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Historical Fiction

Based on tag: historical fiction

Members: 74 participating members (show all)

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1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
66,256 members, 1,302 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: Kchauran (1), ranams (1), gypsysmom (1), Laura1124 (1), katstephens (1), cacky (1), kraka (1), almin (1), Londa_Hite (1), harray (1), msjudy (2) — 10 more, Cariola (2), jaysbooks (3), friedrb (5), Dilara86 (7), ahef1963 (8), bluemama (9), joanmd2 (10), KimarieBee (12), roby72 (22), cej1027

Thumbs down: jain, merrystar, thecoroner, aulsmith

Score: 59.31

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

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

2
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
33,115 members, 517 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aspirit (1), ginsky (1), friedrb (1), Kchauran (2), Laura1124 (2), Tess_W (2), kraka (2), almin (2), madhatter73 (2), Londa_Hite (2), msjudy (3) — 7 more, Cariola (3), mccin68 (3), KarlaC (4), bluemama (7), joanmd2 (9), ahef1963 (15), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 53.77

3
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
15,726 members, 292 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: msjudy (1), Tess_W (1), Andrew-theQM (1), armendoza (1), AnnaClaire (1), tzugirl (1), gypsysmom (2), feenie1010 (2), Kchauran (3), mlavigne05 (3), almin (4) — 6 more, Cariola (4), joanmd2 (8), ahef1963 (14), jaysbooks (16), Brandy1411 (55), cej1027

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 49.85

4
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
30,185 members, 317 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: feenie1010 (1), madhatter73 (1), Cariola (1), mlavigne05 (1), jaysbooks (1), ahef1963 (1), katstephens (2), roby72 (2), gypsysmom (3), Laura1124 (3), Tess_W (3) — 5 more, Kchauran (4), Dilara86 (5), thecoroner (7), cej1027, NinieB

Thumbs down: ashmolean1, aapjebaapje, smcwl, harray

Score: 43.11

5
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,159 members, 272 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: coupls2 (1), peterveen (1), Friederike.Geissler (1), ranams (2), AnnaClaire (2), lewbs (2), harray (2), ahef1963 (2), longway (3), thecoroner (3), roby72 (4) — 4 more, Kchauran (5), gypsysmom (7), Dilara86 (9), jain (19)

Thumbs down: feenie1010, bigorangecat, jaysbooks

Score: 41.08

6
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
36,904 members, 1,986 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (1), KimarieBee (1), joanmd2 (2), ginsky (2), lavergne_rsl (2), Brandy1411 (3), katstephens (3), KarlaC (5), Andrew-theQM (5), gypsysmom (6), msjudy (7) — 3 more, ahef1963 (16), dara85 (17), jain (21)

Thumbs down: friedrb

Score: 38.37

7
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
23,730 members, 694 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), alix77 (1), peterveen (2), joanmd2 (3), kraka (3), gypsysmom (4), friedrb (4), msjudy (4), Friederike.Geissler (4), almin (5), Kchauran (6) — 6 more, lewbs (7), ahef1963 (12), KimarieBee (14), jaysbooks (18), mccin68 (23), roby72 (31)

Thumbs down: 47degreesnorth, thecoroner, tzugirl, lornah02

Score: 38.13

8
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
30,571 members, 399 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (2), ranams (3), cbl_tn (3), feenie1010 (3), Tess_W (4), ahef1963 (4), msjudy (5), KimarieBee (5), Laura1124 (6), jaysbooks (6), Kchauran (7) — 2 more, gypsysmom (9), roby72 (11)

Score: 35.57

9
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,785 members, 587 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: SallyBennett (1), AmberRayne (1), coupls2 (2), almin (3), madhatter73 (3), Laura1124 (4), gypsysmom (5), Cariola (5), bluemama (8), ahef1963 (9), joanmd2 (12) — 1 more, roby72 (27)

Score: 34.21

10
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
12,068 members, 239 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: friedrb (2), jaysbooks (2), coupls2 (3), ginsky (4), Tess_W (6), Cariola (6), ahef1963 (6), Laura1124 (7), Kchauran (8), thecoroner (9), gypsysmom (10) — 5 more, bluemama (10), msjudy (11), roby72 (18), cej1027 (98), NinieB

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 33.14

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

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

11
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
8,971 members, 327 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: joanmd2 (1), lavergne_rsl (1), SallyBennett (2), peterveen (3), SqueakyChu (3), AmberRayne (3), Laura1124 (5), msjudy (6), gypsysmom (8), Cariola (11), roby72 (23) — 1 more, ahef1963 (159)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 31.24

