Historical Fantasy Books

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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 680 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 501,690 ratings — published 2022
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 467 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.07 — 113,516 ratings — published 2006
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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1) The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 442 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.08 — 240,368 ratings — published 2017
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 399 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.87 — 258,275 ratings — published 2004
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The Familiar The Familiar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 397 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.74 — 141,937 ratings — published 2024
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 374 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 511,713 ratings — published 2018
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 356 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,114,685 ratings — published 2011
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,561,377 ratings — published 2020
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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 96,049 ratings — published 2021
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 302 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,271 ratings — published 2013
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.96 — 223,348 ratings — published 2023
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Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.04 — 82,976 ratings — published 2020
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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.14 — 159,088 ratings — published 2017
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 285 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,066,808 ratings — published 2011
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 276 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,393,601 ratings — published 2018
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
by (shelved 272 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 882,193 ratings — published 2010
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Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 265 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,166,591 ratings — published 1991
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Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 256 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 56,578 ratings — published 2006
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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
by (shelved 244 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.89 — 108,068 ratings — published 2012
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The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2) The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 241 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.35 — 114,777 ratings — published 2017
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
by (shelved 238 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 83,017 ratings — published 2023
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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
by (shelved 235 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.92 — 52,341 ratings — published 2021
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These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
by (shelved 229 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.79 — 171,316 ratings — published 2020
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.01 — 173,433 ratings — published 2019
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Gods of Jade and Shadow Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 222 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.88 — 79,180 ratings — published 2019
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 221 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.90 — 114,531 ratings — published 2009
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What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
by (shelved 215 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 90,837 ratings — published 2023
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
by (shelved 210 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.42 — 589,454 ratings — published 2011
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The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 207 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.48 — 91,650 ratings — published 2019
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The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)
by (shelved 206 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.70 — 51,961 ratings — published 2019
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The Once and Future Witches The Once and Future Witches (Hardcover)
by (shelved 204 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.02 — 109,363 ratings — published 2020
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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
by (shelved 203 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.15 — 766,501 ratings — published 2023
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by (shelved 199 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.55 — 481,033 ratings — published 2013
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by (shelved 199 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.80 — 225,929 ratings — published 2003
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by (shelved 197 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.94 — 102,065 ratings — published 2012
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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
by (shelved 195 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.83 — 47,747 ratings — published 2013
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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 195 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.91 — 44,064 ratings — published 2006
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Daughter of the Forest  (Sevenwaters, #1) Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
by (shelved 194 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.29 — 71,985 ratings — published 1999
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Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1) Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
by (shelved 190 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.51 — 18,094 ratings — published 2010
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The Lions of Al-Rassan The Lions of Al-Rassan (Paperback)
by (shelved 187 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,983 ratings — published 1995
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 185 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.03 — 437,907 ratings — published 2015
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My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
by (shelved 183 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 84,765 ratings — published 2016
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts The Warm Hands of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 179 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.96 — 32,445 ratings — published 2024
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1) Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by (shelved 175 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.72 — 16,031 ratings — published 2015
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Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
by (shelved 169 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.24 — 108,567 ratings — published 2024
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.13 — 213,871 ratings — published 1982
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
by (shelved 166 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 36,643 ratings — published 2021
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Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2) Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 161 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 160 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 3.99 — 34,228 ratings — published 2007
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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
by (shelved 156 times as historical-fantasy)
avg rating 4.34 — 232,880 ratings — published 2019
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Tricia Copeland
“I am not of age to marry, so there will be no such thing. Tonight is about celebrating our victory.”
Tricia Copeland, To Be a Fae Queen

Leigh Bardugo
“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

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