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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.35 — 863,374 ratings — published 1989
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.14 — 409,108 ratings — published 1980
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 357,086 ratings — published 2005
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 285,925 ratings — published 2007
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
by (shelved 12 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 184,098 ratings — published 2012
Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 525,207 ratings — published 2020
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.42 — 64,033 ratings — published 1986
Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.21 — 122,973 ratings — published 2014
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,150,272 ratings — published 1997
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,993,236 ratings — published 2005
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,418,683 ratings — published 2015
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,081,502 ratings — published 2014
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.18 — 69,199 ratings — published 2006
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,190,673 ratings — published 1991
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 3.94 — 801,194 ratings — published 1999
The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 684,281 ratings — published 2017
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 713,978 ratings — published 2016
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 3.62 — 156,241 ratings — published 2014
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.11 — 288,797 ratings — published 1980
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,593,008 ratings — published 2003
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 298,292 ratings — published 1979
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.05 — 98,846 ratings — published 1982
Dispara, yo ya estoy muerto (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.38 — 24,368 ratings — published 2013
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,350,774 ratings — published 1947
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,890 ratings — published 2004
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 108,375 ratings — published 2012
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,208,104 ratings — published 2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,093,223 ratings — published 1846
New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 45,730 ratings — published 2009
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,109,109 ratings — published 2009
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 241,920 ratings — published 2009
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,855,541 ratings — published 2024
Weyward (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.05 — 470,131 ratings — published 2023
A Long Petal of the Sea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,373 ratings — published 2019
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 704,145 ratings — published 2017
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,498,989 ratings — published 2018
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.29 — 357,053 ratings — published 2016
The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,378,424 ratings — published 2018
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 758,139 ratings — published 2001
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 16,691 ratings — published 1969
Alias Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.04 — 162,670 ratings — published 1996
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.41 — 222,271 ratings — published 1975
Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.57 — 18,625 ratings — published
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,627,806 ratings — published 2003
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,037,773 ratings — published 1859
The Ends of the Earth (Aléxandros, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,486 ratings — published 1998
The Sands of Ammon (Aléxandros, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,628 ratings — published 1998
Alexander: Child of a Dream (Aléxandros, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.10 — 9,992 ratings — published 1998
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.09 — 520,032 ratings — published 2001
Aztec (Aztec, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 21,167 ratings — published 1980