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

12
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
26,120 members, 1,423 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (1), Andrew-theQM (2), ginsky (3), SallyBennett (4), bluemama (6), Kchauran (9), msjudy (9), Brandy1411 (11), KimarieBee (11), gypsysmom (12), jaysbooks (13) — 2 more, joanmd2 (15), ahef1963 (22)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 30.93

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not good historical fiction

13
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
23,854 members, 379 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: Jennine (1), thecoroner (1), roby72 (1), lewbs (3), joanmd2 (4), Tess_W (5), peterveen (6), Laura1124 (8), gypsysmom (11), mlavigne05 (14), Cariola (32)

Thumbs down: Friederike.Geissler, harray

Score: 27.42

14
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
8,326 members, 226 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: CyndiCiavarella (1), Andrew-theQM (4), ranams (5), aulsmith (6), almin (7), jaysbooks (8), msjudy (10), Laura1124 (12), Cariola (12), ahef1963 (26), NinieB

Score: 27.04

15
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,919 members, 108 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: bluemama (1), ranams (6), ginsky (6), friedrb (9), Kchauran (11), Tess_W (11), peterveen (13), Laura1124 (17), joanmd2 (17), gypsysmom (18), msjudy (19) — 2 more, KimarieBee (23), ahef1963 (25)

Thumbs down: harray, jaysbooks

Score: 25.33

16
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
20,257 members, 408 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (4), ginsky (5), mlavigne05 (5), joanmd2 (6), Tess_W (9), Kchauran (10), Laura1124 (11), msjudy (14), gypsysmom (15), jaysbooks (19), roby72 (25) — 1 more, NinieB

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 25.12

17
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,829 members, 216 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), AnnaClaire (3), ranams (4), mlavigne05 (6), longway (9), lewbs (12), Dilara86 (13), gypsysmom (14), KimarieBee (20), roby72 (24), mccin68 (25)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 24.54

18
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
7,998 members, 145 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), aulsmith (2), ahef1963 (3), longway (4), peterveen (5), roby72 (5), msjudy (8), Laura1124 (9), NinieB

Score: 24.46

19
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
25,848 members, 1,132 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: friedrb (3), dara85 (3), coupls2 (5), ginsky (7), Kchauran (12), Laura1124 (13), gypsysmom (16), KimarieBee (16), msjudy (24), Cariola (73), ahef1963 (160)

Score: 23.77

20
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
19,460 members, 726 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: CyndiCiavarella (2), Brandy1411 (4), kara.shamy (4), mccin68 (5), joanmd2 (7), Tess_W (7), Andrew-theQM (7), ahef1963 (20), gypsysmom (21)

Score: 22.83

21
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
11,252 members, 605 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1), kara.shamy (3), Andrew-theQM (3), AnnaClaire (6), peterveen (7), Cariola (15), ahef1963 (17), gypsysmom (20), NinieB

Score: 22.81

22
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
9,809 members, 625 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: bluemama (2), SallyBennett (3), almin (6), Cariola (8), Brandy1411 (13), gypsysmom (13), joanmd2 (20), dara85 (31), ahef1963 (36), cej1027

Score: 22.25

23
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
46,206 members, 1,192 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: alix77 (2), Jennine (3), ranams (7), ahef1963 (10), Kchauran (13), joanmd2 (13), Cariola (14), Laura1124 (16), gypsysmom (17), roby72 (29)

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 21.09

24
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,614 members, 170 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: michid8 (2), Friederike.Geissler (3), almin (8), msjudy (12), KimarieBee (13), Kchauran (14), Laura1124 (14), joanmd2 (25), ahef1963 (55)

Score: 20.43

25
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
5,510 members, 126 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: longway (1), peterveen (4), thecoroner (4), lewbs (4), joanmd2 (5), SallyBennett (5), Laura1124 (10)

Score: 20.09

26
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
6,637 members, 130 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: DidIReallyReadThat (1), Kchauran (15), Tess_W (15), jaysbooks (22), Laura1124 (25), joanmd2 (28), KimarieBee (30), gypsysmom (31), msjudy (35), ahef1963 (71)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 17.87

27
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
10,739 members, 99 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Jennine (2), AnnaClaire (4), aulsmith (5), longway (6), Friederike.Geissler (9), roby72 (14), Laura1124 (15), cbl_tn (18)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 17.78

Explanations:

