Historical romances with more substance than your average wallpaper setting

1.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,931 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,714 ratings
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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 378,215 ratings
4.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,985 ratings
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Voyager (Outlander, #3)
Voyager (Outlander, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 325,458 ratings
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,480 ratings
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,651 ratings
8.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,054 ratings
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Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 264,733 ratings
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Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,478 ratings
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The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) 4.26 avg rating — 223,039 ratings
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6) 4.44 avg rating — 188,400 ratings
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The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)
The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 40,088 ratings
15.
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 69,724 ratings
16.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,680 ratings
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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7) 4.44 avg rating — 162,703 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,024 ratings
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Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,713 ratings
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The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2)
The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 24,606 ratings
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Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 42,996 ratings
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Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)
Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 46,257 ratings
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Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,766 ratings
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The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)
The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 32,931 ratings
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Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,014 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,874 ratings
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,657 ratings
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,923 ratings
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Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga, #2)
Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 11,332 ratings
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Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2)
Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 33,722 ratings
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Frederica
Frederica 4.19 avg rating — 24,341 ratings
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,100 ratings
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The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating — 44,841 ratings
35.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,935 ratings
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North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,574 ratings
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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,079 ratings
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A Bachelor's Pledge (Gentlemen #3)
A Bachelor's Pledge (Gentlemen #3) 4.20 avg rating — 537 ratings
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,408 ratings
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Green Darkness
Green Darkness 3.97 avg rating — 6,872 ratings
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A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,759 ratings
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Shadow of the Moon
Shadow of the Moon
by: M.M. Kaye
4.23 avg rating — 4,624 ratings
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Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,736 ratings
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The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 17,191 ratings
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Trade Wind
Trade Wind
by: M.M. Kaye
3.99 avg rating — 3,135 ratings
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Shanna
Shanna 4.15 avg rating — 12,959 ratings
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Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,768 ratings
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The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1)
The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 20,103 ratings
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Penmarric
Penmarric 4.13 avg rating — 6,725 ratings
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A Rose in Winter
A Rose in Winter 4.19 avg rating — 12,842 ratings
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On a Highland Shore (Highland, #1)
On a Highland Shore (Highland, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,001 ratings
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Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating — 16,770 ratings
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Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,059 ratings
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Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle 4.15 avg rating — 18,044 ratings
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Shadows and Strongholds (FitzWarin #1)
Shadows and Strongholds (FitzWarin #1) 4.20 avg rating — 3,333 ratings
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Celia Garth
Celia Garth 4.12 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1)
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 23,479 ratings
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Zemindar
Zemindar 4.19 avg rating — 2,081 ratings
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Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1)
Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 34,714 ratings
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Roselynde (The Roselynde Chronicles, #1)
Roselynde (The Roselynde Chronicles, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
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Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles, #2)
Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Jubilee Trail
Jubilee Trail 4.15 avg rating — 4,387 ratings
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,855 ratings
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Ashes in the Wind
Ashes in the Wind 4.19 avg rating — 10,764 ratings
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) 4.55 avg rating — 137,522 ratings
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The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2)
The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 11,569 ratings
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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,750 ratings
68.
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1)
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 3,138 ratings
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Madam, Will You Talk?
Madam, Will You Talk? 4.09 avg rating — 8,270 ratings
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Now Face to Face (Tamworth Saga, #3)
Now Face to Face (Tamworth Saga, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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An Infamous Army (Alastair-Audley, #4)
An Infamous Army (Alastair-Audley, #4) 3.72 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,201 ratings
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Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,472 ratings
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An Officer's Vow (Gentlemen #2)
An Officer's Vow (Gentlemen #2) 4.18 avg rating — 611 ratings
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The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution)
The Turncoat (Renegades of the American Revolution) 3.69 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
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The Love Knot
The Love Knot 4.13 avg rating — 1,579 ratings
77.
The Unknown Ajax
The Unknown Ajax 4.13 avg rating — 11,074 ratings
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Rainwater
Rainwater 4.12 avg rating — 20,554 ratings
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The Proud Breed
The Proud Breed 4.35 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
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This Rough Magic
This Rough Magic 4.06 avg rating — 10,377 ratings
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To Dance with Kings
To Dance with Kings 4.11 avg rating — 3,604 ratings
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Wideacre (The Wideacre Trilogy, #1)
Wideacre (The Wideacre Trilogy, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 26,579 ratings
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The Dark Queen (The Dark Queen Saga, #1)
The Dark Queen (The Dark Queen Saga, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
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The Glassblower of Murano
The Glassblower of Murano 3.61 avg rating — 7,901 ratings
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The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers 3.99 avg rating — 19,492 ratings
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A Song for Summer
A Song for Summer 3.83 avg rating — 7,318 ratings
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The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners 4.06 avg rating — 10,595 ratings
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The Champion
The Champion 4.14 avg rating — 1,883 ratings
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Olivia And Jai (Olivia and Jai, #1)
Olivia And Jai (Olivia and Jai, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
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The Ivy Tree
The Ivy Tree 3.98 avg rating — 7,247 ratings
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On the Edge of Daylight
On the Edge of Daylight 4.23 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Tsura (Tsura, #1)
Tsura (Tsura, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 430 ratings
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Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)
Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 29,325 ratings
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Devil Water
Devil Water 3.96 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
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The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation, #4)
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation, #4) 3.88 avg rating — 8,592 ratings
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Paint the Wind
Paint the Wind 4.32 avg rating — 755 ratings
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A Lady's Revenge (When The Blood Is Up, #1)
A Lady's Revenge (When The Blood Is Up, #1)
by: Edie Cay
4.33 avg rating — 142 ratings
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A Scarlet Woman (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #1)
A Scarlet Woman (The Fitzgeralds of Dublin, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Flowers from the Storm
Flowers from the Storm 4.07 avg rating — 17,231 ratings
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The Marsh King's Daughter
The Marsh King's Daughter 4.02 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
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