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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.35 — 863,973 ratings — published 1989
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.33 — 357,270 ratings — published 2005
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 409,389 ratings — published 1980
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.33 — 286,105 ratings — published 2007
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,995,035 ratings — published 2005
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
by (shelved 8 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.39 — 184,228 ratings — published 2012
Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.21 — 123,049 ratings — published 2014
Quo Vadis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.02 — 43,710 ratings — published 1896
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.17 — 380,461 ratings — published 1868
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.14 — 44,450 ratings — published 2006
City of Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.30 — 177,262 ratings — published 2008
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.92 — 242,028 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,150,850 ratings — published 1997
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,011,768 ratings — published 2006
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.94 — 801,783 ratings — published 1999
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,547 ratings — published 2003
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.04 — 591,809 ratings — published 1985
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.27 — 132,225 ratings — published 2017
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.11 — 288,894 ratings — published 1980
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,038,153 ratings — published 1859
Das Lächeln der Fortuna (Waringham, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,343 ratings — published 1997
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.41 — 222,449 ratings — published 1975
The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.42 — 64,101 ratings — published 1986
Genghis: Birth of an Empire (Conqueror, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.40 — 39,435 ratings — published 2007
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,191,306 ratings — published 1991
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,110,492 ratings — published 2009
The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.32 — 685,335 ratings — published 2017
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.01 — 225,673 ratings — published 2022
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,112,613 ratings — published 2021
Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.01 — 180,712 ratings — published 2001
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.39 — 141,415 ratings — published 2020
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,211,397 ratings — published 2011
Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.20 — 526,445 ratings — published 2020
Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,350 ratings — published 1886
The Rose Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.43 — 413,625 ratings — published 2021
The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.31 — 352,437 ratings — published 1982
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,083,007 ratings — published 2014
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.97 — 720,206 ratings — published 1989
The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.88 — 53,431 ratings — published 2002
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.87 — 63,569 ratings — published 1990
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.97 — 79,841 ratings — published 1985
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.05 — 98,896 ratings — published 1982
The Island of the Day Before (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.50 — 16,711 ratings — published 1994
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,502,084 ratings — published 2018
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.31 — 714,880 ratings — published 2016
The Secret Chord (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 3.69 — 22,941 ratings — published 2015
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.33 — 47,381 ratings — published 2007
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.32 — 64,333 ratings — published 2006
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.09 — 394,030 ratings — published 2005
La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as historic-novels)
avg rating 4.18 — 69,267 ratings — published 2006
