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If you like historical fiction here are a few of my favorites...any suggestions are welcome.
Tags: best, fiction, and historical

1
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 27 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2674
vote
2
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2149
vote
3
The Red Tent
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2073
vote
4
Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2061
vote
5
Dance With Deception
Dance With Deception
by Tracy Goodwin (Goodreads author) 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1897
vote
6
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1877
vote
7
Katherine
Katherine
by Anya Seton 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1876
vote
8
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1550
vote
9
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1369
vote
10
Outlander
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1367
vote
11
Here be Dragons
Here be Dragons
by Sharon Kay Penman 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1173
vote
12
Falls the Shadow
Falls the Shadow
by Sharon Kay Penman 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1067
vote
13
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered & Deified A.D. 54
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius...
by Robert Graves 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1055
vote
14
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 965
vote
15
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 957
vote
16
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
by Alison Weir 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 950
vote
17
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 776
vote
18
When Christ and His Saints Slept
When Christ and His Saints Slept
by Sharon Kay Penman 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 768
vote
19
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 764
vote
20
Roots
Roots
by Alex Haley 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 722
vote
21
Middlesex
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 581
vote
22
The Winthrop Woman: A Novel
The Winthrop Woman: A Novel
by Anya Seton 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 576
vote
23
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 571
vote
24
The Godfather
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 528
vote
25
A Thread of Grace
A Thread of Grace
by Mary Doria Russell 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 491
vote
26
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Ch...
by Christopher Moore 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 490
vote
27
Atonement
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 486
vote
27
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 486
vote
29
The Killer Angels
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 482
vote
30
Green Darkness
Green Darkness
by Anya Seton 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 479
vote
31
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 472
vote
32
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 470
vote
33
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
by Sharon Kay Penman 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 468
vote
34
Lincoln: A Novel
Lincoln: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 450
vote
35
The First Man in Rome
The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 425
vote
36
Burr: A Novel
Burr: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 392
vote
37
The Terror
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 386
vote
38
Lolita
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 378
vote
39
The King Must Die: A Novel
The King Must Die: A Novel
by Mary Renault 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 370
vote
40
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and ...
by Beverly Swerling 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 358
vote
41
Hawaii: A Novel
Hawaii: A Novel
by James A. Michener 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 329
vote
42
World Without End
World Without End
by Ken Follett 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 321
vote
43
The Physician
The Physician
by Noah Gordon 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 295
vote
44
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
45
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
46
Tai-Pan
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
47
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 284
vote
48
A Great and Terrible Beauty
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 276
vote
49
Mother Night
Mother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 269
vote
49
The Shield of Three Lions
The Shield of Three Lions
by Pamela Kaufman 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 269
vote
51
Gone to Soldiers
Gone to Soldiers
by Marge Piercy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 267
vote
52
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 265
vote
53
Eva Luna
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 263
vote
54
The Bull from the Sea
The Bull from the Sea
by Mary Renault 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 247
vote
55
The Silver Pigs: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
The Silver Pigs: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
by Lindsey Davis 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 233
vote
56
The Great American: A Novel
The Great American: A Novel
by Alex Abella (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
56
Familiar Scars
Familiar Scars
by Christy Leigh Stewart (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
58
London: The Novel
London: The Novel
by Edward Rutherfurd 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
59
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
60
Devil Water
Devil Water
by Anya Seton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
60
The Long Ships
The Long Ships
by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
62
Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck
by Anya Seton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
62
Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
by Isabel Allende 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
64
Alias Grace
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
65
The King's General
The King's General
by Daphne du Maurier 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
66
Dissolution
Dissolution
by C.J. Sansom 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 189
vote
67
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
67
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
67
The Man From St. Petersburg
The Man From St. Petersburg
by Ken Follett 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
70
King Jesus: A Novel
King Jesus: A Novel
by Robert Graves 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 178
vote
71
Flashman
Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 175
vote
72
Royal Flash
Royal Flash
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
72
Shogun
Shogun
by James Clavell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
74
Caddie Woodlawn
Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 172
vote
75
Homer's Daughter
Homer's Daughter
by Robert Graves 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 171
vote
76
The Last of the Wine
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 170
vote
76
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 170
vote
78
Julian: A Novel
Julian: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 167
vote
79
Fire from Heaven
Fire from Heaven
by Mary Renault 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 166
vote
80
Creation: A Novel
Creation: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 164
vote
81
The Mask of Apollo: A Novel
The Mask of Apollo: A Novel
by Mary Renault 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 161
vote
82
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 155
vote
83
1876: A Novel
1876: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 144
vote
84
Washington, D.C.: A Novel
Washington, D.C.: A Novel
by Gore Vidal 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 141
vote
85
My Theodosia
My Theodosia
by Anya Seton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 139
vote
86
The Wind Done Gone: A Novel
The Wind Done Gone: A Novel
by Alice Randall 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 129
vote
86
Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
by Steven Saylor 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 129
vote
88
The Light in the Forest
The Light in the Forest
by Conrad Richter 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 125
vote
89
The King Arthur Trilogy: "Sword and the Circle", "Light Beyond the Forest", "Road to Camlann"
The King Arthur Trilogy: "Sword and the Ci...
by Rosemary Sutcliff 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 123
vote
90
Last Seen in Massilia
Last Seen in Massilia
by Steven Saylor 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 121
vote
91
Flashman at the Charge
Flashman at the Charge
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 119
vote
92
Flashman in the Great Game
Flashman in the Great Game
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 117
vote
93
Flashman's Lady
Flashman's Lady
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 115
vote
94
Flashman and the Dragon
Flashman and the Dragon
by George MacDonald Fraser 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 113
vote
95
Our Heroine
Our Heroine
by TatiAnna Tibbitts (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Zabiba And The King
Zabiba And The King
by Saddam Hussein 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
The Bellini Madonna
The Bellini Madonna
by Elizabeth Lowry 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Forest of Hours
Forest of Hours
by Kerstin Ekman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
The Severan Prophecies: A Novel of the Roman Empire
The Severan Prophecies: A Novel of the Roman Em...
by David Chacko 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
The Heretic's Daughter
The Heretic's Daughter
by Kathleen Kent 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
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message 1: by Annie (new)
01/30/2009 03:45PM

Nophoto-f-25x33 Add 'Shogun' by James Clavell :)


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