Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century

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The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)
The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 9,609 ratings
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,313 ratings
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The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 21,406 ratings
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The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife 3.91 avg rating — 75,930 ratings
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The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 38,622 ratings
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Burning Bright
Burning Bright 3.41 avg rating — 15,417 ratings
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News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,557 ratings
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The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,699 ratings
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The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn 3.71 avg rating — 46,857 ratings
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Requiem: The Fall of the Templars (Brethren Trilogy #3)
Requiem: The Fall of the Templars (Brethren Trilogy #3) 4.03 avg rating — 2,223 ratings
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The October Horse (Masters of Rome, #6)
The October Horse (Masters of Rome, #6) 4.33 avg rating — 6,481 ratings
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America's First Daughter
America's First Daughter 4.23 avg rating — 66,613 ratings
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The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.39 avg rating — 2,618 ratings
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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette 3.64 avg rating — 7,202 ratings
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Cold Lonely Courage
Cold Lonely Courage 4.06 avg rating — 715 ratings
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The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,461 ratings
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The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence 3.61 avg rating — 19,304 ratings
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Revolution
Revolution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,029 ratings
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Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra 4.23 avg rating — 50,409 ratings
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Paradise Alley (City of Fire #2)
Paradise Alley (City of Fire #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3)
The Scarlet Lion (William Marshal, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 6,442 ratings
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Roses
Roses 4.09 avg rating — 18,135 ratings
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Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1)
Two Rivers (The Peacemaker, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 3.74 avg rating — 6,527 ratings
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Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6) 4.31 avg rating — 33,169 ratings
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We Wove a Web in Childhood: The Brontes at Home
We Wove a Web in Childhood: The Brontes at Home 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell 4.19 avg rating — 51,214 ratings
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Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating — 102,912 ratings
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Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1)
Beyond the Great River (People of the Longhouse #1) 4.08 avg rating — 438 ratings
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The Warpath (People of the Longhouse #4)
The Warpath (People of the Longhouse #4) 4.41 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna 3.94 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
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By Fire, By Water
By Fire, By Water 3.74 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
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The Colour
The Colour 3.86 avg rating — 6,444 ratings
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The Rose Code
The Rose Code 4.45 avg rating — 340,536 ratings
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A Single Shard
A Single Shard 3.95 avg rating — 42,062 ratings
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 33,754 ratings
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The Secret Bride (In The Court of Henry VIII, #1)
The Secret Bride (In The Court of Henry VIII, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 4,453 ratings
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Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 32,090 ratings
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Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 26,666 ratings
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The Wednesday Wars
The Wednesday Wars 4.12 avg rating — 46,366 ratings
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The Baker's Daughter
The Baker's Daughter 3.97 avg rating — 24,318 ratings
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Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 12,544 ratings
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Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6) 4.43 avg rating — 19,160 ratings
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The Great Stink
The Great Stink 3.54 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
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The Orchardist
The Orchardist 3.80 avg rating — 47,692 ratings
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,914 ratings
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1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)
1356 (The Grail Quest, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 15,461 ratings
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The Midwife of Venice (Midwife #1)
The Midwife of Venice (Midwife #1) 3.61 avg rating — 13,406 ratings
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Honolulu
Honolulu 4.08 avg rating — 25,160 ratings
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A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 120,942 ratings
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Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 31,749 ratings
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Black Cross
Black Cross
by: Greg Iles
4.24 avg rating — 13,423 ratings
253.
The Gods of War (Emperor, #4)
The Gods of War (Emperor, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 17,081 ratings
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,332 ratings
255.
What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1)
What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 18,145 ratings
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The Field of Swords (Emperor, #3)
The Field of Swords (Emperor, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 18,346 ratings
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The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 44,953 ratings
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Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5) 4.36 avg rating — 22,227 ratings
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The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)
The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 21,168 ratings
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Away
Away
by: Amy Bloom
3.38 avg rating — 11,556 ratings
261.
The Deadliest Lie (Miriam bat Isaac, #1)
The Deadliest Lie (Miriam bat Isaac, #1)
by: June Trop
3.96 avg rating — 57 ratings
261.
By the Sword (Spoils of Olympus, #1)
By the Sword (Spoils of Olympus, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1)
Storm and Silence (Storm and Silence, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 29,403 ratings
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West Of The War (The Montana Series)
West Of The War (The Montana Series) 4.43 avg rating — 570 ratings
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Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1)
Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 111,812 ratings
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Calling Me Home
Calling Me Home 4.26 avg rating — 45,831 ratings
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Heart of Oak (The Soldier Chronicles, #2)
Heart of Oak (The Soldier Chronicles, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Victoria
Victoria 3.93 avg rating — 30,160 ratings
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That Woman
That Woman 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Liberty or Death (The Soldier Chronicles #1)
Liberty or Death (The Soldier Chronicles #1) 4.26 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Soldiers of Freedom (World War II #5)
Soldiers of Freedom (World War II #5) 4.52 avg rating — 340 ratings
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The Countess
The Countess 3.55 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
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Trinity (Wars of the Roses, #2)
Trinity (Wars of the Roses, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 9,820 ratings
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Blood on the Snow (The Soldier Chronicles, #3)
Blood on the Snow (The Soldier Chronicles, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Poets in Hell (Heroes in Hell, #17)
Poets in Hell (Heroes in Hell, #17) 4.72 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Devil's Queen
The Devil's Queen 3.93 avg rating — 7,364 ratings
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Dreamers in Hell (Heroes in Hell, #16)
Dreamers in Hell (Heroes in Hell, #16) 4.63 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Hornet Flight
Hornet Flight really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28,194 ratings
280.
The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles, #2)
The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 66,095 ratings
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Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise 4.12 avg rating — 5,606 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
282.
My Enemy's Cradle
My Enemy's Cradle 4.06 avg rating — 7,107 ratings
282.
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker, #2)
Across the Great Sparkling Water (The Peacemaker, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 302 ratings
285.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,320 ratings
286.
Fireflies in December (Calloway Summers #1)
Fireflies in December (Calloway Summers #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,689 ratings
286.
The Foreigner (People of the Longhouse #2)
The Foreigner (People of the Longhouse #2) 4.49 avg rating — 140 ratings
288.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
288.
Troubled Waters (People of the Longhouse #3)
Troubled Waters (People of the Longhouse #3) 4.54 avg rating — 101 ratings
288.
Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel
Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel 3.92 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Operation Yes
Operation Yes 3.76 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
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Currents of War (The Rise of the Aztecs, #4)
Currents of War (The Rise of the Aztecs, #4) 4.54 avg rating — 146 ratings
293.
The Fall of the Empire (The Rise of the Aztecs, #5)
The Fall of the Empire (The Rise of the Aztecs, #5) 4.39 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Crossing Worlds (The Rise of the Aztecs, #2)
Crossing Worlds (The Rise of the Aztecs, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 212 ratings
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The Emperor's Second Wife (The Rise of the Aztecs, #3)
The Emperor's Second Wife (The Rise of the Aztecs, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 165 ratings
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The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1)
The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 7,868 ratings
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The Jaguar Warrior (Pre-Aztec Series, #2)
The Jaguar Warrior (Pre-Aztec Series, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,625 ratings
299.
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1)
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 21,351 ratings
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Golden Hill
Golden Hill 3.79 avg rating — 14,079 ratings
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