Best Historical Fiction and Nonfiction

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,031 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,772 ratings
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A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,504 ratings
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra 3.88 avg rating — 24,078 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,015 ratings
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The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life 4.08 avg rating — 150,147 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
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The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,332 ratings
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 25,101 ratings
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,645 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,852 ratings
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Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 218,812 ratings
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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,025 ratings
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Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,681 ratings
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Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 188,791 ratings
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Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)
Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7) 4.20 avg rating — 92,483 ratings
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,017 ratings
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Just Jane: A Daughter of England Caught in the Struggle of the American Revolution
Just Jane: A Daughter of England Caught in the Struggle of the American Revolution 3.73 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy 3.82 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,864 ratings
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The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg 4.05 avg rating — 6,113 ratings
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Rubies in the Snow: Diary of Russia's Last Grand Duchess 1911-1918
Rubies in the Snow: Diary of Russia's Last Grand Duchess 1911-1918 3.70 avg rating — 145 ratings
24.
The Lost Crown: A Novel of Romanov Russia
The Lost Crown: A Novel of Romanov Russia 3.82 avg rating — 2,004 ratings
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Sarah Anne Hartford : Massachusetts, 1651
Sarah Anne Hartford : Massachusetts, 1651 3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Cécile: Gates of Gold
Cécile: Gates of Gold 3.85 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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Isabel: Taking Wing
Isabel: Taking Wing 3.75 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
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Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8)
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8) 4.24 avg rating — 55,122 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,809 ratings
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Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot
Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot 3.67 avg rating — 622 ratings
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The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic 4.15 avg rating — 4,016 ratings
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Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey 3.79 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
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Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine: France, 1136
Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine: France, 1136 3.90 avg rating — 5,299 ratings
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Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,219 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,508 ratings
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Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 3.87 avg rating — 4,890 ratings
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Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country 3.84 avg rating — 5,660 ratings
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 3.69 avg rating — 9,444 ratings
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Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 8,018 ratings
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I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 3.89 avg rating — 2,862 ratings
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Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)
Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 8,681 ratings
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 3.94 avg rating — 10,800 ratings
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Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1)
Hattie Big Sky (Hattie, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 19,340 ratings
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A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials
A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials 3.79 avg rating — 6,270 ratings
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Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743
Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 3.90 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
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Leyla: The Black Tulip
Leyla: The Black Tulip 3.94 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria, France, 1769
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria, France, 1769 3.91 avg rating — 9,960 ratings
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The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution
The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution 3.84 avg rating — 491 ratings
49.
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl 3.88 avg rating — 1,378 ratings
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Zellie Blake: Massachusetts, 1834
Zellie Blake: Massachusetts, 1834 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Marilla of Green Gables
Marilla of Green Gables 4.04 avg rating — 14,430 ratings
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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 3.53 avg rating — 8,786 ratings
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Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,475 ratings
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Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829 3.70 avg rating — 4,585 ratings
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Changes for Kirsten: A Winter Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #6)
Changes for Kirsten: A Winter Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #6) 3.97 avg rating — 4,570 ratings
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Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #5)
Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #5) 3.93 avg rating — 5,970 ratings
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Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
by: Avi
3.91 avg rating — 5,298 ratings
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The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon 3.63 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
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Legacy of Hunger (Druid's Brooch #1)
Legacy of Hunger (Druid's Brooch #1) 3.95 avg rating — 671 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Lamp
In the Shadow of the Lamp 3.61 avg rating — 1,337 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,689 ratings
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Too Dangerous For a Lady (Company of Rogues, #15)
Too Dangerous For a Lady (Company of Rogues, #15) 3.88 avg rating — 909 ratings
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Happy Birthday, Kirsten: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #4)
Happy Birthday, Kirsten: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,900 ratings
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Knight of the Purple Ribbon
Knight of the Purple Ribbon 3.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
64.
A Weaver's Web
A Weaver's Web really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
66.
Two Girls of Gettysburg
Two Girls of Gettysburg 3.89 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,031 ratings
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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
66.
Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #3)
Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 6,459 ratings
70.
Annie, Between the States
Annie, Between the States 4.11 avg rating — 2,179 ratings
70.
Captive Angel
Captive Angel 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic
Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania
Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania 4.03 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 4.14 avg rating — 19,927 ratings
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Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
by: Greg King
3.73 avg rating — 554 ratings
74.
Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #2)
Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Kirsten, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 5,263 ratings
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Return to Harmony
Return to Harmony 3.97 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
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The Fate of the Romanovs
The Fate of the Romanovs
by: Greg King
4.09 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Promised to Me (Coming to America #4)
Promised to Me (Coming to America #4) 4.05 avg rating — 662 ratings
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The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by: Greg King
4.04 avg rating — 1,652 ratings
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Meet Kirsten: An American Girl (American Girls: Kirsten, #1)
Meet Kirsten: An American Girl (American Girls: Kirsten, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 16,682 ratings
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Temple of a Thousand Faces
Temple of a Thousand Faces 3.84 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
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Song of the Sparrow
Song of the Sparrow 4.09 avg rating — 10,611 ratings
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South of Darkness
South of Darkness 3.49 avg rating — 773 ratings
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Meet Josefina: An American Girl (American Girls: Josefina, #1)
Meet Josefina: An American Girl (American Girls: Josefina, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 5,620 ratings
86.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,479 ratings
87.
The Distant Beacon (Song of Acadia, #4)
The Distant Beacon (Song of Acadia, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 2,444 ratings
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Half the World in Winter
Half the World in Winter 3.43 avg rating — 173 ratings
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The Beloved Land (Song of Acadia, #5)
The Beloved Land (Song of Acadia, #5) 4.23 avg rating — 2,405 ratings
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At the Mercy of the Queen
At the Mercy of the Queen 3.91 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
89.
Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1)
Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 10,483 ratings
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The Sacred Shore (Song of Acadia, #2)
The Sacred Shore (Song of Acadia, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 3,158 ratings
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The Queen's Promise
The Queen's Promise 3.70 avg rating — 408 ratings
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The Meeting Place (Song of Acadia, #1)
The Meeting Place (Song of Acadia, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
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Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen 4.03 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
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The Birthright (Song of Acadia, #3)
The Birthright (Song of Acadia, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
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The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery
The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery
by: Greg King
4.02 avg rating — 602 ratings
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Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,106 ratings
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 3.78 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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A Sweet Disorder
A Sweet Disorder 3.60 avg rating — 904 ratings
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