Best Historical Fiction (Literary)

1.
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating โ€” 9,983 ratings
2.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating โ€” 387,250 ratings
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All Things Bright and Strange
All Things Bright and Strange 3.54 avg rating โ€” 615 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating โ€” 2,802,038 ratings
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Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating โ€” 551,947 ratings
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Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating โ€” 127 ratings
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Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2)
Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2) 4.45 avg rating โ€” 4,728 ratings
8.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating โ€” 23,797 ratings
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating โ€” 237,974 ratings
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Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating โ€” 61,949 ratings
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating โ€” 227,510 ratings
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A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating โ€” 49,452 ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating โ€” 66,777 ratings
14.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman 3.88 avg rating โ€” 54,864 ratings
15.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating โ€” 33,024 ratings
16.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating โ€” 1,904,441 ratings
17.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating โ€” 153,254 ratings
18.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating โ€” 102,597 ratings
19.
Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating โ€” 6,654 ratings
20.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating โ€” 71,599 ratings
21.
The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 27,578 ratings
22.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating โ€” 15,965 ratings
23.
By the Sword (Spoils of Olympus, #1)
By the Sword (Spoils of Olympus, #1) 3.97 avg rating โ€” 145 ratings
24.
All Souls' Rising
All Souls' Rising 3.99 avg rating โ€” 1,076 ratings
24.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating โ€” 1,680,776 ratings
26.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating โ€” 28,992 ratings
27.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating โ€” 22,083 ratings
27.
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 โ€” 696,657 ratings
29.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating โ€” 6,688,489 ratings
30.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating โ€” 356,967 ratings
31.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating โ€” 171,867 ratings
32.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating โ€” 16,353 ratings
33.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating โ€” 156,843 ratings
34.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating โ€” 87,002 ratings
35.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating โ€” 37,222 ratings
36.
The Belief in Angels
The Belief in Angels 4.12 avg rating โ€” 152 ratings
36.
Incurable
Incurable 4.21 avg rating โ€” 29 ratings
36.
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1)
Galiene: A Twelfth-Century Tale of Love and War (The Butterfly Chronicles Book 1) 4.07 avg rating โ€” 15 ratings
36.
Feather of Hawk - Rebellion: Epic historical fiction based on a true story.
Feather of Hawk - Rebellion: Epic historical fiction based on a true story. 3.85 avg rating โ€” 34 ratings
36.
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating โ€” 72 ratings
36.
Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise 4.12 avg rating โ€” 5,606 ratings
36.
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet 4.68 avg rating โ€” 25 ratings
36.
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1)
Sacrifice (The Evensong Enchantments #1) 4.41 avg rating โ€” 46 ratings
44.
Destiny
Destiny 4.01 avg rating โ€” 1,363 ratings
45.
Sophronia L.
Sophronia L. 4.50 avg rating โ€” 16 ratings
45.
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1)
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1) 4.75 avg rating โ€” 28 ratings
47.
A Decent Woman
A Decent Woman 4.37 avg rating โ€” 100 ratings
48.
The Queen's Man (John Shakespeare, #6)
The Queen's Man (John Shakespeare, #6) 4.08 avg rating โ€” 1,480 ratings
48.
An Affair of Spies
An Affair of Spies 3.91 avg rating โ€” 2,282 ratings
48.
Shลgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shลgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating โ€” 206,467 ratings
51.
Sacred Treason (Clarenceux, #1)
Sacred Treason (Clarenceux, #1) 3.70 avg rating โ€” 1,937 ratings
51.
Little Souls
Little Souls 3.92 avg rating โ€” 7,168 ratings
53.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating โ€” 3,401,874 ratings
54.
Arthur & George
Arthur & George 3.72 avg rating โ€” 18,623 ratings
55.
Prince (John Shakespeare, #3)
Prince (John Shakespeare, #3) 4.13 avg rating โ€” 1,997 ratings
55.
Sacred Hearts
Sacred Hearts 3.79 avg rating โ€” 13,363 ratings
57.
The Roots of Betrayal (Clarenceux, #2)
The Roots of Betrayal (Clarenceux, #2) 3.90 avg rating โ€” 592 ratings
58.
As Meat Loves Salt
As Meat Loves Salt 3.93 avg rating โ€” 6,128 ratings
58.
Hangman Blind (Abbess of Meaux, #1)
Hangman Blind (Abbess of Meaux, #1) 3.64 avg rating โ€” 1,108 ratings
60.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating โ€” 1,894,069 ratings
61.
The King's Pleasure
The King's Pleasure 3.91 avg rating โ€” 1,210 ratings
61.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating โ€” 382,940 ratings
63.
East of the Sun
East of the Sun 3.71 avg rating โ€” 8,467 ratings
64.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating โ€” 623,955 ratings
64.
Westering Women
Westering Women 3.98 avg rating โ€” 6,546 ratings
66.
What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2)
What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2) 4.27 avg rating โ€” 6,416 ratings
67.
The Town
The Town 3.97 avg rating โ€” 4,208 ratings
67.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating โ€” 154,747 ratings
69.
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer 3.55 avg rating โ€” 10,501 ratings
70.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating โ€” 703,399 ratings
71.
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams 3.95 avg rating โ€” 7,618 ratings
72.
A Rose for Virtue
A Rose for Virtue 3.66 avg rating โ€” 213 ratings
73.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating โ€” 7,626 ratings
74.
Voss
Voss 3.78 avg rating โ€” 3,488 ratings
74.
Charlotte
Charlotte 3.97 avg rating โ€” 204 ratings
76.
Sophieโ€™s Choice
Sophieโ€™s Choice 4.17 avg rating โ€” 93,606 ratings
77.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating โ€” 44,318 ratings
77.
The Killer Angels : A Novel of the Civil War
The Killer Angels : A Novel of the Civil War 4.33 avg rating โ€” 90,449 ratings
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Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest 3.98 avg rating โ€” 90 ratings
80.
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages 4.09 avg rating โ€” 2,595 ratings
81.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating โ€” 737,148 ratings
82.
The Map of Salt and Stars
The Map of Salt and Stars 3.92 avg rating โ€” 20,147 ratings
83.
The Passion of Artemisia
The Passion of Artemisia 3.91 avg rating โ€” 19,782 ratings
84.
The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers 3.99 avg rating โ€” 19,492 ratings
85.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating โ€” 387,447 ratings
86.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating โ€” 248,105 ratings
87.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating โ€” 310,882 ratings
88.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating โ€” 386,229 ratings
89.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 4.03 avg rating โ€” 37,351 ratings
90.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating โ€” 60,759 ratings
91.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating โ€” 222,304 ratings
92.
Mistress Suffragette
Mistress Suffragette 4.29 avg rating โ€” 4,571 ratings
92.
The Song of Troy
The Song of Troy really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 3,400 ratings
94.
The Fig Orchard
The Fig Orchard 4.14 avg rating โ€” 353 ratings
94.
Madame Lilly, Voodoo Priestess
Madame Lilly, Voodoo Priestess 4.29 avg rating โ€” 35 ratings
94.
Pattern of Shadows (Mary, #1)
Pattern of Shadows (Mary, #1) 4.13 avg rating โ€” 230 ratings
94.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish 3.70 avg rating โ€” 5,772 ratings
94.
Yoke of Wind
Yoke of Wind 4.29 avg rating โ€” 7 ratings
94.
Seasons of Love and War
Seasons of Love and War 4.53 avg rating โ€” 66 ratings
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Billy Gogan, American
Billy Gogan, American 4.44 avg rating โ€” 59 ratings
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