Historical

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.

Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in histor
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Family of Spies
As Many Souls as Stars
The Wolf and His King
The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2)
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
Last Call at the Savoy
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
Gilded in Vengeance
The Great Work
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
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The Ivory City
Lessons in Chemistry
The Four Winds
The Mad Wife
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
Murder at Holly House (Frank Grasby Mysteries, #1)
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The Land in Winter
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Call of the Camino
The Christmas Clue
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
Boleyn Traitor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #11)
Family of Spies
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755 books — 762 voters
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Historical Fiction 2021
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401 books — 315 voters

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272 books — 483 voters
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
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