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Historic Fiction with Complex Lead
Historic fiction novels featuring a complex central character.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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4.16 avg rating — 2,089,164 ratings
score: 595,
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The Chords of Memory
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David Beckett (Goodreads Author)
4.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet
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Tamuna Tsertsvadze (Goodreads Author)
4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay
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Grea Alexander (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,772,187 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 771,730 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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The Birth of Venus
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3.81 avg rating — 99,621 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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Sacred Hearts
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3.79 avg rating — 13,382 ratings
score: 187,
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 362,016 ratings
score: 100,
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Daughters of Northern Shores (Blackbird Mountain, #2)
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Joanne Bischof (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow
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Kenneth W. Harmon (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Into the Unbounded Night
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Mitchell James Kaplan (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 208,122 ratings
score: 100,
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Knight of the Purple Ribbon
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3.57 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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At the Mercy of the Queen
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3.91 avg rating — 2,574 ratings
score: 99,
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Dread Tribunal of Last Resort (Five Star Western Series)
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4.33 avg rating — 78 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #4; Cousins War, #4)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,698 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Queen's Promise
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3.70 avg rating — 410 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Dream of the Celt
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3.85 avg rating — 9,975 ratings
score: 98,
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Gone with the Wind
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4.31 avg rating — 1,247,647 ratings
score: 97,
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Fever
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Mary Beth Keane (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 16,130 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Basi and Company
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4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Mademoiselle Chanel
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C.W. Gortner (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 12,533 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Lost Civilization of Suolucidir
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Susan Daitch (Goodreads Author)
3.35 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
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3.97 avg rating — 22,329 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
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Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 181,179 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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In the Shadow of Lady Jane
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3.84 avg rating — 237 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Blood of a Stone
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Jeanne Lyet Gassman (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Countess
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Rebecca Johns (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Conqueror (Conqueror, #5)
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4.46 avg rating — 13,152 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Grand Duchess of Nowhere
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Laurie Graham (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 841 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Attila (Attila Trilogy, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)
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Allison Pataki (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 21,585 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)
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4.30 avg rating — 21,288 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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In the Company of the Courtesan
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3.80 avg rating — 25,849 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Above All Things
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Tanis Rideout (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 3,916 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Endurance
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3.99 avg rating — 75 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
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3.98 avg rating — 34,767 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens #2)
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4.14 avg rating — 12,251 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Tulip Fever
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Deborah Moggach (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 12,991 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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See What I Have Done
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Sarah Schmidt (Goodreads Author)
3.19 avg rating — 15,708 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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The It Girls
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3.01 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna
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C.W. Gortner (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 8,833 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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The Summer Queen
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3.92 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 79,
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Adeline
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3.42 avg rating — 434 ratings
score: 78,
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