beacon at Alexandria 4.28 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
92.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,224 ratings
97.
Gap Creek
Gap Creek 3.74 avg rating — 54,202 ratings
97.
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2) 4.09 avg rating — 25,163 ratings
97.
Lords of Misrule (House of Stewart, #1)
Lords of Misrule (House of Stewart, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,019 ratings
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