Historical Fiction Book Lists

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
3,140 books — 13,772 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCity of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
1,133 books — 2,069 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Luxe by Anna GodbersenNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Teen Historical Fiction
534 books — 1,387 voters
Seduction by M.J. RoseWritten in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana GabaldonThe Midwife's Tale by Sam   ThomasThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie BenjaminTemple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors
Historical Fiction 2013
267 books — 1,244 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Recommended Historical Fiction
1,091 books — 1,049 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerBeowulf by UnknownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
602 books — 706 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughThe Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Best Books About Ancient Rome
344 books — 437 voters
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
419 books — 400 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTree/House by Jessica KnaussRhinoceros Dreams by Jessica Knauss
Best Women-authored Books
600 books — 326 voters
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa KleypasNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanMarried By Morning by Lisa KleypasTen Things I Love About You by Julia QuinnA Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
Historical Romances of 2010
93 books — 262 voters

When Earthlings Weep by Michael  BarnettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Most original
155 books — 134 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyUncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Books about American slavery
96 books — 129 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Alternate England
109 books — 112 voters

The Steward by Christopher  ShieldsThe Help by Kathryn StockettNobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe by Simon OkillThe Changeling by Christopher  ShieldsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Favorite Fiction
110 books — 110 voters
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Literary Historical Fiction
148 books — 108 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Books Really Worth Re-Reading
185 books — 94 voters
Cat And Mouse by Tim VicaryThe Monmouth Summer by Tim VicaryNobody's Slave by Tim VicaryThe Blood upon the Rose by Tim VicaryGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Superbly Written Historical Fiction
84 books — 84 voters

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