Best Historical Thrillers

1.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating β€” 702,572 ratings
2.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle 4.21 avg rating β€” 165,992 ratings
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The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating β€” 97,257 ratings
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Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating β€” 528,280 ratings
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The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating β€” 162,720 ratings
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Jackdaws
Jackdaws 4.08 avg rating β€” 42,382 ratings
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The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating β€” 142,724 ratings
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Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating β€” 697,851 ratings
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating β€” 294,132 ratings
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The Unlikely Spy
The Unlikely Spy 4.25 avg rating β€” 26,504 ratings
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 67,103 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating β€” 387,286 ratings
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,775 ratings
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St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)
St. Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4) 4.11 avg rating β€” 11,414 ratings
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The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating β€” 22,485 ratings
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating β€” 376,324 ratings
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating β€” 4,419 ratings
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Imperium (Cicero, #1)
Imperium (Cicero, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 39,327 ratings
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Conspirata (Cicero, #2)
Conspirata (Cicero, #2) 4.25 avg rating β€” 20,815 ratings
20.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating β€” 323,018 ratings
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The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4)
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 49,509 ratings
22.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,499 ratings
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 270,617 ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,783,080 ratings
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The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor.
The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor. 4.43 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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Rose Under Fire
Rose Under Fire 4.12 avg rating β€” 23,854 ratings
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,123 ratings
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Ruins of War (Mason Collins, #1)
Ruins of War (Mason Collins, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,249 ratings
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Goodbye Mickey Mouse
Goodbye Mickey Mouse 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,459 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 β€” 43,630 ratings
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Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 40,604 ratings
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Sacred Treason (Clarenceux, #1)
Sacred Treason (Clarenceux, #1) 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,937 ratings
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My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 66,224 ratings
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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,130 ratings
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Dickon
Dickon 3.60 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1)
Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 4,055 ratings
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The Girl in the Lighthouse (Arrington, #1)
The Girl in the Lighthouse (Arrington, #1) 3.48 avg rating β€” 1,229 ratings
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By Fire, By Water
By Fire, By Water 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,198 ratings
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The Last Degree
The Last Degree
by: Dina Rae
3.90 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
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A Pound of Flesh (The Robert Young of Newbiggin Mysteries #1)
A Pound of Flesh (The Robert Young of Newbiggin Mysteries #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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OSS: Dirty Tricks
OSS: Dirty Tricks 3.92 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 179,482 ratings
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Island on Fire
Island on Fire 3.95 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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Aldaraia
Aldaraia 4.60 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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A Woman of Intelligence
A Woman of Intelligence 3.60 avg rating β€” 8,156 ratings
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When Rivers Collide: Adventures of a Victorian Soldier - Book 2
When Rivers Collide: Adventures of a Victorian Soldier - Book 2 4.42 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
37.
Conflict of Intrigues: The Marylebone Intersection (Intersection Saga, #1)
Conflict of Intrigues: The Marylebone Intersection (Intersection Saga, #1)
by: ML Yost
4.21 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
48.
