Historical

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.

Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in histor
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The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
Homebound
Behind Five Willows
A Fortune of Sand
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
Bone of My Bone
The Young Will Remember
The Lost Book of Lancelot
I'll Watch Your Baby
Waiting on a Friend
Mercy Hill
Last Summer at Maine Chance
Babylon, South Dakota
When No One Else Will
Lessons in Chemistry
The Four Winds
Lake Effect
The Thorn Queen (The Rose Bargain, #2)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
The Foursome
In the Great Quiet
How to Cheat Your Own Death (Castle Knoll Files, #3)
The Violin Maker's Secret
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation
The Island Club
Lázár
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Verity Guild
Wait for Me
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Queer Horror
715 books — 447 voters
Shadow Of The Moor by Michael Nash-WhitmoreThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Rose Code by Kate QuinnThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
Historical Fiction 2021
466 books — 925 voters

America's First Daughter by Stephanie DrayThe Secret Language of Stones by M.J. RoseThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminThe Vatican Princess by C.W. GortnerLilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Historical Fiction 2016
353 books — 896 voters
Thoughtless by S.C. StephensBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireUndeniable by Madeline SheehanLover Eternal by J.R. WardThe Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle
YOUR CHEATING HEART
289 books — 423 voters

Just Don't Fall by Emma St. ClairForever Fidelity by Ginny SterlingHow to Kiss Your Enemy by Jenny ProctorThe Pocket Pair by Emma St. ClairA Holly Jilly Christmas by Emma St. Clair
2023 Swoony Awards
755 books — 762 voters
The Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeThe Lost Girls of Paris by Pam JenoffLost Roses by Martha Hall KellyAmerican Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Historical Fiction 2019
426 books — 667 voters

The Book Thief
All the Light We Cannot See
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
The Song of Achilles
Pride and Prejudice
The Nightingale
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
To Kill a Mockingbird
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Help
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)

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