Historical Fiction

Based on tag
historical fiction
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,806 members
1,560 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
34,231 members
1,537 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
28,742 members
665 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
10,106 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
15,284 members
290 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
10,754 members
355 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
26,474 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
10,433 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
12,230 members
679 reviews
4
13 Members
dara85, fastaxion, Cariola, almin, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, stephanieann1983, SallyBennett, Brandy1411
23
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
31,486 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
23,090 members
792 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
15,472 members
699 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
16,714 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
30,782 members
493 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
7,626 members
171 reviews
4.1
9 Members
longway, CORMALLEN, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, peterveen, joanmd2, Laura1124, SallyBennett
29
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,892 members
198 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
7,076 members
109 reviews
3.8
11 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, SallyBennett, Kchauran,harray
32
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
37,263 members
335 reviews
4.2
12 Members
fastaxion, ranams, CORMALLEN, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, ManWithAnAgenda, Kchauran, CMSharkey
33
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
4,247 members
50 reviews
4.1
10 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, perennialreader, alex68, ahef1963, bluemama, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, CyndiCiavarella
34
World Without End
by Ken Follett
14,282 members
339 reviews
4.1
9 Members
mccin68, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, friedrb, KarlaC, CMSharkey, dandalf, gacobial
35
King Rat
by James Clavell
3,181 members
49 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, mrledgerc
36
Possession
by A. S. Byatt
14,222 members
313 reviews
4
11 Members
Cariola, roby72, inbedwithbooks, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,harray
38
Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
14,989 members
137 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
13,424 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
15,278 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
9,430 members
624 reviews
4
10 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, inbedwithbooks, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
43
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
17,837 members
311 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
8,509 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
39,034 members
517 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
6,641 members
250 reviews
3.9
9 Members
Cariola, cbl_tn, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
13,399 members
416 reviews
3.9
8 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, Rusty37
49
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
18,148 members
401 reviews
4
9 Members
fastaxion, cej1027, mlavigne05, ahef1963, madhatter73, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, Kchauran,jaysbooks
50
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,543 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
17,623 members
887 reviews
4
7 Members
dara85, Tess_W, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Andrew-theQM
52
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
33,991 members
935 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, alix77, msjudy, CMSharkey
53
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
17,749 members
391 reviews
3.9
8 Members
lavergne_rsl, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
54
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
40,764 members
489 reviews
3.8
9 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, friedrb, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
55
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
9,499 members
433 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
56
Noble House
by James Clavell
3,257 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
21,249 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
23,297 members
460 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
18,516 members
481 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
60
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
75,901 members
1,366 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
15,002 members
543 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, Brandy1411, CMSharkey
62
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
49,304 members
585 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
18,330 members
931 reviews
4
8 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
64
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,970 members
88 reviews
3.9
7 Members
ranams, inbedwithbooks, Jennine, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, joanmd2
65
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
13,602 members
225 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
mccin68, Cariola, Jennine, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
66
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
15,961 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
2,314 members
55 reviews
4
6 Members
jain, Cariola, mkbird, elkiedee, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
68
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
7,467 members
491 reviews
3.9
7 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, EMS_24, gypsysmom, msjudy, aspirit, CMSharkey
69
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
12,566 members
189 reviews
3.9
8 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
70
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
7,869 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
8,399 members
542 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, fastaxion, Cariola, Jennine, ahef1963, CMSharkey
72
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,960 members
101 reviews
4
7 Members
KimarieBee, lewbs, gypsysmom, NinieB, Laura1124, friedrb, Kchauran
73
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
6,483 members
303 reviews
4.1
7 Members
KimarieBee, fastaxion, Tess_W, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, dandalf
74
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
15,223 members
310 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, Cariola, cbl_tn, gypsysmom, Laura1124, msjudy, Kchauran
75
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,425 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
19,115 members
522 reviews
4.2
7 Members
EMS_24, inbedwithbooks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
77
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
8,531 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
68 reviews
4.2
5 Members
longway, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68
79
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
22,298 members
203 reviews
4
8 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, Kchauran,ManWithAnAgenda
80
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
6,552 members
39 reviews
3.8
6 Members
fastaxion, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, Jennine, gypsysmom, JeanieTK
81
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
4,152 members
51 reviews
4.1
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy
82
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
22,292 members
690 reviews
4.1
6 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, Jennine, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
83
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
2,121 members
64 reviews
4
5 Members
Cariola, mkbird, peterveen, kara.shamy, dandalf
84
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
3,312 members
170 reviews
4
5 Members
dara85, Cariola, amyshaff, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
85
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
12,333 members
179 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Tess_W, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
86
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
4,085 members
215 reviews
3.9
7 Members
Cariola, inbedwithbooks, perennialreader, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, msjudy
87
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
8,595 members
105 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, peterveen, gypsysmom, Laura1124
88
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
3,362 members
99 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
Cariola, Tess_W, cej1027, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
89
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,947 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
6,530 members
331 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Cariola, aulsmith, cbl_tn, peterveen, msjudy
91
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
2,537 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
Cariola, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Andrew-theQM, Rusty37, CMSharkey
92
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
28,629 members
538 reviews
4.2
8 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,jaysbooks
93
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
8,727 members
472 reviews
4
7 Members
Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, Andrew-theQM, CMSharkey
94
Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
15,439 members
317 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
95
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
4,651 members
49 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, daisyfly, peterveen, ahef1963, msjudy
96
Julius Caesar (New Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
2,810 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
97
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,576 members
566 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
4,705 members
205 reviews
3.9
5 Members
cbl_tn, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Andrew-theQM
100
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
13,002 members
172 reviews
3.8
6 Members
Cariola, roby72, perennialreader, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom,harray