Bride of a Bygone War (Beirut Trilogy, #2)
Bride of a Bygone War (Beirut Trilogy, #2) 3.84 avg rating β€” 231 ratings
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And After the Fire
And After the Fire 3.92 avg rating β€” 5,379 ratings
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Dynamite Fishermen (Beirut Trilogy, #1)
Dynamite Fishermen (Beirut Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 507 ratings
51.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 3.82 avg rating β€” 44,819 ratings
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Rubies of the Viper
Rubies of the Viper 3.60 avg rating β€” 317 ratings
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City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating β€” 162,024 ratings
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 125,859 ratings
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The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating β€” 273,589 ratings
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Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,415,214 ratings
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The Course of Honor
The Course of Honor 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,908 ratings
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Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7)
Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7) 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,325 ratings
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The Lacuna
The Lacuna 3.82 avg rating β€” 73,042 ratings
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SS-GB
SS-GB 3.75 avg rating β€” 8,639 ratings
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Night Over Water
Night Over Water 3.91 avg rating β€” 29,369 ratings
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Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) 4.37 avg rating β€” 26,669 ratings
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The Boy Who Dared
The Boy Who Dared 4.02 avg rating β€” 15,857 ratings
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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 15,445 ratings
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QB VII
QB VII
by: Leon Uris
4.20 avg rating β€” 30,364 ratings
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A Tournament of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #3)
A Tournament of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #3) 4.32 avg rating β€” 442 ratings
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A Tapestry of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #2)
A Tapestry of Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #2) 4.26 avg rating β€” 502 ratings
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The Death of a King
The Death of a King 3.88 avg rating β€” 268 ratings
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,734 ratings
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Crown in Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #2)
Crown in Darkness (Hugh Corbett, #2) 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,248 ratings
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Murder Wears a Cowl (Hugh Corbett, #6)
Murder Wears a Cowl (Hugh Corbett, #6) 4.30 avg rating β€” 1,180 ratings
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Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1)
Satan in St Mary's (Hugh Corbett, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,368 ratings
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The Song of a Dark Angel (Hugh Corbett, #8)
The Song of a Dark Angel (Hugh Corbett, #8) 4.32 avg rating β€” 909 ratings
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Spy in Chancery (Hugh Corbett, #3)
Spy in Chancery (Hugh Corbett, #3) 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,078 ratings
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The Whyte Harte (Matthew Jenkyn, #1)
The Whyte Harte (Matthew Jenkyn, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 221 ratings
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The Devil's Hunt (Hugh Corbett, #10)
The Devil's Hunt (Hugh Corbett, #10) 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,033 ratings
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Satan's Fire (Hugh Corbett, #9)
Satan's Fire (Hugh Corbett, #9) 4.32 avg rating β€” 841 ratings
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Ghostly Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #4)
Ghostly Murders (Stories told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury, #4) 4.29 avg rating β€” 487 ratings
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The Assassin in the Greenwood (Hugh Corbett, #7)
The Assassin in the Greenwood (Hugh Corbett, #7) 4.26 avg rating β€” 996 ratings
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The Mask of Ra (Amerotke, #1)
The Mask of Ra (Amerotke, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,905 ratings
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The Marlowe Conspiracy
The Marlowe Conspiracy 3.34 avg rating β€” 192 ratings
81.
Nor the Years Condemn
Nor the Years Condemn 4.39 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
81.
A Small Death in Lisbon
A Small Death in Lisbon 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,072 ratings
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Across the Dark
Across the Dark 4.45 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
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God's Forge
God's Forge 3.71 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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The Royal Kidnapping
The Royal Kidnapping 4.20 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Moonfleet
Moonfleet 3.96 avg rating β€” 6,392 ratings
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Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
by: Clive Lee
4.16 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
81.
Saint-Gaudens Cypher
Saint-Gaudens Cypher 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
81.
Complicity (The CCCCC Conspirators Code #1)
Complicity (The CCCCC Conspirators Code #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Silver Angel
The Silver Angel 3.86 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
81.
June’s Stolen Rose (Seasons of Love and War Book 4)
June’s Stolen Rose (Seasons of Love and War Book 4) 4.75 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Dead to Rights (Colonial City Series)
Dead to Rights (Colonial City Series) 4.50 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Treasures of the Fourth Reich
Treasures of the Fourth Reich 4.07 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
81.
MJ-12: Inception (MAJESTIC-12 #1)
MJ-12: Inception (MAJESTIC-12 #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 274 ratings
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Professor K: The Final Quest (Jack Rogan Mysteries, #4)
Professor K: The Final Quest (Jack Rogan Mysteries, #4) 4.61 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
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The North Water
The North Water 3.98 avg rating β€” 33,760 ratings
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The Lebensborn Alliance, Book II
The Lebensborn Alliance, Book II 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Thief in the Night
Thief in the Night 4.43 avg rating β€” 331 ratings
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THE POPE'S BUTCHER
THE POPE'S BUTCHER 3.93 avg rating β€” 193 ratings
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