Historical Fantasy

Historical fantasy is a subgenre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into the narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classes as Arthurian, Celtic, or Dark Ages could just as easily be placed in Historical Fantasy. Stories fitting this classification generally take place prior to the 20th century.

The Unicorn Hunters
This Immortal Heart
Muñeca
It Came from Neverland
The Shrouded Queen
Tillinghast
A Prince Among Pirates
Queenswood
Their Will Undone
The Tinder Box
Letters from the Last Apothecary (Tressport Magic, #1)
This Blade of Ours (This Monster of Mine, #2)
The League of Dangerous Young Ladies (Deluxe Edition)
These Immortal Truths (Peaches & Honey, #1)
Six Savage Thrones (Queens of Elben, #2)
Babel
The Everlasting
The Poet Empress
The Devils (The Devils, #1)
I, Medusa
The Sirens
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain, #1)
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
The Thorn Queen (The Rose Bargain, #2)
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
The Familiar
The Unicorn Hunters
The Amalfi Curse
Matilda by Roald DahlHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlanna by Tamora PierceMossflower by Brian JacquesRedwall by Brian Jacques
Children's Fantasy of the 1980s
174 books — 55 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel KaySon of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Best Historical Fantasy
355 books — 315 voters

See Through Love by Rodd ThunderheartBeyond Australia by Lee ForrestKirkyard Moon by Rhys ShawOutlander by Diana GabaldonWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  Furstenberg
Historical Fantasy Genre Books
104 books — 118 voters


Babel
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
The Familiar
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Night Circus
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
The Song of Achilles
Circe

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