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Historical Fiction

Based on tag: historical fiction

Members: 67 participating members (show all)

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1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
63,373 members, 1,241 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jain, merrystar, thecoroner, aulsmith

Score: 55.33

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
32,188 members, 504 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ginsky (1), friedrb (1), Laura1124 (2), Tess_W (2), kraka (2), almin (2), madhatter73 (2), Londa_Hite (2), msjudy (3), Cariola (3), mccin68 (3) — 5 more, KarlaC (4), bluemama (7), joanmd2 (9), ahef1963 (15), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 46.43

3
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
15,334 members, 286 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), mlavigne05 (3), almin (4), Cariola (4) — 4 more, joanmd2 (8), ahef1963 (14), jaysbooks (16), cej1027

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 45.37

4
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
28,757 members, 309 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) — 3 more, Dilara86 (5), thecoroner (7), cej1027

Thumbs down: ashmolean1, aapjebaapje, smcwl, harray

Score: 38.48

5
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
16,454 members, 259 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) — 3 more, gypsysmom (7), Dilara86 (9), jain (19)

Thumbs down: feenie1010, bigorangecat, jaysbooks

Score: 38.41

6
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
22,631 members, 673 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

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

Thumbs down: 47degreesnorth, thecoroner, tzugirl, lornah02

Score: 35.57

7
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
34,921 members, 1,922 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

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

Thumbs down: friedrb

Score: 35.33

8
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,069 members, 578 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

9
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
28,985 members, 375 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), gypsysmom (9) — 1 more, roby72 (11)

Score: 33.11

10
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
8,746 members, 323 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)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 30.11

Explanations:

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

11
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
11,622 members, 230 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 28.94

Explanations:

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

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

12
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
22,614 members, 358 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

13
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
25,226 members, 1,403 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 26.43

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not good historical fiction

14
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
7,901 members, 212 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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

Score: 25.22

15
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
16,789 members, 205 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

16
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
7,597 members, 138 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

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

Score: 22.63

17
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
19,445 members, 393 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 21.05

18
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,683 members, 104 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray, jaysbooks

Score: 20.83

19
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
25,001 members, 1,116 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

Score: 20.5

20
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
9,544 members, 611 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

Score: 20.16

21
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
5,157 members, 121 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

22
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
19,080 members, 711 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

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

Score: 20

23
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
45,164 members, 1,172 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 18.98

24
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,297 members, 169 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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

Score: 18.36

25
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
10,130 members, 94 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.

26
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14,245 members, 267 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 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.

27
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
10,455 members, 589 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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

Score: 16.99

28
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
11,314 members, 777 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

29
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
6,436 members, 124 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: DidIReallyReadThat (1), Tess_W (15), jaysbooks (22), Laura1124 (25), joanmd2 (28), KimarieBee (30), gypsysmom (31), msjudy (35), ahef1963 (72)

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 15.83

30
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
28,034 members, 381 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, RobPoulton, harray

Score: 15.77

Explanations:

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

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

31
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
4,241 members, 97 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

Score: 15.61

32
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
34,370 members, 461 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (4), Jennine (6), ranams (8), jaysbooks (10), Cariola (17), msjudy (21), mccin68 (24), gypsysmom (26), Laura1124 (83), ahef1963 (88), cej1027

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 15.56

Explanations:

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

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

33
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
5,678 members, 96 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 15.38

34
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
19,486 members, 346 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

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

Score: 14.86

35
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
3,178 members, 32 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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

Score: 14.49

36
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
25,437 members, 807 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

37
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
10,090 members, 105 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray, cej1027

Score: 13.74

38
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
14,336 members, 347 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (3), kara.shamy (7), msjudy (18), Laura1124 (22), gypsysmom (27), Cariola (61), ahef1963 (105)

Score: 13.72

39
King Rat
by James Clavell
2,359 members, 38 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), ranams (13), peterveen (20), Laura1124 (27), gypsysmom (34), msjudy (37), ahef1963 (101)

Score: 13.66

40
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,294 members, 339 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Score: 13.6

41
World Without End
by Ken Follett
10,382 members, 284 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Score: 13.51

42
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
4,777 members, 191 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

Score: 13.19

43
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
14,994 members, 362 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jaysbooks

Score: 12.73

44
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
13,835 members, 366 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 12.49

45
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
15,248 members, 850 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), msjudy (25), mccin68 (28), gypsysmom (33), joanmd2 (34), Cariola (74), ahef1963 (126)

Score: 11.97

46
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
2,862 members, 29 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (19), msjudy (23), Laura1124 (26), dara85 (27), gypsysmom (32), ahef1963 (112), cej1027

Score: 11.68

47
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,404 members, 257 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

48
Daughter of fortune
by Isabel Allende
7,414 members, 165 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

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

Score: 11.14

49
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
11,321 members, 251 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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