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

28
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
29,330 members, 408 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (4), Jennine (5), Andrew-theQM (6), jaysbooks (7), msjudy (15), mlavigne05 (15), Kchauran (16), Laura1124 (18), gypsysmom (19), Cariola (19), roby72 (19) — 1 more, cej1027

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, RobPoulton, harray

Score: 17.75

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

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

29
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
36,218 members, 467 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (4), Jennine (6), ranams (8), jaysbooks (10), Kchauran (17), Cariola (17), msjudy (21), mccin68 (24), gypsysmom (26), Laura1124 (83), ahef1963 (87) — 1 more, cej1027

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 17.51

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

30
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
5,849 members, 95 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), SallyBennett (6), joanmd2 (11), bluemama (11), roby72 (13), thecoroner (17), Kchauran (18), Cariola (21), gypsysmom (24)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 17.32

31
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14,710 members, 278 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: michid8 (1), mccin68 (2), coupls2 (4), AnnaClaire (5), madhatter73 (8), ranams (9), msjudy (13), ahef1963 (37)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, Friederike.Geissler

Score: 17.28

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Fantasy, not historical fiction

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

32
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
14,185 members, 370 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (4), Cariola (9), ahef1963 (13), joanmd2 (14), Brandy1411 (15), Laura1124 (20), Kchauran (21), gypsysmom (25), cej1027

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 16.37

33
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
12,050 members, 801 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), Jennine (4), Tess_W (8), Andrew-theQM (8), joanmd2 (21), gypsysmom (23), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 16.25

34
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
10,670 members, 109 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: rlionelpolo (1), aulsmith (3), Jennine (7), mlavigne05 (7), ranams (12), Kchauran (19), jaysbooks (20), roby72 (28)

Thumbs down: harray, cej1027

Score: 15.65

35
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
4,534 members, 106 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: jain (1), thecoroner (2), roby72 (3), aulsmith (4), peterveen (8)

Score: 15.61

36
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
20,704 members, 369 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: friedrb (7), AnnaClaire (7), Jennine (9), ranams (11), mlavigne05 (16), mccin68 (29), gypsysmom (30)

Score: 14.86

37
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,783 members, 351 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (1), kara.shamy (8), daisy_may (18), Laura1124 (23), gypsysmom (28), msjudy (30), ahef1963 (161)

Score: 14.72

38
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
15,371 members, 369 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: CyndiCiavarella (3), madhatter73 (6), mlavigne05 (17), ahef1963 (19), Kchauran (20), msjudy (27), cej1027 (27), Laura1124 (28)

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 14.62

39
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
3,309 members, 32 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: bluemama (4), friedrb (8), ranams (10), KimarieBee (17), Laura1124 (21), msjudy (26), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 14.49

40
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
12,750 members, 720 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: Brandy1411 (6), kara.shamy (19), dara85 (19), Kchauran (26), Laura1124 (35), joanmd2 (37), gypsysmom (43), msjudy (76)

Score: 14.34

41
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
19,200 members, 360 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), jain (13), Kchauran (22), ranams (22), roby72 (30), Cariola (40), Laura1124 (46), gypsysmom (98), NinieB

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 13.93

42
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
26,485 members, 829 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: alix77 (3), msjudy (17), Cariola (18), Laura1124 (19), gypsysmom (22), joanmd2 (27), ahef1963 (65)

Score: 13.88

43
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
14,729 members, 353 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (3), kara.shamy (7), msjudy (18), Laura1124 (22), gypsysmom (27), Cariola (61), ahef1963 (104)

Score: 13.73

44
King Rat
by James Clavell
2,461 members, 37 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), ranams (13), peterveen (20), Laura1124 (27), gypsysmom (34), msjudy (37), ahef1963 (100)

Score: 13.66

45
World Without End
by Ken Follett
10,885 members, 290 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: KarlaC (3), kara.shamy (5), friedrb (6), mccin68 (10), joanmd2 (36), msjudy (75)

Score: 13.51

46
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,047 members, 200 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (4), peterveen (17), msjudy (20), Laura1124 (24), gypsysmom (29), Cariola (53), ahef1963 (53)

Score: 13.19

47
The Eye in the Door
by Pat Barker
1,948 members, 46 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (2), mkbird (3), jain (20), kara.shamy (24), gypsysmom (57), Cariola (62)

Score: 12.98

48
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
11,752 members, 255 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (9), cbl_tn (15), Kchauran (23), msjudy (28), Laura1124 (30), Cariola (30), gypsysmom (36)

