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Popular Historical Fiction Books
Popular Historical Fiction Books
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Tudor Court, #2)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 4611 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 286,716 ratings — published 2001
The Help (Hardcover)
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 4221 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 964,384 ratings — published 2009
The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1)
by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 4109 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 311,349 ratings — published 1989
Memoirs of a Geisha (Hardcover)
by Arthur Golden (shelved 3763 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 978,448 ratings — published 1997
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2979 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 282,014 ratings — published 1991
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover)
by Mary Ann Shaffer (shelved 2739 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 276,157 ratings — published 2008
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2712 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 279,459 ratings — published 1999
Gone with the Wind (Paperback)
by Margaret Mitchell (shelved 2600 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 644,042 ratings — published 1936
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by Anita Diamant (shelved 2515 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 284,802 ratings — published 1997
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Tudor Court, #3)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2137 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 55,222 ratings — published 2006
Sarah's Key (Paperback)
by Tatiana de Rosnay (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2114 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 223,131 ratings — published 2007
The Constant Princess (The Tudor Court, #1)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2090 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 93,257 ratings — published 2005
The Queen's Fool (The Tudor Court, #4)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2061 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 58,875 ratings — published 2003
Number the Stars (Paperback)
by Lois Lowry (shelved 2014 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 224,397 ratings — published 1989
World Without End (The Pillars of the Earth, #2)
by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1927 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 95,953 ratings — published 2007
The White Queen (The Cousins' War, #1)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1907 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 73,903 ratings — published 2008
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Paperback)
by Lisa See (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1854 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 221,341 ratings — published 2005
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by Harper Lee (shelved 1795 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,693,563 ratings — published 1960
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by Hilary Mantel (shelved 1790 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 80,365 ratings — published 2009
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1765 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 84,034 ratings — published 1992
Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by Geraldine Brooks (shelved 1725 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 84,300 ratings — published 2001
The Historian (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Kostova (shelved 1601 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.71 — 163,608 ratings — published 2003
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by Khaled Hosseini (shelved 1600 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,138,549 ratings — published 2003
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by Jean M. Auel (shelved 1589 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 117,903 ratings — published 1980
The Virgin's Lover (The Tudor Court, #5)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1565 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 38,730 ratings — published 2004
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1548 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 74,565 ratings — published 1993
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by Umberto Eco (shelved 1427 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 143,159 ratings — published 1980
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1)
by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1420 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 95,633 ratings — published 2010
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1416 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 65,833 ratings — published 1996
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by John Boyne (shelved 1411 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 165,803 ratings — published 2006
The Paris Wife (Hardcover)
by Paula McLain (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1345 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.74 — 151,171 ratings — published 2011
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1321 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 147,341 ratings — published 2009
Atonement (Paperback)
by Ian McEwan (shelved 1273 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 275,494 ratings — published 2001
The Other Queen (The Tudor Court, #6)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1226 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.49 — 31,080 ratings — published 2008
The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1223 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 61,226 ratings — published 2001
The Red Queen (The Cousins' War, #2)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1220 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.60 — 29,463 ratings — published 2010
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1206 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 172,548 ratings — published 2003
Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1203 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,175,503 ratings — published 1813
Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by Charles Frazier (shelved 1192 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 120,353 ratings — published 1994
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Paperback)
by Elizabeth George Speare (shelved 1189 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 75,525 ratings — published 1958
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by Khaled Hosseini (shelved 1175 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 525,591 ratings — published 2006
Shōgun (Paperback)
by James Clavell (shelved 1168 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 66,552 ratings — published 1975
The Birth of Venus (Paperback)
by Sarah Dunant (shelved 1148 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.73 — 63,202 ratings — published 2003
Fever 1793 (Paperback)
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1144 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 54,847 ratings — published 2000
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 1130 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.71 — 569,635 ratings — published 1854
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1116 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 55,716 ratings — published 2005
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (shelved 1105 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 182,046 ratings — published 2001
Code Name Verity (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1095 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,607 ratings — published 2012
People of the Book (Hardcover)
by Geraldine Brooks (shelved 1080 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 77,752 ratings — published 2008
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver (shelved 1012 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 489,270 ratings — published 1998
“Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways the ancients were more advanced than we are today; there have been setbacks before and may be more in the future.”
― Stephanie Dray, Lily of the Nile
― Stephanie Dray, Lily of the Nile
“Life's temptations have the purpose of putting our spiritual integrity to the test. To yield to them, however, gives one a precarious and tormented satisfaction. But the worst temptations are those we give in to without getting anything in return except for the brutal discovery of our weakness.”
― Paolo Maurensig
― Paolo Maurensig
The following shelves are listed as duplicates of this shelf:
fiction_realistic_historical, genre__historical_fiction, historical_fiction, historical-fic, historicalfiction, and romanzo-storico
