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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 123 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.35 — 855,562 ratings — published 1989
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 240,048 ratings — published 2009
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,061,121 ratings — published 2014
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.14 — 405,688 ratings — published 1980
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,968,499 ratings — published 2005
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,353,250 ratings — published 2015
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 354,799 ratings — published 2005
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 68 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.09 — 518,609 ratings — published 2001
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 283,577 ratings — published 2007
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,270,100 ratings — published 1936
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.41 — 220,075 ratings — published 1975
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.19 — 828,959 ratings — published 2008
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,141,466 ratings — published 1997
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 794,739 ratings — published 1999
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 702,575 ratings — published 2016
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,182,719 ratings — published 1991
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,031,832 ratings — published 1859
Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 504,680 ratings — published 2020
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 107,596 ratings — published 2012
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.24 — 75,166 ratings — published 1934
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,088,561 ratings — published 2009
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 115,894 ratings — published 2004
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,796,201 ratings — published 2024
The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 672,344 ratings — published 2017
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
by (shelved 40 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 182,575 ratings — published 2012
The Three Musketeers (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.10 — 354,321 ratings — published 1844
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.22 — 861,047 ratings — published 1862
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,213,852 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,157,147 ratings — published 2011
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,001,735 ratings — published 2006
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.11 — 287,485 ratings — published 1980
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 748,523 ratings — published 2001
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,076,202 ratings — published 1846
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
by (shelved 35 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 96,486 ratings — published 2006
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.17 — 376,701 ratings — published 1868
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.12 — 538,259 ratings — published 1928
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
by (shelved 32 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 168,430 ratings — published 2005
The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.04 — 246,374 ratings — published 2021
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 458,028 ratings — published 2016
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.89 — 56,462 ratings — published 2003
Ivanhoe (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.77 — 100,549 ratings — published 1819
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 130,595 ratings — published 2017
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 684,107 ratings — published 2017
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.96 — 184,956 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,140 ratings — published 1951
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 63,714 ratings — published 2006
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 393,766 ratings — published 1992
Sarah's Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.18 — 501,520 ratings — published 2006
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,597,708 ratings — published 2003
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 60,724 ratings — published 1966
“The ground shudders from cavalry attack and cannon fire. You can smell the sweat of fear." - The Keys of Hell and Death by Charles Cordell”
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“Shit on the tyranny of privilege and oppression that enclosed common land.”
― God's Vindictive Wrath
― God's Vindictive Wrath
