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Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1 by Cao XueqinThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangFalling Leaves by Adeline Yen MahWild Swans by Jung Chang
Seeing China through Books
101 books — 38 voters
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckWhite Shanghai by Elvira BaryakinaLost Horizon by James HiltonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s China
56 books — 42 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantMy Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanSamarkand by Amin MaaloufThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
History through Novels: Pre-1900s Middle East
105 books — 59 voters
Forever Amber by Kathleen WinsorThe King's General by Daphne du MaurierYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksRestoration by Rose TremainFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Historical Fiction: England's Second Civil War and Restoration
120 books — 116 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe King Must Die by Mary RenaultFire from Heaven by Mary RenaultThe Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Historical Fiction: Ancient Greece
158 books — 244 voters
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa GregoryThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Historical fiction: The Wars of the Roses
97 books — 183 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'BrianThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTaking Chances by Christina PaulMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Napoleonic War fiction
183 books — 169 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyA Place of Greater Safety by Hilary MantelMadame Tussaud by Michelle MoranMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
The French Revolution
232 books — 296 voters

The Egyptian by Mika WaltariNefertiti by Michelle MoranRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
223 books — 461 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughPompeii by Robert Harris
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
376 books — 645 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War by Shelby FooteCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best American Civil War Books
1,027 books — 1,039 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
643 books — 1,669 voters


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