Great Historical Fiction in America

1.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,263 ratings
2.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,388 ratings
3.
Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,540 ratings
4.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,239 ratings
5.
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
5.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
7.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,117 ratings
7.
Billy Gogan Gone fer Soldier
Billy Gogan Gone fer Soldier 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
9.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,462 ratings
10.
The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 38,629 ratings
11.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,872 ratings
12.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,493 ratings
13.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,117 ratings
14.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,076 ratings
15.
My Name is Resolute
My Name is Resolute 4.22 avg rating — 7,650 ratings
16.
Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating — 44,548 ratings
17.
Warfield (Your Winding Daybreak Ways #1)
Warfield (Your Winding Daybreak Ways #1) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
17.
Honor (Quaker Brides, #1)
Honor (Quaker Brides, #1)
by: Lyn Cote
4.12 avg rating — 322 ratings
17.
Bane of the Innocent
Bane of the Innocent 4.60 avg rating — 148 ratings
17.
Seasons of Love and War
Seasons of Love and War 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
17.
Billy Gogan, American
Billy Gogan, American 4.44 avg rating — 59 ratings
17.
Rhapsody
Rhapsody 3.72 avg rating — 750 ratings
17.
The Century Cycle
The Century Cycle 4.74 avg rating — 74 ratings
17.
Road to The Breaking (Road to the Breaking, #1)
Road to The Breaking (Road to the Breaking, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 795 ratings
25.
Happy Hollow (Your Winding Daybreak Ways, #2)
Happy Hollow (Your Winding Daybreak Ways, #2) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
25.
Shades of Honor (Grayson Brothers, #1)
Shades of Honor (Grayson Brothers, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
25.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
25.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,897 ratings
25.
Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Knight of the Purple Ribbon 3.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
25.
Corregidora
Corregidora 3.91 avg rating — 5,075 ratings
31.
Woman of Courage
Woman of Courage 4.18 avg rating — 837 ratings
31.
Words By Heart
Words By Heart 3.68 avg rating — 382 ratings
31.
At the Edge of the Orchard
At the Edge of the Orchard 3.68 avg rating — 22,763 ratings
31.
The Portable Faulkner
The Portable Faulkner 4.30 avg rating — 888 ratings
35.
Detour Trail
Detour Trail 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
35.
Song of Jubilee (Bell Book)
Song of Jubilee (Bell Book) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
35.
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text 3.77 avg rating — 6,498 ratings
38.
The Proud and the Free
The Proud and the Free 3.69 avg rating — 327 ratings
38.
Sold Down the River (Benjamin January, #4)
Sold Down the River (Benjamin January, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 1,299 ratings
38.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,832 ratings
41.
War Brides
War Brides 3.82 avg rating — 45,224 ratings
41.
This Calder Sky (Calder Saga, #3)
This Calder Sky (Calder Saga, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 2,037 ratings
41.
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
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The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating — 900,488 ratings
41.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
46.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,842 ratings
46.
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2)
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
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Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,244 ratings
46.
Days of Sand: A Graphic Novel
Days of Sand: A Graphic Novel 4.32 avg rating — 3,035 ratings
50.
Uprising
Uprising 4.19 avg rating — 9,666 ratings
50.
Graveyard Dust (Benjamin January, #3)
Graveyard Dust (Benjamin January, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,389 ratings
50.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,325 ratings
53.
Die Upon a Kiss (Benjamin January, #5)
Die Upon a Kiss (Benjamin January, #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
53.
Panther in the Sky
Panther in the Sky 4.34 avg rating — 2,803 ratings
55.
They Met at Shiloh (Shiloh #1)
They Met at Shiloh (Shiloh #1) 3.61 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
55.
Wagon Train Cinderella (Women of the West #1)
Wagon Train Cinderella (Women of the West #1) 3.69 avg rating — 385 ratings
55.
Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty
Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty 4.15 avg rating — 19,542 ratings
58.
