Set in the 18th century

1
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
41,919 members
491 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, jenniferw88
2
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
15,263 members
145 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
inge87, aulsmith
3
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
9,996 members
211 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, jenniferw88
4
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
9,221 members
150 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
5
Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded
by Samuel Richardson
2,852 members
48 reviews
2.9
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
6
Waverley; or 'Tis Sixty Years Since
by Walter Scott
2,453 members
32 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
7
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
by Fanny Burney
844 members
19 reviews
3.9
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
8
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
5,362 members
129 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
9
These Old Shades
by Georgette Heyer
2,562 members
82 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
10
Devil's Cub
by Georgette Heyer
2,290 members
78 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
11
The Black Moth
by Georgette Heyer
1,729 members
45 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
12
The Wild Geese
by Bridget Boland
71 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
13
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
6,525 members
331 reviews
4.1
Explanations
aulsmith : Actually 1799-1816, so more 19th than 18th.