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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Help by Kathryn StockettBring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 30 yrs
1,055 books — 1,104 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayThe Romanov Empress by C.W. GortnerThe Blue by Nancy BilyeauTiffany Blues by M.J. Rose
Historical Fiction 2018
416 books — 1,014 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
336 books — 883 voters
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnThe Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Historical Fiction 2017
301 books — 838 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
411 books — 664 voters
Cartier's Hope by M.J. RoseDreamland by Nancy BilyeauAll the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz WilliamsAnd They Called It Camelot by Stephanie Marie ThorntonLady Clementine by Marie Benedict
Historical Fiction 2020
303 books — 249 voters

Never Love a Highlander by Maya BanksIn Bed with a Highlander by Maya BanksSeduction of a Highland Lass by Maya BanksI Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne LongA Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
Hottest and Most Beautiful Historical Romance Covers
247 books — 133 voters
Envy by Anna GodbersenRumors by Anna GodbersenThe Luxe by Anna GodbersenA Scarlet Woman by Lorna PeelA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best Looking Historical Novels
322 books — 104 voters

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierThe Corsair's Revenge by Jane GodmanSea Witch by Helen HollickThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Johanna Craven
Books About Bad Boys-Smugglers and Pirates
95 books — 65 voters
Leon and Esther by Dorothy May MercerThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneL'Immortalite by T.R. HeinanThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Historical Fiction and Historical Romance-Early America
69 books — 63 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryMurder Most Royal by Jean PlaidyThe Rose Without a Thorn by Jean Plaidy
Favorite Historical novels on Henry VIII's 6 wives
40 books — 33 voters
Fanny Newcomb And the Irish Channel Ripper by Ana BrazilThe Witch's Trinity by Erika MailmanGreat Maria by Cecelia HollandThieving Forest by Martha ConwayThe Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell
Historical Novel Society - Northern California Authors
49 books — 18 voters

World Without End by Ken FollettThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Historical Novels About Illness
67 books — 16 voters
Gabriela, clavo y canela by Jorge AmadoViva o Povo Brasileiro by João Ubaldo RibeiroIncidente em Antares by Erico VerissimoCapitães da Areia by Jorge AmadoTerra Papagalli by José Roberto Torero
Romance Histórico Brasileiro Contemporâneo
76 books — 10 voters

The Personal Librarian by Marie BenedictOther Gods by Victoria WhitworthMy Contrary Mary by Cynthia HandThe Rose Code by Kate QuinnUntitled Catherine Parr Novel by Alison Weir
Historical Fiction 2021
8 books — 5 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLowdown by Anthony SchneiderFlorida by Lauren GroffEverybody's Fool by Richard RussoThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
New American fiction
13 books — 4 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannWolf Hall by Hilary MantelRomola by George Eliot
Premium Historical Novels
12 books — 2 voters

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