Historical Fiction

Based on tag
historical fiction
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,631 members
1,556 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
34,161 members
1,535 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
28,710 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
10,093 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
15,359 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
10,731 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
26,408 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
10,412 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
12,209 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
31,446 members
1,215 reviews
4.1
13 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, fastaxion, Cariola, coupls2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, ginsky, Kchauran, CMSharkey
24
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
23,212 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
15,475 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
16,720 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
30,663 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
7,591 members
169 reviews
4.1
9 Members
longway, CORMALLEN, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, peterveen, joanmd2, Laura1124, SallyBennett
29
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,908 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
7,067 members
109 reviews
3.8
11 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, bluemama, joanmd2, SallyBennett, Kchauran,harray
32
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
37,335 members
336 reviews
4.2
12 Members
fastaxion, ranams, CORMALLEN, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, ManWithAnAgenda, Kchauran, CMSharkey
33
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
4,236 members
50 reviews
4.1
10 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, perennialreader, alex68, ahef1963, bluemama, Laura1124, msjudy, friedrb, CyndiCiavarella
34
World Without End
by Ken Follett
14,257 members
338 reviews
4.1
9 Members
mccin68, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, friedrb, KarlaC, CMSharkey, dandalf, gacobial
35
King Rat
by James Clavell
3,176 members
49 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, ranams, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, mrledgerc
36
Possession
by A. S. Byatt
14,202 members
312 reviews
4
11 Members
Cariola, roby72, inbedwithbooks, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,harray
38
Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
14,936 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
13,394 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
15,234 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
9,581 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
9,416 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
17,805 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
8,498 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
38,947 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
6,627 members
252 reviews
3.9
9 Members
Cariola, cbl_tn, perennialreader, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
13,369 members
416 reviews
3.9
8 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, Rusty37
49
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
18,116 members
401 reviews
4
9 Members
fastaxion, cej1027, mlavigne05, ahef1963, madhatter73, Laura1124, msjudy, CyndiCiavarella, Kchauran,jaysbooks
50
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,504 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
17,566 members
886 reviews
4
7 Members
dara85, Tess_W, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Andrew-theQM
52
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
33,919 members
933 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, alix77, msjudy, CMSharkey
53
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
17,745 members
392 reviews
3.9
8 Members
lavergne_rsl, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
54
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
40,688 members
487 reviews
3.8
9 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, Laura1124, friedrb, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
55
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
9,485 members
434 reviews
4
9 Members
KimarieBee, Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
56
Noble House
by James Clavell
3,249 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
1,307 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
23,276 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
18,481 members
481 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, FerneMysteryReader, Laura1124, msjudy, CMSharkey
60
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
75,832 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
14,899 members
538 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, Brandy1411, CMSharkey
62
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
49,216 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
18,304 members
930 reviews
4
8 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
64
London
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,962 members
86 reviews
3.9
7 Members
ranams, inbedwithbooks, Jennine, ahef1963, kara.shamy, NinieB, joanmd2
65
Voyager
by Diana Gabaldon
13,584 members
225 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
mccin68, Cariola, Jennine, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
66
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
15,927 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
2,316 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
7,446 members
491 reviews
3.9
7 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, EMS_24, gypsysmom, msjudy, aspirit, CMSharkey
69
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
12,557 members
188 reviews
3.9
8 Members
fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, Kchauran, CMSharkey
70
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
7,854 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
8,375 members
541 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, KimarieBee, fastaxion, Cariola, Jennine, ahef1963, CMSharkey
72
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,946 members
99 reviews
4
7 Members
KimarieBee, lewbs, gypsysmom, NinieB, Laura1124, friedrb, Kchauran
73
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
6,469 members
303 reviews
4.1
7 Members
KimarieBee, fastaxion, Tess_W, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, dandalf
74
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
15,197 members
310 reviews
3.9
7 Members
dara85, Cariola, cbl_tn, gypsysmom, Laura1124, msjudy, Kchauran
75
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
4,416 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
19,063 members
520 reviews
4.2
7 Members
EMS_24, inbedwithbooks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda
77
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
8,522 members
159 reviews
3.9
7 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, joanmd2, msjudy, CMSharkey
78
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
2,784 members
67 reviews
4.2
5 Members
longway, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68
79
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
22,410 members
205 reviews
4
8 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, stephanieann1983, katstephens, Kchauran,ManWithAnAgenda
80
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
6,574 members
39 reviews
3.8
6 Members
fastaxion, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, Jennine, gypsysmom, JeanieTK
81
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
4,140 members
51 reviews
4.1
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, msjudy
82
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
22,257 members
690 reviews
4.1
6 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader, Jennine, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
83
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel
2,117 members
64 reviews
4
5 Members
Cariola, mkbird, peterveen, kara.shamy, dandalf
84
Those Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
3,308 members
170 reviews
4
5 Members
dara85, Cariola, amyshaff, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
85
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
12,315 members
178 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Tess_W, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
86
The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert
4,070 members
215 reviews
3.9
7 Members
Cariola, inbedwithbooks, perennialreader, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, msjudy
87
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
8,569 members
105 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, peterveen, gypsysmom, Laura1124
88
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
3,424 members
99 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
Cariola, Tess_W, cej1027, kara.shamy, FerneMysteryReader, Kchauran
89
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
4,969 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
6,518 members
331 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Cariola, aulsmith, cbl_tn, peterveen, msjudy
91
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
2,534 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
Cariola, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Andrew-theQM, Rusty37, CMSharkey
92
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
28,591 members
539 reviews
4.2
8 Members
mccin68, fastaxion, Cariola, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey,jaysbooks
93
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
8,707 members
471 reviews
4
7 Members
Cariola, perennialreader, gypsysmom, ahef1963, msjudy, Andrew-theQM, CMSharkey
94
Dragonfly in Amber
by Diana Gabaldon
15,413 members
316 reviews
4.2
6 Members
mccin68, Cariola, gypsysmom, msjudy, CMSharkey, JeanieTK
95
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
4,644 members
49 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, daisyfly, peterveen, ahef1963, msjudy
96
Julius Caesar (New Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
2,809 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
7 Members
ranams, Jennine, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey
97
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,558 members
565 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
4,692 members
205 reviews
3.9
5 Members
cbl_tn, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Andrew-theQM
100
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
12,977 members
172 reviews
3.8
6 Members
Cariola, roby72, perennialreader, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom,harray