Historical Fiction

Based on tag
historical fiction
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,556 members
1,554 reviews
½ 4.4
30 Members
KimarieBee, fastaxion, ranams, Cariola, roby72, stephenis, almin, perennialreader, daisyfly, Dilara86, cacky, cej1027, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, harray, Laura1124, Londa_Hite, kraka, stephanieann1983, msjudy, friedrb, katstephens, Kchauran, CMSharkey, dandalf, JeanieTK,jain ,aulsmith , ,thecoroner ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,booboo123
Explanations
jain : Set during the author's lifetime.
aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.
10
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
34,133 members
1,536 reviews
½ 4.3
18 Members
KimarieBee, mccin68, fastaxion, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, stephanieann1983, msjudy, SallyBennett, Andrew-theQM, ginsky, Kchauran, Brandy1411, CMSharkey, dandalf, JeanieTK,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Not good historical fiction
11
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
28,694 members
663 reviews
3.9
16 Members
CORMALLEN, Cariola, roby72, almin, coupls2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, AmberRayne, bluemama, joanmd2, madhatter73, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, SallyBennett, CMSharkey, dandalf
15
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
10,157 members
180 reviews
4.2
12 Members
longway, CORMALLEN, aulsmith, roby72, daisyfly, alex68, peterveen, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, Laura1124, msjudy
17
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
15,346 members
289 reviews
4
16 Members
Cariola, roby72, coupls2, thecoroner, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, NinieB, bluemama, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, ginsky, Kchauran, dandalf,jain ,aulsmith ,alex68 ,harray
Explanations
jain : Set during the author's lifetime.
aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.
18
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
10,725 members
354 reviews
4
13 Members
SqueakyChu, lavergne_rsl, fastaxion, Cariola, roby72, peterveen, gypsysmom, AmberRayne, joanmd2, Laura1124, msjudy, SallyBennett, dandalf,jain ,alex68 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain : Set during the author's lifetime.
19
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,384 members
447 reviews
3.9
15 Members
jain, fastaxion, ranams, Cariola, roby72, EMS_24, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, ManWithAnAgenda, Kchauran, Binglit,harray
20
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
10,551 members
262 reviews
4
12 Members
ranams, Cariola, aulsmith, almin, jaysbooks, ahef1963, NinieB, Laura1124, msjudy, Andrew-theQM, CyndiCiavarella, dandalf
21
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
12,202 members
681 reviews
4
13 Members
dara85, fastaxion, Cariola, almin, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, stephanieann1983, SallyBennett, Brandy1411
23
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
31,435 members
1,216 reviews
4.1
13 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, fastaxion, Cariola, coupls2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, ginsky, Kchauran, CMSharkey
24
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
23,204 members
790 reviews
½ 3.7
11 Members
mccin68, Tess_W, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, Andrew-theQM, CyndiCiavarella, Brandy1411, dandalf
25
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
15,471 members
698 reviews
4
11 Members
fastaxion, AnnaClaire, CORMALLEN, Cariola, elkiedee, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, NinieB, Andrew-theQM, CMSharkey
26
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
16,712 members
387 reviews
3.9
13 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, tesskrose, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, madhatter73, Laura1124, Kchauran, Brandy1411, CMSharkey, gacobial,
27
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
30,610 members
494 reviews
½ 4.3
11 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, ranams, AnnaClaire, jyssco, Jennine, gypsysmom, mlavigne05, friedrb, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
28
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
7,579 members
169 reviews
4.1
9 Members
longway, CORMALLEN, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, peterveen, joanmd2, Laura1124, SallyBennett
29
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,901 members
199 reviews
3.8
10 Members
KimarieBee, fastaxion, almin, michid8, ahef1963, Friederike.Geissler, joanmd2, Laura1124, msjudy, Kchauran
31
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
7,064 members
109 reviews
3.8
11 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, SallyBennett, Kchauran,harray
32
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
37,477 members
340 reviews
4.2
12 Members
fastaxion, ranams, CORMALLEN, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, ManWithAnAgenda, Kchauran, CMSharkey
33
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
4,234 members
50 reviews
4.1
10 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, perennialreader, alex68, ahef1963, bluemama, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, CyndiCiavarella
34
World Without End
by Ken Follett
14,242 members
338 reviews
4.1
9 Members
mccin68, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, friedrb, KarlaC, CMSharkey, dandalf, gacobial
35
King Rat
by James Clavell
3,182 members
49 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, mrledgerc
36
Possession
by A. S. Byatt
14,195 members
312 reviews
4
11 Members
Cariola, roby72, inbedwithbooks, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,harray
38
Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
14,921 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
9 Members
longway, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, roby72, cbl_tn, alex68, Jennine, Friederike.Geissler, Laura1124,harray
Explanations
aulsmith: More legend than historical, but it's a classic.
