Historic Fiction


The Book Thief
All the Light We Cannot See
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Nightingale
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Song of Achilles
The Alice Network
The Women
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Gone With the Wind
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Historical fiction: Australia
224 books — 105 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,463 books — 1,543 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerFire from Heaven by Mary RenaultCorelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresClytemnestra by Costanza Casati
Historical Fiction - Greece
76 books — 27 voters
Rules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeTrust by Hernan DiazThe Personal Librarian by Marie BenedictThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Historical Fiction - New York
175 books — 62 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Ashford Affair by Lauren WilligHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Historical fiction: Africa
125 books — 48 voters
For the Want of Silver by Michael WillsThe Wessex Turncoat by Michael E. WillsThe Stolen Queen by Fiona  DavisThe Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictThe Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
Historical Fiction 2025
327 books — 184 voters

Maddy Kobar
For the funeral, I had to show my proper mourning face. Truly, I longed to break down and have a full-on emotional attack; perhaps if I let myself go long enough, I might get all the pain out of my system. I had no hope of doing such a thing in front of everyone I knew. It simply wasn't proper. ...more
Maddy Kobar, From Out of Feldspar

There's no spring in his step. No smile on his face. There's just a grim determination, grown strong over the years due to the weight of its burden. ...more
Shawn P. McCarthy

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