Historical Fantasy Books

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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 642 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 420,441 ratings — published 2022
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 457 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.07 — 110,085 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 437 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.09 — 226,538 ratings — published 2017
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 395 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,524 ratings — published 2004
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The Familiar The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 376 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.75 — 123,243 ratings — published 2024
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 351 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,077,255 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 — 441,686 ratings — published 2018
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 331 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,426,463 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 — 91,118 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 297 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,094 ratings — published 2013
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Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 279 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.05 — 72,843 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 275 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 149,080 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 869,847 ratings — published 2010
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 274 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 191,644 ratings — published 2023
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 268 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,300,874 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 — 1,902,161 ratings — published 2011
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Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 255 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,138,258 ratings — published 1991
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Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 250 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 54,800 ratings — published 2006
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.89 — 107,717 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 238 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,172 ratings — published 2017
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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.93 — 49,446 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 — 167,097 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 218 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.25 — 74,856 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 — 75,613 ratings — published 2019
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 216 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 113,589 ratings — published 2009
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
by (shelved 214 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 580,684 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 — 162,543 ratings — published 2019
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The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)
by (shelved 204 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.70 — 51,004 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 — 80,515 ratings — published 2023
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 201 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 472,503 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 — 225,313 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 — 101,031 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 198 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.49 — 86,974 ratings — published 2019
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by (shelved 196 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 101,297 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 — 693,813 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 — 45,384 ratings — published 2013
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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 191 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 42,778 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 — 70,202 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 — 17,896 ratings — published 2010
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The Lions of Al-Rassan The Lions of Al-Rassan (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 25,766 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 179 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 420,612 ratings — published 2015
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My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
by (shelved 174 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 80,429 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 — 15,841 ratings — published 2015
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts The Warm Hands of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.97 — 28,417 ratings — published 2024
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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 — 34,422 ratings — published 2021
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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 — 211,800 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 159 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,665 ratings — published 2024
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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 156 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 33,189 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 — 199,778 ratings — published 2019
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Robert         Reid
“2. Alice Ereldon was in her late twenties, unmarried, and she had a reputation. She was an attractive twenty-eight-year-old. Her long brown hair hung down over her shoulders and she could conveniently sweep it over her face, partially hiding her dazzling amber eyes. The eyes were her secret weapon; she could look like a cat lining up its prey, and her prey was usually young male courtiers.”
Robert Reid, The Empress

Robert         Reid
“8. Sylva suddenly remembered one of the teachings of Martha that she had copied out. The person who listens, gains wisdom – She who just talks only expels air. Naomi had told Sylva that she should let Martha’s words guide her. Maybe she was correct. Anyway, what harm could it do to spend a few moments listening to the huntsman?”
Robert Reid, The Empress

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