Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction

1.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,519 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating β€” 2,802,437 ratings
3.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,056 ratings
4.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,132,045 ratings
5.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,657 ratings
6.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 624,018 ratings
7.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,803 ratings
8.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,499 ratings
9.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating β€” 768,734 ratings
10.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 278,709 ratings
11.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,289 ratings
12.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 269,022 ratings
13.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,125 ratings
14.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating β€” 794,002 ratings
15.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,609 ratings
16.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating β€” 508,950 ratings
17.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,469 ratings
18.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 222,390 ratings
19.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating β€” 2,962,298 ratings
20.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,546 ratings
21.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating β€” 22,485 ratings
22.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,241 ratings
23.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating β€” 901,367 ratings
24.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating β€” 35,120 ratings
25.
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 340,754 ratings
26.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 357,006 ratings
27.
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
by: K. Ritz
4.30 avg rating β€” 28,099 ratings
28.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,818 ratings
29.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,466 ratings
30.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 552,004 ratings
31.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 24,741 ratings
32.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,734 ratings
33.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,959 ratings
34.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,461 ratings
35.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 17,213 ratings
36.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 257,779 ratings
37.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating β€” 171,894 ratings
38.
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 528,962 ratings
39.
Glow (The Plated Prisoner, #4)
Glow (The Plated Prisoner, #4) 4.14 avg rating β€” 146,116 ratings
40.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating β€” 530,184 ratings
41.
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
Book of Night (Book of Night, #1) 3.54 avg rating β€” 81,641 ratings
42.
The Salt Grows Heavy
The Salt Grows Heavy 3.55 avg rating β€” 25,392 ratings
43.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,122 ratings
44.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating β€” 528,282 ratings
45.
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating β€” 38,937 ratings
46.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 179,482 ratings
47.
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 397,229 ratings
47.
The Butcher of the Forest
The Butcher of the Forest 3.87 avg rating β€” 7,299 ratings
49.
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
by: Penn Cole
4.18 avg rating β€” 215,611 ratings
50.
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
by: Brom
4.23 avg rating β€” 73,890 ratings
51.
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 53,371 ratings
52.
Victor's Blessing
Victor's Blessing 4.34 avg rating β€” 6,300 ratings
53.
All the Murmuring Bones
All the Murmuring Bones 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,881 ratings
54.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating β€” 140,072 ratings
55.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating β€” 97,940 ratings
56.
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1) 3.56 avg rating β€” 32,660 ratings
57.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,125 ratings
58.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,997 ratings
59.
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 61,961 ratings
60.
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 94,559 ratings
61.
Sarum: The Novel of England
Sarum: The Novel of England 4.08 avg rating β€” 45,869 ratings
62.
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 β€” 696,775 ratings
63.
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating β€” 10,557 ratings
64.
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 23,947 ratings
65.
His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition
His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition 4.31 avg rating β€” 8,979 ratings
66.
Pompeii
Pompeii 3.88 avg rating β€” 51,580 ratings
67.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating β€” 162,024 ratings
68.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating β€” 157,967 ratings
69.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating β€” 593,120 ratings
70.
The Diamond of London
The Diamond of London 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,833 ratings
71.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating β€” 54,872 ratings
72.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,389 ratings
73.
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 4.32 avg rating β€” 21,255 ratings
74.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,102 ratings
75.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating β€” 99,473 ratings
76.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,107 ratings
77.
The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2)
The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 8,106 ratings
78.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 58,927 ratings
79.
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1)
Silk Road (Epic Adventure, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 10,001 ratings
80.
The Echo of Old Books
The Echo of Old Books 4.26 avg rating β€” 116,764 ratings
80.
The Keeper of Happy Endings
The Keeper of Happy Endings 4.46 avg rating β€” 122,484 ratings
82.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,740 ratings
83.
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2)
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2) 4.14 avg rating β€” 9,706 ratings
84.
Dust Child
Dust Child 4.23 avg rating β€” 17,845 ratings
85.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,130 ratings
86.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,680,888 ratings
87.
Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating β€” 80,875 ratings
88.
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3)
The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating β€” 9,636 ratings
89.
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) 3.96 avg rating β€” 76,473 ratings
90.
Talwar
Talwar 3.56 avg rating β€” 98 ratings
91.
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,701 ratings
92.
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1)
Daughters of the Dragon (The Dragon #1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 23,229 ratings
93.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating β€” 115,241 ratings
94.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) 3.88 avg rating β€” 412,948 ratings
95.
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 109,108 ratings
96.
The Source
The Source 4.30 avg rating β€” 45,005 ratings
97.
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 16,357 ratings
98.
Death Valley Scotty
Death Valley Scotty 4.36 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
99.
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1)
Grace (The Shackleford Sisters #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 16,715 ratings
100.
The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1)
The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 9,855 ratings
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