Score: 12.96

49
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
6,794 members, 615 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: AmberRayne (2), kara.shamy (9), mccin68 (18), msjudy (22), Kchauran (24), gypsysmom (37)

Score: 12.89

50
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
4,543 members, 82 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: friedrb (10), lewbs (15), KimarieBee (22), Kchauran (30), Laura1124 (43), gypsysmom (100), NinieB

Score: 12.49

51
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
7,666 members, 168 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: KarlaC (1), thecoroner (8), KimarieBee (27), dara85 (34), Cariola (78), ahef1963 (162)

Score: 12.26

52
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
24,986 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: friedrb (11), ranams (15), Jennine (22), joanmd2 (33), Laura1124 (37), gypsysmom (54), ahef1963 (91)

Score: 12.14

53
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
27,688 members, 246 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: katstephens (6), ranams (18), Jennine (20), Kchauran (27), Laura1124 (40), gypsysmom (110), ahef1963 (163)

Score: 12.09

54
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
3,384 members, 84 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), kara.shamy (18), Kchauran (25), gypsysmom (51), msjudy (52), ahef1963 (60), NinieB

Score: 12.01

Explanations:

aulsmith (15): This is the only one I really enjoyed as historical fiction.

55
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
11,912 members, 267 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (10), Cariola (10), mlavigne05 (13), jaysbooks (15), Laura1124 (34), gypsysmom (41), NinieB

Thumbs down: aulsmith, harray

Score: 12.01

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

56
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
6,200 members, 364 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: Brandy1411 (5), kara.shamy (20), dara85 (28), joanmd2 (38), gypsysmom (52), msjudy (53), ahef1963 (164)

Score: 12.01

57
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
15,526 members, 862 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), msjudy (25), mccin68 (28), gypsysmom (33), joanmd2 (34), Cariola (74), ahef1963 (125)

Score: 11.97

58
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
6,875 members, 533 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), peterveen (14), msjudy (33), joanmd2 (35), Cariola (37), gypsysmom (39), ahef1963 (165)

Score: 11.92

59
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
3,015 members, 33 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (19), msjudy (23), Laura1124 (26), dara85 (27), gypsysmom (32), ahef1963 (111), cej1027

Score: 11.66

60
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
63,313 members, 1,239 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: friedrb (12), ranams (16), Jennine (21), jaysbooks (21), joanmd2 (22), Kchauran (33), Laura1124 (38), Andrew-theQM (45), ahef1963 (48), gypsysmom (56)

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, cej1027

Score: 11.54

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Bad historical fiction

61
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,738 members, 264 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), kara.shamy (14), thecoroner (16), roby72 (20), Laura1124 (29), gypsysmom (35), Cariola (36)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 11.42

62
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
3,978 members, 66 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Jennine (13), ranams (17), joanmd2 (18), ahef1963 (27), kara.shamy (29), NinieB

Score: 11.32

63
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,013 members, 197 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Andrew-theQM (14), cbl_tn (16), msjudy (31), mccin68 (32), gypsysmom (48), NinieB

Score: 10.79

64
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,185 members, 293 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

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

Score: 10.79

65
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
16,636 members, 161 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: katstephens (9), Jennine (17), ranams (19), Kchauran (28), Laura1124 (41), gypsysmom (108)

Score: 10.76

66
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
15,938 members, 393 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 10.68

67
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
9,063 members, 109 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: Jennine (8), roby72 (8), mlavigne05 (12), jaysbooks (14), thecoroner (18), Kchauran (29)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 10.64

68
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
16,966 members, 371 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: jain (2), aulsmith (8), ranams (26), ahef1963 (90), gypsysmom (111), kara.shamy (167), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 10.63

69
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,900 members, 388 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), joanmd2 (32), Laura1124 (33), gypsysmom (40), msjudy (48), ahef1963 (86)

Score: 10.45

70
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
6,469 members, 199 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: AmberRayne (5), Andrew-theQM (10), kara.shamy (12), gypsysmom (42), ahef1963 (42)

Score: 10.22

71
Noble House
by James Clavell
2,616 members, 31 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ranams (14), peterveen (21), KimarieBee (29), joanmd2 (31), msjudy (61), ahef1963 (85)

Score: 10.1

72
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
2,561 members, 55 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (4), mkbird (5), kara.shamy (28), Cariola (59), gypsysmom (105)

Score: 9.94

73
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
3,666 members, 172 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (6), kara.shamy (13), peterveen (18), Andrew-theQM (27), gypsysmom (44)

