Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction

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Winter Garden
Winter Garden 4.28 avg rating — 385,856 ratings
102.
Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed 4.11 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
103.
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
The Secret Life of Sunflowers 4.09 avg rating — 41,969 ratings
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Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2)
Altar of Resistance (World War Two #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
105.
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety 3.84 avg rating — 40,500 ratings
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Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2)
Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) 4.30 avg rating — 9,292 ratings
107.
The Lost Letters of Aisling
The Lost Letters of Aisling 4.32 avg rating — 22,858 ratings
108.
The Huntress
The Huntress 4.30 avg rating — 199,996 ratings
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The Girl from Venice
The Girl from Venice 3.43 avg rating — 8,681 ratings
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Devil's Brood (Plantagenets #3; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
Devil's Brood (Plantagenets #3; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 8,086 ratings
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The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,093 ratings
112.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,277 ratings
113.
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
by: Leon Uris
4.17 avg rating — 10,232 ratings
114.
Courage
Courage 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
115.
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating — 247,456 ratings
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 94,363 ratings
117.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating — 44,670 ratings
118.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,203 ratings
119.
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 9,983 ratings
120.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers 4.07 avg rating — 79,272 ratings
121.
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 15,647 ratings
122.
Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating — 23,854 ratings
123.
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating — 42,082 ratings
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The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)
The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) 4.25 avg rating — 5,547 ratings
125.
Pied Piper
Pied Piper 4.27 avg rating — 5,145 ratings
126.
No. 23 Burlington Square
No. 23 Burlington Square 4.19 avg rating — 11,472 ratings
127.
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0) 4.39 avg rating — 128,409 ratings
128.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,385 ratings
129.
Barbarians
Barbarians 4.07 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Armada
Armada 4.02 avg rating — 95 ratings
131.
The Magic of Ordinary Days
The Magic of Ordinary Days 3.90 avg rating — 11,294 ratings
132.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
The Memoirs of Cleopatra 4.19 avg rating — 21,337 ratings
133.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,557 ratings
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The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage Portrait 4.01 avg rating — 187,201 ratings
135.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,620 ratings
136.
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4)
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 61,108 ratings
137.
The Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre 4.04 avg rating — 36,024 ratings
138.
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger 3.86 avg rating — 65,372 ratings
139.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,703 ratings
140.
Secrets of a Charmed Life
Secrets of a Charmed Life 4.24 avg rating — 67,227 ratings
141.
The Consequence of Anna
The Consequence of Anna 4.14 avg rating — 11,942 ratings
142.
Lust for Life
Lust for Life 4.27 avg rating — 30,953 ratings
143.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,307 ratings
144.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
145.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
146.
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 32,094 ratings
147.
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 13,048 ratings
147.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 12,546 ratings
149.
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,762 ratings
150.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,895,846 ratings
151.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 637,081 ratings
152.
Burr
Burr 4.09 avg rating — 10,488 ratings
153.
An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating — 26,661 ratings
154.
The Lady of the Tower (The Lydiard Chronicles, #1)
The Lady of the Tower (The Lydiard Chronicles, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
155.
Oil and Marble
Oil and Marble 4.08 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
156.
The Romantic
The Romantic 4.15 avg rating — 8,729 ratings
157.
The Venice Sketchbook
The Venice Sketchbook 4.25 avg rating — 80,143 ratings
158.
The Painter's Apprentice (Venetian Artisans, #1)
The Painter's Apprentice (Venetian Artisans, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
159.
The Last Dying Light
The Last Dying Light 4.38 avg rating — 2,075 ratings
160.
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 42,970 ratings
161.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,454 ratings
162.
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 107,024 ratings
163.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,442 ratings
164.
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici 3.99 avg rating — 10,733 ratings
165.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,474 ratings
166.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,876 ratings
167.
The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)
The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,634 ratings
169.
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3)
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 6,443 ratings
170.
Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
171.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating — 160,780 ratings
172.
The Virgins of Venice
The Virgins of Venice 4.26 avg rating — 5,827 ratings
173.
Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating — 44,551 ratings
174.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,235 ratings
175.
London
London 4.09 avg rating — 33,573 ratings
176.
The Second Mrs. Astor
The Second Mrs. Astor
by: Shana Abe
3.97 avg rating — 69,260 ratings
177.
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 31,753 ratings
178.
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 33,029 ratings
179.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,900 ratings
180.
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 120,970 ratings
181.
The Last Queen
The Last Queen 4.06 avg rating — 11,719 ratings
182.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,074 ratings
183.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,574 ratings
184.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,172 ratings
185.
Beyond the Moonlit Sea
Beyond the Moonlit Sea 4.15 avg rating — 48,100 ratings
186.
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,234 ratings
187.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,774 ratings
188.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating — 100,896 ratings
189.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,784 ratings
190.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,132 ratings
191.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,128 ratings
192.
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 8,603 ratings
193.
Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,018 ratings
194.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,994 ratings
195.
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 26,669 ratings
196.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,574 ratings
197.
Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating — 102,914 ratings
198.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,701 ratings
199.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating — 1,862,451 ratings
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Night Angels
Night Angels 4.22 avg rating — 16,814 ratings
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