Score: 11.13

50
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
6,656 members, 608 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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

Score: 11.08

51
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
6,554 members, 505 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 10.8

52
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
5,098 members, 287 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

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

Score: 10.79

53
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
15,306 members, 381 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 10.68

54
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,252 members, 372 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), joanmd2 (32), Laura1124 (33), gypsysmom (40), msjudy (48), ahef1963 (87)

Score: 10.45

55
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
18,174 members, 345 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 10.26

56
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
6,267 members, 196 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)

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

Score: 10.22

57
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
11,429 members, 257 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aulsmith, harray

Score: 10.18

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction by my definition

58
Noble House
by James Clavell
2,516 members, 31 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ranams (14), peterveen (21), KimarieBee (29), joanmd2 (31), msjudy (61), ahef1963 (86)

Score: 10.1

59
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
11,407 members, 682 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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

Score: 10.02

60
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
25,069 members, 352 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ranams (15), Jennine (22), joanmd2 (33), Laura1124 (37), gypsysmom (54), ahef1963 (92)

Score: 9.94

61
Dissolution
by C. J. Sansom
3,512 members, 170 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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

Score: 9.91

62
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
1,839 members, 47 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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

Score: 9.68

63
The Eye in the Door
by Pat Barker
1,891 members, 46 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 9.62

64
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
16,053 members, 353 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: jain (2), aulsmith (8), ranams (26), ahef1963 (91), gypsysmom (111), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 9.54

65
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault
2,016 members, 34 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 9.52

66
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
3,826 members, 65 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Score: 9.5

67
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
9,423 members, 173 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

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

Score: 9.43

68
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
1,433 members, 53 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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

Score: 9.39

69
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
6,809 members, 89 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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

Score: 9.35

70
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
26,317 members, 228 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: katstephens (6), ranams (18), Jennine (20), Laura1124 (40), gypsysmom (110)

Score: 9.22

71
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
3,163 members, 206 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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

Score: 9.1

72
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
2,130 members, 65 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

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

Score: 9.04

73
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
15,712 members, 147 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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

Score: 9.02

74
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,020 members, 189 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 8.97

75
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
8,553 members, 104 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

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

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 8.92

76
Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
11,125 members, 182 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, harray

Score: 8.8

Explanations:

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

aulsmith (0): Not historical fiction

77
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
9,987 members, 216 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: AnnaClaire (8), Cariola (22), msjudy (42), gypsysmom (49), kara.shamy (141)

Score: 8.47

78
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
3,232 members, 81 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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

Score: 8.4

Explanations:

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

79
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
5,117 members, 265 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (14), KimarieBee (26), msjudy (34), gypsysmom (50), ahef1963 (77)

Score: 8.35

80
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
5,290 members, 337 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

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

Score: 8.21

81
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
6,999 members, 141 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Score: 8.09

82
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
5,676 members, 459 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 8.04

83
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
4,660 members, 26 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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

Score: 7.88

84
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
16,623 members, 356 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

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

Score: 7.75

85
Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
by Robert Graves
3,638 members, 37 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 7.75

86
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
2,635 members, 147 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Score: 7.72

87
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
61,475 members, 1,216 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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

Thumbs down: jain, aulsmith, cej1027

Score: 7.72

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Bad historical fiction

88
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
40,316 members, 569 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: mlavigne05 (10), jaysbooks (12), jain (22), mccin68 (26), Jennine (29), Laura1124 (48), gypsysmom (91), ahef1963 (146)

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.)

89
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
36,836 members, 571 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Thumbs down: thecoroner, aulsmith, harray

Score: 7.62

Explanations:

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

90
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
9,984 members, 153 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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

Score: 7.57

91
One Corpse Too Many
by Ellis Peters
2,295 members, 47 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: daisy_may (17), cbl_tn (20), gypsysmom (59), msjudy (67), ahef1963 (82), cej1027

Thumbs down: harray

Score: 7.53

92
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
8,772 members, 142 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

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

Score: 7.5

93
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
2,825 members, 83 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

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

Score: 7.42

94
The Virgin Blue
by Tracy Chevalier
3,262 members, 83 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

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

Thumbs down: tnwhit

Score: 7.39

95
Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian
7,629 members, 175 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Andrew-theQM (12), aulsmith (14), ranams (23), gypsysmom (81)

Score: 7.38

96
Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
2,597 members, 175 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 7.34

97
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
7,603 members, 372 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), KimarieBee (19), Cariola (24), msjudy (50)

Score: 7.2

98
The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent
2,156 members, 182 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: madhatter73 (7), dara85 (18), Cariola (39), kara.shamy (140)

Score: 7.17

99
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
3,915 members, 275 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (27), joanmd2 (39), msjudy (70), gypsysmom (106), Cariola (142)

Score: 7.14

100
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
2,497 members, 54 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

Score: 7.11

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