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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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avg rating 4.33 — 284,337 ratings — published 2007
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 355,502 ratings — published 2005
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.35 — 857,882 ratings — published 1989
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.34 — 690,281 ratings — published 2017
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.60 — 285,820 ratings — published 1985
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.17 — 377,707 ratings — published 1868
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,816,114 ratings — published 2024
The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.22 — 65,025 ratings — published 2023
The Man Without Qualities (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 7,639 ratings — published 1930
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
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avg rating 4.39 — 183,072 ratings — published 2012
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
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avg rating 4.39 — 140,142 ratings — published 2020
River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.23 — 45,001 ratings — published 1993
Lavinia (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 18,881 ratings — published 2008
Circe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,468,618 ratings — published 2018
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.47 — 428,084 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,175,219 ratings — published 2011
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,712 ratings — published 1969
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
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avg rating 4.18 — 11,731 ratings — published 1972
Roma (Roma, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,984 ratings — published 2007
The Covenant (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 22,207 ratings — published 1980
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,081,800 ratings — published 1846
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 275,012 ratings — published 2004
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.14 — 24,946 ratings — published 1990
The Odyssey (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,282,483 ratings — published -800
The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.09 — 35,104 ratings — published 2005
Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.28 — 169 ratings — published 2023
Parzival (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 4,037 ratings — published 1215
The Confessions of Young Nero (Nero, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.90 — 4,059 ratings — published 2017
The Exiled (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.88 — 74 ratings — published
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.06 — 63,655 ratings — published 2003
Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.30 — 266,719 ratings — published 1996
The Midnight Train (The Midnight World, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.97 — 72,973 ratings — published 2026
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.48 — 66,913 ratings — published 2022
Circle of Days (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 41,727 ratings — published 2025
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,439 ratings — published 2022
Pope Joan (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.10 — 75,656 ratings — published 1996
Immanuel's Veins (Audio CD)
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avg rating 3.78 — 6,753 ratings — published 2010
Warbreaker (ebook)
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avg rating 4.29 — 304,507 ratings — published 2009
Emperor of Thorns (Broken Empire, #3)
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avg rating 4.22 — 58,853 ratings — published 2013
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
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avg rating 3.82 — 126,502 ratings — published 2011
Daughters of the Grail (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,360 ratings — published 1993
The Penguin Book of Dragons (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.54 — 364 ratings — published 2021
The Last Legion (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 7,464 ratings — published 2002
Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 5,708 ratings — published 2003
Empire (Roma, #2)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,875 ratings — published 2010
Katherine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 36,912 ratings — published 1954
The Mercies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 56,639 ratings — published 2020
The Pretender (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 7,144 ratings — published 2025
The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 4.16 — 17,719 ratings — published 2018
Lady of Sherwood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as historical-epic)
avg rating 3.75 — 951 ratings — published 1999
