Escape to the Maroons by Mike WeedallWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Literary Historical Fiction
720 books — 255 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books For Setting
133 books — 61 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Historical Fiction
455 books — 347 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,791 books — 3,759 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayNumber the Stars by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Teen Historical Fiction
1,463 books — 3,233 voters