39
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
13,387 members
138 reviews
½ 3.4
10 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Jennine, jaysbooks, mlavigne05, ahef1963, Kchauran, CMSharkey, Binglit,harray
40
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
15,217 members
145 reviews
½ 3.5
10 Members
fastaxion, ranams, aulsmith, roby72, rlionelpolo, alex68, Jennine, jaysbooks, mlavigne05, Kchauran,cej1027 ,harray
41
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
9,573 members
203 reviews
½ 3.7
10 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, Cariola, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, stephanieann1983, KarlaC, CMSharkey
42
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
9,413 members
625 reviews
4
10 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, inbedwithbooks, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
43
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
17,791 members
310 reviews
4.1
10 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, ranams, AnnaClaire, coupls2, inbedwithbooks, michid8, madhatter73, msjudy, CMSharkey,aulsmith ,alex68 ,Friederike.Geissler ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
AnnaClaire: Fantasy *IS* a genre of fiction.
aulsmith : Fantasy, not historical fiction
ManWithAnAgenda : Not historical. Also, you know, author was a pedophile.
44
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
8,496 members
684 reviews
3.8
9 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, gypsysmom, ahef1963, AmberRayne, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, msjudy, Kchauran
45
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
38,913 members
516 reviews
4.1
14 Members
lavergne_rsl, Cariola, roby72, Jennine, cej1027, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, mlavigne05, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, msjudy, Andrew-theQM, Kchauran, CMSharkey,jain ,aulsmith ,alex68 , ,harray ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain : Set during the author's lifetime.
aulsmith : Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.
47
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
6,620 members
252 reviews
3.9
9 Members
Cariola, cbl_tn, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
13,359 members
416 reviews
3.9
8 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, Rusty37
49
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
18,106 members
402 reviews
4
9 Members
fastaxion, cej1027, mlavigne05, ahef1963, madhatter73, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, Kchauran,jaysbooks
50
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,487 members
369 reviews
4.1
11 Members
Cariola, alex68, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, kara.shamy, stephanieann1983, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411, CMSharkey, JeanieTK,harray
51
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
17,554 members
886 reviews
4
7 Members
dara85, Tess_W, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Andrew-theQM
52
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
33,900 members
933 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, alix77, msjudy, CMSharkey
53
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
17,741 members
392 reviews
3.9
8 Members
lavergne_rsl, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
54
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
40,647 members
488 reviews
3.8
9 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, friedrb, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
55
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
9,479 members
435 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
56
Noble House
by James Clavell
3,248 members
38 reviews
4
8 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, perennialreader, peterveen, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella
57
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
21,212 members
1,309 reviews
4.2
10 Members
jain, mccin68, Cariola, inbedwithbooks, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, Brandy1411, CMSharkey,aulsmith ,jaysbooks
Explanations
aulsmith : Not good historical fiction
58
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,257 members
459 reviews
3.8
9 Members
jain, ranams, aulsmith, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, stephanieann1983, ManWithAnAgenda,harray
59
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
18,470 members
481 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
60
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
75,796 members
1,365 reviews
½ 3.5
13 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, Andrew-theQM, friedrb, Kchauran, CMSharkey, dandalf, JeanieTK,jain ,aulsmith ,cej1027 ,stephanieann1983 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : Bad historical fiction
61
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
14,863 members
539 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, Brandy1411, CMSharkey
62
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
49,183 members
584 reviews
3.9
13 Members
mccin68, ranams, Cariola, Jennine, cej1027, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, mlavigne05, FerneMysteryReader, Laura1124, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey,jain ,aulsmith ,daisyfly ,alex68 ,harray ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
jain : Set during the author's lifetime.