Score: 9.91

74
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
7,808 members, 381 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), KimarieBee (19), Cariola (24), Kchauran (31), msjudy (50), gypsysmom (260)

Score: 9.89

75
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
1,964 members, 51 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

Score: 9.68

76
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault
2,083 members, 34 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: jain (9), peterveen (11), aulsmith (16), kara.shamy (26), gypsysmom (109)

Score: 9.52

77
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
10,054 members, 190 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (8), Jennine (11), Cariola (26), msjudy (45), gypsysmom (46)

Score: 9.43

78
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
2,723 members, 151 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: amyshaff (1), dara85 (14), Kchauran (32), Cariola (34)

Score: 9.41

79
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
1,503 members, 54 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), peterveen (9), kara.shamy (10), Cariola (55)

Score: 9.39

80
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
7,011 members, 95 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), roby72 (12), peterveen (22), Laura1124 (36), gypsysmom (47)

Score: 9.35

81
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
38,342 members, 601 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (5), bluemama (5), Dilara86 (8), Kchauran (34), Laura1124 (39), gypsysmom (58), msjudy (59), ahef1963 (67)

Thumbs down: thecoroner, aulsmith, harray

Score: 9.28

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition.

82
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
10,365 members, 157 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: joanmd2 (26), Kchauran (35), gypsysmom (45), ahef1963 (56), msjudy (65), Cariola (71)

Score: 9.21

83
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
5,990 members, 472 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Jennine (10), dara85 (12), KimarieBee (18), Cariola (31), ahef1963 (166)

Score: 9.15

84
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
3,212 members, 217 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KarlaC (2), dara85 (7), Cariola (29), msjudy (44)

Score: 9.1

85
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
2,895 members, 85 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (12), kara.shamy (15), cej1027 (30), Kchauran (36), Cariola (47)

Score: 9.05

86
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
2,146 members, 69 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (14), kara.shamy (16), Andrew-theQM (17), Laura1124 (32), Cariola (84)

Score: 9.04

87
Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
11,880 members, 195 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Londa_Hite (6), Jennine (12), Dilara86 (14), ahef1963 (30), Laura1124 (31), gypsysmom (38), msjudy (49), cej1027

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 8.78

Explanations:

jain (0): Set during the author's lifetime.

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction

88
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
10,435 members, 223 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (8), Cariola (22), msjudy (42), gypsysmom (49), kara.shamy (140)

Score: 8.47

89
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
5,265 members, 269 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (14), KimarieBee (26), msjudy (34), gypsysmom (50), ahef1963 (76)

Score: 8.36

90
Regeneration
by Pat Barker
4,018 members, 101 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (3), jain (3), kara.shamy (161), ahef1963 (176)

Score: 8.3

91
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
16,820 members, 1,155 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Brandy1411 (7), mccin68 (13), ahef1963 (21), Cariola (35), jain (38), msjudy (90), gypsysmom (120)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, jaysbooks

Score: 8.2

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not good historical fiction

92
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
7,226 members, 143 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: joanmd2 (23), KimarieBee (25), ahef1963 (49), gypsysmom (53), msjudy (54)

Score: 8.09

93
The Silver Pigs
by Lindsey Davis
2,099 members, 64 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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

Score: 8.02

94
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
4,872 members, 26 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (11), AnnaClaire (12), Jennine (14), gypsysmom (55)

Score: 7.88

95
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,149 members, 371 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: jain (23), ahef1963 (40), Laura1124 (47), kara.shamy (48), gypsysmom (93)

Score: 7.75

96
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
3,766 members, 39 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 7.75

97
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
42,335 members, 591 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (10), jaysbooks (12), jain (22), mccin68 (26), Jennine (29), Laura1124 (48), gypsysmom (91), ahef1963 (145)

Thumbs down: Cariola, aulsmith, harray

Score: 7.71

Explanations:

Cariola (0): Loved it, but it's not historical fiction; set in the time in which it is written.

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

jain (22): Set 15+ years before author's lifetime. (Story's setting is 1771-1803; author was born in 1818.)

98
The Lady in the Tower
by Jean Plaidy
612 members, 13 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Londa_Hite (3), Brandy1411 (16), Cariola (65), ahef1963 (127)

Score: 7.64

99
One Corpse Too Many
by Ellis Peters
2,393 members, 53 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (17), cbl_tn (20), gypsysmom (59), msjudy (67), ahef1963 (81), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 7.51

100
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
9,110 members, 153 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: mccin68 (7), Tess_W (16), msjudy (39), gypsysmom (60)

Score: 7.5

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