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The Other Boleyn Girl (Paperback)
by Philippa Gregory (shelved 199 times as historical)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,122 ratings — published 2001
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Hardcover)
by Arthur Golden (shelved 174 times as historical)
avg rating 3.94 — 199,563 ratings — published 1997
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The Book Thief (Hardcover)
by Markus Zusak (shelved 165 times as historical)
avg rating 4.37 — 53,829 ratings — published 2005
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Paperback)
by Anne Frank (shelved 153 times as historical)
avg rating 4.06 — 152,766 ratings — published 1947
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by Diana Gabaldon (shelved 138 times as historical)
avg rating 4.07 — 40,314 ratings — published 1991
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The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback)
by Ken Follett (shelved 117 times as historical)
avg rating 4.12 — 48,307 ratings — published 1989
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Gone With The Wind (Paperback)
by Margaret Mitchell (shelved 108 times as historical)
avg rating 4.19 — 88,447 ratings — published 1936
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by Tracy Chevalier (shelved 106 times as historical)
avg rating 3.69 — 30,643 ratings — published 1999
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The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by Anita Diamant (shelved 97 times as historical)
avg rating 4.12 — 50,206 ratings — published 1997
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Night
by Elie Wiesel (shelved 93 times as historical)
avg rating 4.27 — 59,402 ratings — published 1958
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Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 92 times as historical)
avg rating 4.28 — 208,357 ratings — published 1813
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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by Diana Gabaldon (shelved 87 times as historical)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,358 ratings — published 1998
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover)
by Mary Ann Shaffer (shelved 86 times as historical)
avg rating 4.18 — 37,950 ratings — published 2007
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by Libba Bray (shelved 85 times as historical)
avg rating 3.76 — 18,881 ratings — published 2003
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The Boleyn Inheritance (Hardcover)
by Philippa Gregory (shelved 83 times as historical)
avg rating 3.73 — 15,113 ratings — published 2006
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Audio Cassette)
by Erik Larson (shelved 82 times as historical)
avg rating 3.89 — 31,981 ratings — published 2003
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The Historian (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Kostova (shelved 79 times as historical)
avg rating 3.64 — 27,519 ratings — published 2005
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Little Women (Paperback)
by Louisa May Alcott (shelved 79 times as historical)
avg rating 4.00 — 167,129 ratings — published 1867
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The Queen's Fool (Paperback)
by Philippa Gregory (shelved 79 times as historical)
avg rating 3.69 — 14,155 ratings — published 2003
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The Constant Princess (Paperback)
by Philippa Gregory (shelved 77 times as historical)
avg rating 3.68 — 13,591 ratings — published 2003
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1776 (Paperback)
by David McCullough (shelved 74 times as historical)
avg rating 4.00 — 14,273 ratings — published 2005
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Voyager (Outlander, #3)
by Diana Gabaldon (shelved 72 times as historical)
avg rating 4.33 — 12,865 ratings — published 1993
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by Harper Lee (shelved 70 times as historical)
avg rating 4.27 — 336,554 ratings — published 1960
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Mass Market Paperback)
by Elizabeth George Speare (shelved 68 times as historical)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,693 ratings — published 1958
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Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by Lois Lowry (shelved 65 times as historical)
avg rating 4.12 — 25,780 ratings — published 1989
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The Virgin's Lover (Paperback)
by Philippa Gregory (shelved 63 times as historical)
avg rating 3.53 — 11,188 ratings — published 2004
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Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by Charlotte Brontë (shelved 63 times as historical)
avg rating 4.33 — 5 ratings — published 1847
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Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by Sara Gruen (shelved 61 times as historical)
avg rating 4.01 — 119,116 ratings — published 2006
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The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript (Paperback)
by Umberto Eco (shelved 60 times as historical)
avg rating 4.05 — 14,595 ratings — published 1980
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth' Children #1)
by Jean M. Auel (shelved 60 times as historical)
avg rating 3.87 — 14,938 ratings — published 1980
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Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by Diana Gabaldon (shelved 59 times as historical)
avg rating 4.27 — 11,593 ratings — published 1996
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The Luxe (Luxe, #1)
by Anna Godbersen (shelved 58 times as historical)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,221 ratings — published 2007
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Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by Geraldine Brooks (shelved 58 times as historical)
avg rating 3.89 — 12,474 ratings — published 2001
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by Susanna Clarke (shelved 58 times as historical)
avg rating 3.78 — 18,995 ratings — published 2004
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by John Boyne (shelved 56 times as historical)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,958 ratings — published 2006
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Paperback)
by Lisa See (Goodreads author) (shelved 55 times as historical)
avg rating 3.97 — 37,138 ratings — published 2005
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Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 54 times as historical)
avg rating 4.08 — 102,403 ratings — published 1811
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The Hiding Place (Mass Market Paperback)
by Corrie Ten Boom (shelved 54 times as historical)
avg rating 4.51 — 14,022 ratings — published 1971
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by Alexandre Dumas (shelved 53 times as historical)
avg rating 4.10 — 92,262 ratings — published 1844
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The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (shelved 50 times as historical)
avg rating 3.29 — 52,584 ratings — published 1850
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A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 50 times as historical)
avg rating 3.71 — 104,318 ratings — published 1859
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The Killer Angels (Mass Market Paperback)
by Michael Shaara (shelved 49 times as historical)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,544 ratings — published 1974
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder (shelved 49 times as historical)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,382 ratings — published 1935
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The Valley of Horses (Earth' Children #2)
by Jean M. Auel (shelved 49 times as historical)
avg rating 3.85 — 7,139 ratings — published 1980
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The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
by Diana Gabaldon (shelved 49 times as historical)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,080 ratings — published 2001
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)
by Mark Twain (shelved 48 times as historical)
avg rating 3.79 — 188,510 ratings — published 1884
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by Naomi Novik (shelved 48 times as historical)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,206 ratings — published 2006
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Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
by Libba Bray (shelved 47 times as historical)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,115 ratings — published 2003
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Atonement (Paperback)
by Ian McEwan (shelved 47 times as historical)
avg rating 3.71 — 54,056 ratings — published 2001
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John Adams (Paperback)
by David McCullough (shelved 47 times as historical)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,132 ratings — published 2001
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