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition
63
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,297 members
930 reviews
4
8 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
64
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,959 members
86 reviews
3.9
7 Members
ranams, inbedwithbooks, Jennine, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, joanmd2
65
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
13,577 members
225 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
mccin68, Cariola, Jennine, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
66
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
15,919 members
334 reviews
4
9 Members
Cariola, roby72, thecoroner, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, mlavigne05, ahef1963, NinieB, Laura1124,aulsmith ,harray
Explanations
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition
67
The Eye in the Door
by Pat Barker
2,311 members
54 reviews
4
6 Members
jain, Cariola, mkbird, elkiedee, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
68
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
7,444 members
491 reviews
3.9
7 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, EMS_24, gypsysmom, msjudy, aspirit, CMSharkey
69
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
12,553 members
188 reviews
3.9
8 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
70
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
7,849 members
221 reviews
½ 3.3
6 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, AmberRayne, kara.shamy, Andrew-theQM, gacobial
71
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
8,370 members
540 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, fastaxion, Cariola, Jennine, ahef1963, CMSharkey
72
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,939 members
99 reviews
4
7 Members
KimarieBee, lewbs, gypsysmom, NinieB, Laura1124, friedrb, Kchauran
73
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
6,467 members
304 reviews
4.1
7 Members
KimarieBee, fastaxion, Tess_W, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, dandalf
74
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
15,188 members
310 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, Cariola, cbl_tn, gypsysmom, Laura1124, msjudy, Kchauran
75
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,409 members
117 reviews
3.8
7 Members
aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, msjudy, Kchauran
Explanations
aulsmith: This is the only one I really enjoyed as historical fiction.
76
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
19,045 members
519 reviews
4.2
7 Members
EMS_24, inbedwithbooks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
77
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
8,519 members
159 reviews
3.9
7 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
78
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
2,783 members
67 reviews
4.2
5 Members
longway, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68
79
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
22,863 members
208 reviews
4
8 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, Kchauran,ManWithAnAgenda
80
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
6,567 members
39 reviews
3.8
6 Members
fastaxion, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, Jennine, gypsysmom, JeanieTK
81
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
4,137 members
51 reviews
4.1
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy
82
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
22,243 members
690 reviews
4.1
6 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, Jennine, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
83
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
2,115 members
64 reviews
4
5 Members
Cariola, mkbird, peterveen, kara.shamy, dandalf
84
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
3,305 members
170 reviews
4
5 Members
dara85, Cariola, amyshaff, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
85
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
12,309 members
178 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Tess_W, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
86
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
4,063 members
215 reviews
3.9
7 Members
Cariola, inbedwithbooks, perennialreader, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, msjudy
87
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
8,562 members
105 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, peterveen, gypsysmom, Laura1124
88
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
3,421 members
99 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
Cariola, Tess_W, cej1027, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
89
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,963 members
246 reviews
3.9
6 Members
mccin68, cbl_tn, gypsysmom, NinieB, msjudy, Andrew-theQM
90
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
6,514 members
331 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Cariola, aulsmith, cbl_tn, peterveen, msjudy
91
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
2,533 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
Cariola, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Andrew-theQM, Rusty37, CMSharkey
92
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
28,590 members
540 reviews
4.2
8 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,jaysbooks
93
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
8,701 members
470 reviews
4
7 Members
Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, Andrew-theQM, CMSharkey
94
Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
15,402 members
316 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
95
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
4,640 members
49 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, daisyfly, peterveen, ahef1963, msjudy
96
Julius Caesar (New Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
2,806 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
97
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,550 members
564 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
98
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
3,064 members
63 reviews
4
5 Members
Cariola, mkbird, elkiedee, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
99
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
4,688 members
205 reviews
3.9
5 Members
cbl_tn, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Andrew-theQM
100
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
12,967 members
172 reviews
3.8
6 Members
Cariola, roby72, perennialreader, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom,harray