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Historical Fiction

Based on tag: historical fiction

Members: 57 participating members (show all)

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1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
57,825 members, 1,155 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: katstephens (1), cacky (1), kraka (1), almin (1), Londa_Hite (1), harray (1), msjudy (2), Cariola (2), jaysbooks (3), Dilara86 (7), ahef1963 (8) — 5 more, bluemama (9), joanmd2 (10), KimarieBee (12), roby72 (22), cej1027

Thumbs down: merrystar, thecoroner, aulsmith

Score: 42.67

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.

2
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
14,509 members, 281 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: msjudy (1), tess_schoolmarm (1), Andrew-theQM (1), armendoza (1), AnnaClaire (1), tzugirl (1), feenie1010 (2), mlavigne05 (3), almin (4), Cariola (4), joanmd2 (8) — 3 more, ahef1963 (14), jaysbooks (16), cej1027

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 42.02

3
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
30,546 members, 480 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ginsky (1), friedrb (1), tess_schoolmarm (2), kraka (2), almin (2), madhatter73 (2), Londa_Hite (2), msjudy (3), Cariola (3), mccin68 (3), bluemama (7) — 3 more, joanmd2 (9), ahef1963 (15), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 40.25

4
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
26,104 members, 286 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: feenie1010 (1), madhatter73 (1), Cariola (1), mlavigne05 (1), jaysbooks (1), ahef1963 (1), katstephens (2), roby72 (2), tess_schoolmarm (3), Dilara86 (5), thecoroner (7) — 1 more, cej1027

Thumbs down: ashmolean1, aapjebaapje, smcwl, harray

Score: 32.41

5
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
15,084 members, 235 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: coupls2 (1), peterveen (1), Friederike.Geissler (1), AnnaClaire (2), lewbs (2), harray (2), ahef1963 (2), longway (3), thecoroner (3), roby72 (4), Dilara86 (9)

Thumbs down: feenie1010, bigorangecat, jaysbooks

Score: 30.67

6
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
31,325 members, 1,807 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (1), KimarieBee (1), joanmd2 (2), ginsky (2), lavergne_rsl (2), katstephens (3), Andrew-theQM (5), msjudy (7), ahef1963 (16), dara85 (17)

Score: 30.23

7
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
20,874 members, 641 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), alix77 (1), peterveen (2), joanmd2 (3), kraka (3), msjudy (4), Friederike.Geissler (4), almin (5), lewbs (7), ahef1963 (12), KimarieBee (14) — 3 more, jaysbooks (18), mccin68 (23), roby72 (31)

Thumbs down: 47degreesnorth, thecoroner, tzugirl, lornah02

Score: 29.91

8
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
21,849 members, 562 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: SallyBennett (1), AmberRayne (1), coupls2 (2), almin (3), madhatter73 (3), Cariola (5), bluemama (8), ahef1963 (9), joanmd2 (12), roby72 (27)

Score: 28.71

9
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
8,195 members, 301 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: joanmd2 (1), lavergne_rsl (1), SallyBennett (2), peterveen (3), SqueakyChu (3), AmberRayne (3), msjudy (6), Cariola (11), roby72 (23)

Score: 27.06

10
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
25,977 members, 342 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (2), cbl_tn (3), feenie1010 (3), tess_schoolmarm (4), ahef1963 (4), msjudy (5), KimarieBee (5), jaysbooks (6), roby72 (11)

Score: 25.2

11
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
10,712 members, 213 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: friedrb (2), jaysbooks (2), coupls2 (3), ginsky (4), tess_schoolmarm (6), Cariola (6), ahef1963 (6), thecoroner (9), bluemama (10), msjudy (11), roby72 (18)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, harray

Score: 24.96

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.