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League 4.03 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
58.
Kings in Disguise
Kings in Disguise 3.89 avg rating — 444 ratings
60.
A Christmas Gift for Rose
A Christmas Gift for Rose 4.37 avg rating — 503 ratings
60.
Journey 1: The Adventures of Wolverine Macalistaire
Journey 1: The Adventures of Wolverine Macalistaire 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings
62.
A Pioneer Christmas Collection
A Pioneer Christmas Collection 4.06 avg rating — 669 ratings
62.
Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 4.13 avg rating — 736 ratings
64.
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,360 ratings
64.
Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
66.
Destiny's Surrender (Destiny, #2)
Destiny's Surrender (Destiny, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 3,230 ratings
66.
A Distant Flame: A Novel
A Distant Flame: A Novel 4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings
68.
The Ordeal of Running Standing
The Ordeal of Running Standing 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
68.
Westerns: Last Stand at Saber River / Hombre / Valdez Is Coming / Forty Lashes Less One / Stories
Westerns: Last Stand at Saber River / Hombre / Valdez Is Coming / Forty Lashes Less One / Stories 3.68 avg rating — 184 ratings
70.
Rich Are Different
Rich Are Different 4.09 avg rating — 2,754 ratings
70.
Legends and Tales of the American West
Legends and Tales of the American West 3.69 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Shane
Shane 3.95 avg rating — 14,377 ratings
72.
Blaze Of Glory: The Last Ride of the Western Heroes
Blaze Of Glory: The Last Ride of the Western Heroes 3.85 avg rating — 59 ratings
74.
The Heritage of the Desert
The Heritage of the Desert
by: Zane Grey
3.96 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
74.
Secret of San Saba: A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest (Death Rattle Series)
Secret of San Saba: A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest (Death Rattle Series) 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
76.
The Last Ride of Caleb O'Toole
The Last Ride of Caleb O'Toole 3.93 avg rating — 68 ratings
76.
Graphic Classics Volume 20: Western Classics
Graphic Classics Volume 20: Western Classics
by: Zane Grey
3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
78.
The War Within: Civil War Post Traumatic Stress and the culture conflict in West Texas
The War Within: Civil War Post Traumatic Stress and the culture conflict in West Texas
by: R. Gaston
3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
78.
Century West
Century West 2.48 avg rating — 81 ratings
80.
Blackhawk: Blood & Iron
Blackhawk: Blood & Iron 3.48 avg rating — 122 ratings
81.
Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid
Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid 3.44 avg rating — 93 ratings
82.
The Indians Won
The Indians Won 3.56 avg rating — 139 ratings
82.
The Private Files of the Shadow
The Private Files of the Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 63 ratings
84.
Gone To Texas
Gone To Texas 4.10 avg rating — 805 ratings
84.
The Shadow: Hitler's Astrologer
The Shadow: Hitler's Astrologer 3.84 avg rating — 345 ratings
86.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,480 ratings
87.
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,897 ratings
88.
Apalachee
Apalachee 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
89.
The Magnetic Girl
The Magnetic Girl 3.15 avg rating — 504 ratings
90.
God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips
God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
91.
Apache Skies
Apache Skies 3.43 avg rating — 51 ratings
92.
Superman: The Kents (Superman: The Kents, #1-2)
Superman: The Kents (Superman: The Kents, #1-2) 3.71 avg rating — 96 ratings
93.
The Golden Age 1 (The Golden Age Elseworlds #1)
The Golden Age 1 (The Golden Age Elseworlds #1) 3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings
94.
Golden Age Western Comics
Golden Age Western Comics liked it 3.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
95.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,695 ratings
96.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
97.
No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair 3.94 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
98.
The Miracle Worker: A Play
The Miracle Worker: A Play 4.19 avg rating — 35,076 ratings
99.
The Fort
The Fort 3.66 avg rating — 6,832 ratings
100.
Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1)
Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 7,509 ratings
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