Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century

101.
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2)
The Greatest Knight (William Marshal, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 9,706 ratings
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The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1)
The Meaning of Night (The Meaning of Night, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 9,525 ratings
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Zorro
Zorro 3.80 avg rating — 24,277 ratings
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The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar 3.92 avg rating — 15,671 ratings
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Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 25,598 ratings
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The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14)
The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) 3.74 avg rating — 56,844 ratings
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Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,034 ratings
108.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,478,939 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 — 49,501 ratings
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The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,629 ratings
111.
The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 33,032 ratings
112.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,797 ratings
113.
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine 3.79 avg rating — 10,082 ratings
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A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4)
A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 8,086 ratings
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,867 ratings
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Oathbreaker (Return of the son Book 2)
Oathbreaker (Return of the son Book 2) 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Longsword: Edward and the Assassin (Return of the son Book 1)
Longsword: Edward and the Assassin (Return of the son Book 1) 4.11 avg rating — 207 ratings
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Exit the Actress
Exit the Actress 3.82 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,118,974 ratings
120.
Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating — 131,290 ratings
120.
Life After Life
Life After Life 3.78 avg rating — 237,975 ratings
122.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,016 ratings
123.
The Postmistress
The Postmistress 3.36 avg rating — 45,251 ratings
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The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)
The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 40,088 ratings
125.
We Were the Lucky Ones
We Were the Lucky Ones 4.42 avg rating — 189,165 ratings
126.
Brethren (Brethren Trilogy, #1)
Brethren (Brethren Trilogy, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 4,379 ratings
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Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 12,387 ratings
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Doc
Doc really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,358 ratings
129.
Caleb's Crossing
Caleb's Crossing 3.86 avg rating — 70,918 ratings
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The Girl from the Hermitage
The Girl from the Hermitage 4.09 avg rating — 242 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,193 ratings
134.
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 3.96 avg rating — 86,774 ratings
135.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,770 ratings
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The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 40,005 ratings
136.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,777 ratings
138.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,304 ratings
139.
He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #12)
He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #12) 4.36 avg rating — 11,691 ratings
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Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody, #13)
Lord of the Silent (Amelia Peabody, #13) 4.25 avg rating — 10,464 ratings
141.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,515 ratings
142.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,398 ratings
143.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,446 ratings
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City of Dreams (Old New York, #1)
City of Dreams (Old New York, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 4,081 ratings
145.
The Dry Grass of August
The Dry Grass of August 3.92 avg rating — 23,783 ratings
146.
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 51,532 ratings
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Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 3.93 avg rating — 10,552 ratings
148.
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,030 ratings
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The Lost Wife
The Lost Wife 4.25 avg rating — 63,304 ratings
149.
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3) 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Glow
Glow 3.62 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
153.
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls 3.89 avg rating — 42,269 ratings
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I 3.97 avg rating — 6,897 ratings
155.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky 4.43 avg rating — 374,022 ratings
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The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper 4.16 avg rating — 171,031 ratings
157.
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,875 ratings
158.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,452 ratings
159.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,207 ratings
160.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,381 ratings
161.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,844 ratings
162.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating — 67,011 ratings
163.
Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles, #1)
Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 94,133 ratings
164.
Mary, Called Magdalene
Mary, Called Magdalene 3.90 avg rating — 9,098 ratings
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The Einstein Girl
The Einstein Girl 3.49 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
166.
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating — 247,180 ratings
167.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
168.
The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating — 900,106 ratings
169.
Enemy Women
Enemy Women 3.76 avg rating — 8,325 ratings
170.
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1)
Mary, Bloody Mary (Young Royals, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 8,018 ratings
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The Way Back to Florence
The Way Back to Florence 4.19 avg rating — 402 ratings
172.
The Golden One (Amelia Peabody, #14)
The Golden One (Amelia Peabody, #14) 4.20 avg rating — 9,150 ratings
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The Light in the Ruins
The Light in the Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 29,902 ratings
174.
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1)
Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating — 7,729 ratings
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The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and the Last Great Dance on Earth
The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and the Last Great Dance on Earth 4.47 avg rating — 3,894 ratings
176.
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 150,491 ratings
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Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18)
Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody, #18) 4.17 avg rating — 8,641 ratings
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One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 134,716 ratings
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The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)
The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7) 4.06 avg rating — 31,651 ratings
180.
City of Shadows
City of Shadows 3.97 avg rating — 4,946 ratings
181.
The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey, #3)
The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 35,190 ratings
182.
The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)
The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 7,970 ratings
183.
Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)
Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 18,619 ratings
184.
Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,016 ratings
185.
Crusade (Brethren Trilogy, #2)
Crusade (Brethren Trilogy, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Young Royals, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 5,320 ratings
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Ireland
Ireland 4.05 avg rating — 11,934 ratings
187.
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 88,695 ratings
187.
The Lieutenant's Nurse
The Lieutenant's Nurse 4.03 avg rating — 4,490 ratings
190.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Calpurnia Tate, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35,554 ratings
191.
Doomed Queen Anne (Young Royals, #3)
Doomed Queen Anne (Young Royals, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,317 ratings
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The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12) 3.96 avg rating — 32,327 ratings
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The King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen
The King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen 3.85 avg rating — 2,496 ratings
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My Heart Remembers
My Heart Remembers 4.08 avg rating — 4,568 ratings
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Last Seen in Massilia (Roma Sub Rosa, #8)
Last Seen in Massilia (Roma Sub Rosa, #8) 4.08 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
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The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 30,025 ratings
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Lord John Grey, #2)
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Lord John Grey, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 28,979 ratings
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The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2)
The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 24,606 ratings
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Under Heaven (Under Heaven, #1)
Under Heaven (Under Heaven, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 16,595 ratings
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A Northern Light
A Northern Light 3.83 avg rating — 45,423 ratings
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