12
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
23,057 members, 1,371 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (1), Andrew-theQM (2), ginsky (3), SallyBennett (4), bluemama (6), msjudy (9), KimarieBee (11), jaysbooks (13), joanmd2 (15), ahef1963 (22)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 24.28

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not good historical fiction

13
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
6,948 members, 126 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), aulsmith (2), ahef1963 (3), longway (4), peterveen (5), roby72 (5), msjudy (8)

Score: 20.32

14
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
14,858 members, 191 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), AnnaClaire (3), mlavigne05 (6), longway (9), lewbs (12), Dilara86 (13), KimarieBee (20), roby72 (24), mccin68 (25)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 19.65

15
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
20,332 members, 327 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), roby72 (1), lewbs (3), joanmd2 (4), tess_schoolmarm (5), peterveen (6), mlavigne05 (14), Cariola (32)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler, harray

Score: 18.85

16
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
8,878 members, 591 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: bluemama (2), SallyBennett (3), almin (6), Cariola (8), joanmd2 (20), dara85 (31), ahef1963 (36), cej1027

Score: 18.07

17
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
4,552 members, 106 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: longway (1), peterveen (4), thecoroner (4), lewbs (4), joanmd2 (5), SallyBennett (5)

Score: 17.84

18
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
17,812 members, 364 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (4), ginsky (5), mlavigne05 (5), joanmd2 (6), tess_schoolmarm (9), msjudy (14), jaysbooks (19), roby72 (25)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 16.82

19
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
7,212 members, 189 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Andrew-theQM (4), aulsmith (6), almin (7), jaysbooks (8), msjudy (10), Cariola (12), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 16.39

20
Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel
by David Guterson
10,631 members, 156 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: michid8 (2), Friederike.Geissler (3), almin (8), msjudy (12), KimarieBee (13), joanmd2 (25), ahef1963 (55)

Score: 16.3

21
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
9,313 members, 543 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), Andrew-theQM (3), AnnaClaire (6), peterveen (7), Cariola (15), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 15.1

22
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
13,469 members, 258 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: michid8 (1), mccin68 (2), coupls2 (4), AnnaClaire (5), madhatter73 (8), msjudy (13), ahef1963 (37)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, Friederike.Geissler

Score: 14.97

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Fantasy, not historical fiction

AnnaClaire (5): Fantasy *IS* a genre of fiction.

23
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
17,893 members, 692 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), mccin68 (5), joanmd2 (7), tess_schoolmarm (7), Andrew-theQM (7), ahef1963 (20)

Score: 14.77

24
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,368 members, 104 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: bluemama (1), ginsky (6), tess_schoolmarm (11), peterveen (13), joanmd2 (17), msjudy (19), KimarieBee (23), ahef1963 (25)

Thumbs down: harray, jaysbooks

Score: 14.36

25
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
5,295 members, 92 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), SallyBennett (6), joanmd2 (11), bluemama (11), roby72 (13), thecoroner (17), Cariola (21)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 13.57

26
Water for Elephants: A Novel
by Sara Gruen
23,606 members, 1,072 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), coupls2 (5), ginsky (7), KimarieBee (16), msjudy (24), Cariola (73)

Score: 13.35

27
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
9,026 members, 90 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (4), aulsmith (5), longway (6), Friederike.Geissler (9), roby72 (14), cbl_tn (18)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 12.38

Explanations:

aulsmith (5): More legend than historical, but it's a classic.

28
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
3,625 members, 83 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), roby72 (3), aulsmith (4), peterveen (8)

Score: 11.61

29
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
9,889 members, 731 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), tess_schoolmarm (8), Andrew-theQM (8), joanmd2 (21), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 11.59

30
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
25,671 members, 350 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (4), Andrew-theQM (6), jaysbooks (7), msjudy (15), mlavigne05 (15), Cariola (19), roby72 (19), cej1027

Thumbs down: aulsmith, RobPoulton, harray

Score: 11.25

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction. Written about author's own lifetime.

31
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
13,122 members, 362 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (4), kara.shamy (9), Cariola (9), ahef1963 (13), joanmd2 (14), cej1027

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 11.13

32
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
4,583 members, 270 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7), peterveen (10), Cariola (13), msjudy (16), cbl_tn (17)

Score: 10.79

33
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
14,140 members, 344 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (5), Friederike.Geissler (8), KimarieBee (15), Dilara86 (15), ahef1963 (43)

Score: 10.68

34
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,505 members, 332 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (3), kara.shamy (5), msjudy (18), Cariola (61), ahef1963 (105)

Score: 10.34

35
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
8,353 members, 316 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (1), kara.shamy (6), daisy_may (18), msjudy (30)

Score: 10.21

36
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
23,785 members, 773 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: alix77 (3), msjudy (17), Cariola (18), joanmd2 (27), ahef1963 (65)

