Historical Fantasy Books

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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 649 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 425,338 ratings — published 2022
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 458 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.07 — 110,264 ratings — published 2006
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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1) The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 439 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.09 — 226,909 ratings — published 2017
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 393 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,898 ratings — published 2004
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The Familiar The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 381 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.75 — 124,555 ratings — published 2024
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 353 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,079,163 ratings — published 2011
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 340 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 445,780 ratings — published 2018
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 333 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,433,519 ratings — published 2020
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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 330 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.84 — 91,393 ratings — published 2021
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 301 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,205 ratings — published 2013
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Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 280 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 73,455 ratings — published 2020
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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 276 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 149,548 ratings — published 2017
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 275 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 193,498 ratings — published 2023
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 274 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.31 — 870,466 ratings — published 2010
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 268 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,305,144 ratings — published 2018
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 267 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,909,193 ratings — published 2011
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Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 255 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,139,573 ratings — published 1991
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Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 251 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 54,887 ratings — published 2006
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
by (shelved 241 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.89 — 107,746 ratings — published 2012
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The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2) The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 237 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,342 ratings — published 2017
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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
by (shelved 236 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 49,612 ratings — published 2021
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These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
by (shelved 230 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.80 — 167,418 ratings — published 2020
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 219 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 75,295 ratings — published 2023
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Gods of Jade and Shadow Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,846 ratings — published 2019
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 217 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 113,635 ratings — published 2009
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
by (shelved 215 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 581,116 ratings — published 2011
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover)
by (shelved 212 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 163,023 ratings — published 2019
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The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)
by (shelved 205 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.70 — 51,060 ratings — published 2019
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What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
by (shelved 203 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.84 — 81,141 ratings — published 2023
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 202 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 472,921 ratings — published 2013
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by (shelved 200 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.80 — 225,351 ratings — published 2003
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The Once and Future Witches The Once and Future Witches (Hardcover)
by (shelved 199 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.03 — 101,487 ratings — published 2020
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The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 197 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.49 — 87,124 ratings — published 2019
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by (shelved 197 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 101,341 ratings — published 2012
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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
by (shelved 195 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 697,819 ratings — published 2023
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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 45,514 ratings — published 2013
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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 192 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 42,854 ratings — published 2006
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Daughter of the Forest  (Sevenwaters, #1) Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
by (shelved 189 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 70,283 ratings — published 1999
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Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1) Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
by (shelved 189 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.51 — 17,909 ratings — published 2010
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The Lions of Al-Rassan The Lions of Al-Rassan (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 25,834 ratings — published 1995
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 180 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 421,670 ratings — published 2015
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My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
by (shelved 176 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 80,665 ratings — published 2016
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1) Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by (shelved 173 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.72 — 15,856 ratings — published 2015
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
by (shelved 166 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 34,544 ratings — published 2021
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts The Warm Hands of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 28,632 ratings — published 2024
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 164 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 211,893 ratings — published 1982
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Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2) Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 161 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
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Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 91,774 ratings — published 2024
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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 157 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 33,250 ratings — published 2007
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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 145 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.36 — 201,769 ratings — published 2019
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Leigh Bardugo
“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Robert         Reid
“14. ‘This statue was erected in memory of Emile Razan, the Hadoka, Aralmerian freedom fighter and healer of the desert.”
Robert Reid, The Empress

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