Best Historical Fiction authors

1
A History of the Plantagenets
by Thomas B. Costain
109 members
2 reviews
½ 4.6
3 Members
aulsmith, LisaMaria_C, MDGentleReader
Explanations
aulsmith: This is non-fiction, but his fiction is good too.
2
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,951 members
60 reviews
3.9
3 Members
lorax, aulsmith, TheoClarke
3
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
11,054 members
522 reviews
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, susiesharp
4
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
5,414 members
295 reviews
3.8
3 Members
TheoClarke, susiesharp, MDGentleReader,LisaMaria_C
5
Nefertiti
by Michelle Moran
2,050 members
124 reviews
4
2 Members
susiesharp, al.vick
6
The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir
1,957 members
60 reviews
3.8
2 Members
susiesharp, al.vick
7
The Last Kingdom
by Bernard Cornwell
5,514 members
157 reviews
4
2 Members
TheoClarke, al.vick
8
The Reckoning
by Sharon Kay Penman
1,451 members
22 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
al.vick
9
Roma
by Steven Saylor
1,320 members
68 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
TheoClarke
10
The Twelfth Transforming
by Pauline Gedge
274 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
FicusFan
11
An Instance of the Fingerpost
by Iain Pears
5,738 members
141 reviews
3.9
Member
TheoClarke
12
H.M.S. Surprise
by Patrick O'Brian
4,586 members
68 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
lorax
13
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly
2,147 members
184 reviews
4
Member
susiesharp
14
The Greatest Knight
by Elizabeth Chadwick
1,118 members
56 reviews
4
Member
al.vick
15
The Conqueror (Historical Romances Book 7)
by Georgette Heyer
681 members
23 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
FicusFan
16
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
15,454 members
698 reviews
4
Member
TheoClarke
17
The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart
6,403 members
119 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
18
The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough
3,608 members
63 reviews
4
Member
FicusFan
19
America's First Daughter
by Stephanie Dray
1,355 members
64 reviews
4.2
Member
al.vick
20
An Infamous Army
by Georgette Heyer
1,250 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
MDGentleReader
21
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
27,037 members
1,053 reviews
4.2
Member
susiesharp
22
A Free Man of Color
by Barbara Hambly
1,002 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
FicusFan
23
The Emancipator's Wife
by Barbara Hambly
330 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
aulsmith
24
The Forest Laird
by Jack Whyte
265 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
al.vick
25
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
16,692 members
387 reviews
3.9
Member
al.vick
26
Cry to Heaven
by Anne Rice
3,401 members
46 reviews
3.8
Member
FicusFan
27
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
8,712 members
471 reviews
4
Member
susiesharp
28
The Feast of All Saints
by Anne Rice
2,706 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
FicusFan
29
Daughter of York
by Anne Easter Smith
464 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
al.vick
30
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles
by Margaret George
2,388 members
31 reviews
3.9
Member
al.vick
31
The Sultan's Seal
by Jenny White
385 members
12 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
FicusFan
32
And Only to Deceive
by Tasha Alexander
1,911 members
89 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
FicusFan
33
Katherine
by Anya Seton
3,212 members
94 reviews
4.2
Member
FicusFan
34
The Janissary Tree
by Jason Goodwin
1,653 members
71 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
FicusFan
35
Lion of Ireland
by Morgan Llywelyn
1,006 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
al.vick
36
Nefertiti
by Nick Drake
545 members
19 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
FicusFan
37
Mary, Queen of France
by Jean Plaidy
499 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
al.vick
38
The Accidental Empress
by Allison Pataki
679 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
al.vick
39
The Other Einstein
by Marie Benedict
1,778 members
100 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
al.vick
40
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
2,991 members
132 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
al.vick
41
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
30,297 members
804 reviews
4.2
Member
al.vick