Score: 10.12

37
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
14,138 members, 808 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), msjudy (25), mccin68 (28), joanmd2 (34), Cariola (74), ahef1963 (126)

Score: 9.94

38
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
1,614 members, 39 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: longway (5), thecoroner (6), roby72 (10), Dilara86 (11)

Score: 9.68

39
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
4,366 members, 174 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (4), peterveen (17), msjudy (20), Cariola (53), ahef1963 (53)

Score: 9.66

40
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
5,959 members, 570 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: AmberRayne (2), kara.shamy (7), mccin68 (18), msjudy (22)

Score: 9.61

41
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
1,229 members, 50 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), kara.shamy (8), peterveen (9), Cariola (55)

Score: 9.52

42
Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
42,945 members, 1,140 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: alix77 (2), ahef1963 (10), joanmd2 (13), Cariola (14), roby72 (29)

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 9.51

43
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
8,930 members, 94 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: rlionelpolo (1), aulsmith (3), mlavigne05 (7), jaysbooks (20), roby72 (28)

Thumbs down: harray, cej1027

Score: 9.13

44
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
5,576 members, 462 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), peterveen (14), msjudy (33), joanmd2 (35), Cariola (37)

Score: 9.07

45
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
5,959 members, 189 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: AmberRayne (5), kara.shamy (10), Andrew-theQM (10), ahef1963 (42)

Score: 8.75

46
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
5,918 members, 118 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (15), jaysbooks (22), joanmd2 (28), KimarieBee (30), msjudy (35), ahef1963 (72)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 8.35

47
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
2,605 members, 28 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (19), msjudy (23), dara85 (27), ahef1963 (112), cej1027

Score: 8.24

48
Possession
by A. S. Byatt
10,768 members, 234 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), kara.shamy (12), thecoroner (16), roby72 (20), Cariola (36)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 8.13

49
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
2,970 members, 29 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: bluemama (4), KimarieBee (17), msjudy (26), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 8

50
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
14,160 members, 347 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (6), mlavigne05 (17), ahef1963 (19), msjudy (27), cej1027 (27)

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 7.95

51
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
10,340 members, 230 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (9), cbl_tn (15), msjudy (28), Cariola (30)

Score: 7.79

52
Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
by Robert Graves
3,326 members, 37 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: peterveen (12), aulsmith (12), msjudy (29), ahef1963 (29)

Score: 7.75

53
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
2,443 members, 139 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: amyshaff (1), dara85 (14), Cariola (34)

Score: 7.72

54
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
30,597 members, 424 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (4), jaysbooks (10), Cariola (17), msjudy (21), mccin68 (24), ahef1963 (88), cej1027

Thumbs down: kara.shamy, aulsmith, harray

Score: 7.54

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

55
Girl in hyacinth blue
by Susan Vreeland
2,686 members, 78 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (12), kara.shamy (13), cej1027 (30), Cariola (47)

Score: 7.49

56
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
3,580 members, 174 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Andrew-theQM (14), cbl_tn (16), msjudy (31), mccin68 (32)

Score: 7.45

57
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
1,962 members, 64 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (14), kara.shamy (15), Andrew-theQM (17), Cariola (84)

Score: 7.39

58
The Virgin Blue
by Tracy Chevalier
3,126 members, 81 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (10), AnnaClaire (14), dara85 (26), jaysbooks (27), Cariola (45)

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 7.39

59
Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
2,185 members, 161 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), msjudy (32), mccin68 (34)

Score: 7.34

60
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
11,935 members, 344 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), joanmd2 (32), msjudy (48), ahef1963 (87)

Score: 7.19

61
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō
2,341 members, 66 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (5), lewbs (9), tess_schoolmarm (13)

Score: 7.09

62
World Without End
by Ken Follett
9,468 members, 271 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (10), kara.shamy (23), joanmd2 (36), msjudy (75)

Score: 7.07

63
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
10,378 members, 240 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (10), Cariola (10), mlavigne05 (13), jaysbooks (15)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, harray

Score: 6.95

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

64
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
4,693 members, 243 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (14), KimarieBee (26), msjudy (34), ahef1963 (77)

Score: 6.85

65
History
by Elsa Morante
1,021 members, 22 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5), Dilara86 (12), roby72 (17)

Score: 6.79

66
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
8,768 members, 582 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: dara85 (19), kara.shamy (24), joanmd2 (37), msjudy (76)

