Historical Fiction Books
Novels set in a clearly defined past, where period detail and historical truth do real work alongside the story.
106 books
Thriller
11/22/63
Romance
A Burning
Non-Fiction
A Fine Balance
Fantasy
A Knight in Shining Armor
A Secret History of Witches
Romance
A Suitable Boy
Literary Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities
Historical Fiction
A Thousand Ships
Literary Fiction
All the Colors of the Dark
Thriller
American Tabloid
Literary Fiction
An Artist of the Floating World
An Echo in the Bone
Historical Fiction
An Iliad
Mystery
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Anna Karenina
Literary Fiction
Arrow of God
Historical Fiction
Beautiful Ruins
Beauty
Literary Fiction
Before We Were Yours
Historical Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Historical Fiction
Between Shades of Gray
Young Adult
Bud, Not Buddy
Historical Fiction
Captain Blood
Non-Fiction
Cathedral of the Sea
Non-Fiction
Centennial
Romance
Christy
Historical Fiction
Cilka's Journey
Non-Fiction
City of Thieves
Thriller
City on Fire
Non-Fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Historical Fiction
Code Name Helene
Non-Fiction
Code Name Verity
Non-Fiction
Cryptonomicon
Historical Fiction
Dictionary of the Khazars
Non-Fiction
Doomsday Book
Non-Fiction
Fevre Dream
Historical Fiction
Fingersmith
Romance
Forever Amber
Historical Fiction
Great Circle
Half a Soul
Historical Fiction
Harvest Home
Horse Heaven
Literary Fiction
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Comedy
How to Dodge a Cannonball
Romance
Into the Wilderness
Fantasy
Lavinia
Thriller
Leaving Berlin
Legion
Les Miserables
Non-Fiction
Lilac Girls
Literary Fiction
Lincoln in the Bardo
Non-Fiction
Love and Ruin
Mystery
Maisie Dobbs
Matrix
Romance
Mrs. Hemingway
Fantasy
Musashi
Non-Fiction
Nevada
Literary Fiction
News of the World
North Woods
Historical Fiction
Number the Stars
Non-Fiction
People of the Book
Historical Fiction
The Rose Code
Historical Fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Contemporary Fiction
The Secret Life of Bees
Non-Fiction
The Secret River
Thriller
The Secrets We Kept
The Seven Sisters
The Shadow King
Young Adult
The Sign of the Beaver
Historical Fiction
The Silence of the Girls
Non-Fiction
The Snow Child
Historical Fiction
The Song of Achilles
The Storyteller
The Tale of Genji
Historical Fiction
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Romance
The Thorn Birds
Non-Fiction
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Historical Fiction
The Unbroken
Non-Fiction
The Underground Railroad
Literary Fiction
The Vanished Days
Thriller
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Fantasy
The Water Dancer
The Ways We Hide
Historical Fiction
The Winds of War
Historical Fiction
The Winter Sea
Historical Fiction
The Women
Literary Fiction
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Literary Fiction
This Tender Land
Tracks
Comedy
True Grit
Literary Fiction
Trust
Underworld
Non-Fiction
Utopia Avenue
Vanity Fair
Literary Fiction
War and Peace
Romance
Water for Elephants
Historical Fiction
We Were the Lucky Ones
Historical Fiction
Weyward
What the River Knows
Historical Fiction
What the Wind Knows
Contemporary Fiction
Winter Garden
Thriller
Winter in Madrid
Historical Fiction
Wolf Hall
Thriller
World Without End
Non-Fiction
Year of Wonders
Historical Fiction