Score: 6.7

67
The Secret River
by Kate Grenville
2,435 members, 116 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), kara.shamy (16), Cariola (23)

Score: 6.66

68
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
3,784 members, 277 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (25), dara85 (28), joanmd2 (38), msjudy (53)

Score: 6.62

69
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
6,537 members, 136 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: joanmd2 (23), KimarieBee (25), ahef1963 (49), msjudy (54)

Score: 6.6

70
Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
4,444 members, 279 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Andrew-theQM (9), AnnaClaire (9), peterveen (16), kara.shamy (17)

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 6.59

71
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
7,597 members, 99 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: roby72 (8), mlavigne05 (12), jaysbooks (14), thecoroner (18)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 6.54

72
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
2,274 members, 212 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18), KimarieBee (31), msjudy (36), Cariola (125)

Score: 6.47

73
The Princesse de Cleves
by Madame de La Fayette
1,692 members, 44 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), Cariola (7)

Score: 6.46

74
The Eye in the Door
by Pat Barker
1,736 members, 44 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mkbird (3), kara.shamy (19), Cariola (62)

Score: 6.38

75
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
3,146 members, 158 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (6), peterveen (18), Andrew-theQM (27)

Score: 6.25

76
King Rat
by James Clavell
2,208 members, 36 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), msjudy (37), ahef1963 (101)

Score: 6.25

77
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4,179 members, 201 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), cbl_tn (14), msjudy (38)

Score: 6.24

78
The Silver Pigs
by Lindsey Davis
1,861 members, 58 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), Andrew-theQM (11)

Score: 6.2

79
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
17,094 members, 310 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (7), mlavigne05 (16), mccin68 (29)

Score: 6.18

80
Noble House
by James Clavell
2,349 members, 28 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (29), joanmd2 (31), msjudy (61), ahef1963 (86)

Score: 6.16

81
The Greatest Knight
by Elizabeth Chadwick
880 members, 48 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Londa_Hite (5), kara.shamy (20), msjudy (40)

Score: 6.16

82
One Corpse Too Many
by Ellis Peters
2,056 members, 41 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (17), cbl_tn (20), msjudy (67), ahef1963 (82), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 6.1

83
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault
1,861 members, 32 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: peterveen (11), aulsmith (16), kara.shamy (21)

Score: 6.07

84
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
7,982 members, 119 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (7), tess_schoolmarm (16), msjudy (39)

Score: 6.06

85
The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent
2,063 members, 179 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (7), dara85 (18), Cariola (39)

Score: 6

86
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
2,313 members, 50 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: mkbird (5), kara.shamy (22), Cariola (59)

Score: 5.97

87
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,019 members, 138 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7), Cariola (25), msjudy (41)

Score: 5.83

88
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
3,312 members, 252 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (32), joanmd2 (39), msjudy (70), Cariola (142)

Score: 5.82

89
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
9,110 members, 199 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (8), Cariola (22), msjudy (42)

Score: 5.8

90
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
4,840 members, 414 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: dara85 (12), KimarieBee (18), Cariola (31)

Score: 5.79

91
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
10,013 members, 234 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (6), joanmd2 (16), ahef1963 (23), msjudy (72)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 5.76

92
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
3,840 members, 196 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: AmberRayne (4), msjudy (43), Cariola (75)

Score: 5.75

93
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
2,707 members, 181 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), Cariola (29), msjudy (44)

Score: 5.74

94
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
7,472 members, 202 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), Cariola (16), ahef1963 (136)

Score: 5.73

95
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
8,815 members, 163 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (8), Cariola (26), msjudy (45)

Score: 5.69

96
Caleb's Crossing
by Geraldine Brooks
2,642 members, 175 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (8), Cariola (27), msjudy (46)

Score: 5.67

97
The Lady in the Tower
by Jean Plaidy
566 members, 11 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Londa_Hite (3), Cariola (65), ahef1963 (128)

Score: 5.64

98
Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
10,034 members, 223 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (9), Cariola (28), msjudy (47)

Score: 5.58

99
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson
806 members, 34 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: mkbird (4), lavergne_rsl (5)

Score: 5.5

100
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
6,928 members, 151 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8), KimarieBee (27), Cariola (78)

Score: 5.48

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