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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.35 — 865,416 ratings — published 1989
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 242,383 ratings — published 2009
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.14 — 410,071 ratings — published 1980
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,086,473 ratings — published 2014
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,435,735 ratings — published 2015
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,999,411 ratings — published 2005
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.94 — 803,023 ratings — published 1999
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 357,694 ratings — published 2005
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
by (shelved 68 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.09 — 520,443 ratings — published 2001
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 286,515 ratings — published 2007
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,275,022 ratings — published 1936
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.41 — 222,819 ratings — published 1975
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 836,637 ratings — published 2008
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,152,301 ratings — published 1997
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 717,174 ratings — published 2016
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,192,671 ratings — published 1991
Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 529,435 ratings — published 2020
The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.01 — 226,557 ratings — published 2022
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,039,308 ratings — published 1859
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.24 — 76,024 ratings — published 1934
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 108,590 ratings — published 2012
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,113,689 ratings — published 2009
The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,870,177 ratings — published 2024
The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 688,244 ratings — published 2017
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
by (shelved 41 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.39 — 184,499 ratings — published 2012
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 117,170 ratings — published 2004
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.22 — 869,966 ratings — published 1862
The Three Musketeers (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.10 — 357,790 ratings — published 1844
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,229,263 ratings — published 2018
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.11 — 289,147 ratings — published 1980
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,219,528 ratings — published 2011
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,097,789 ratings — published 1846
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.17 — 381,053 ratings — published 1868
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,013,432 ratings — published 2006
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.31 — 760,698 ratings — published 2001
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.13 — 545,538 ratings — published 1928
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
by (shelved 35 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 96,891 ratings — published 2006
The Other Einstein (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.87 — 91,824 ratings — published 2016
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.34 — 709,835 ratings — published 2017
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)
by (shelved 32 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 168,882 ratings — published 2005
The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.04 — 252,535 ratings — published 2021
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 463,709 ratings — published 2016
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,732 ratings — published 2003
A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.27 — 132,515 ratings — published 2017
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.96 — 185,840 ratings — published 2009
Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (FSG Classics)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.21 — 39,050 ratings — published 1951
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.32 — 64,446 ratings — published 2006
Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,507 ratings — published
Ivanhoe (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 3.77 — 100,916 ratings — published 1819
The Frozen River (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-novel)
avg rating 4.36 — 726,503 ratings — published 2023
“Boldness breeds boldness." Mark Twain”
― The Island Beyond the Coast - Book II: A real-life journey set in Greece during the 19th century with Bayard Taylor & Mark Twain
― The Island Beyond the Coast - Book II: A real-life journey set in Greece during the 19th century with Bayard Taylor & Mark Twain
“-Kızım biliyorsun, amcan Abdülhamid tam 33 yıl tahtta kaldı. Allah uzun ömür versin, 33 yıl ondan habersiz kuş uçamadı koca imparatorlukta. Çok hizmetleri oldu, çok hayratlar, okullar, hastaneler yaptırdı. Her tür savaştan alabildiğine kaçındı, ip üstünde bir cambaz gibi hünerle yönetti imparatorluğa ama...
Sanki birisi duyacakmış gibi korkuyla sesini alçatarak devam etti.
-Ama pek vesveseli, pek güvensizdi. Kendinden başka kimseyi dinlemez, kimseye güvenmezdi. Hele orduya hiç. Kendine karşı ihtilal yaparlar diye donanmayı Haliç'te çürüttüğünden yakınırdı ya hep rahmetli baban. Gerçi otuz üç yıl ülkeyi hiç savaşa sokmadı ama bu Devleti Ali'nin toprak kaybetmesini engellemedi ki...”
― Enver Paşa'nın Sultanı: Onu Bu Kadar Sevmeseydi Tarih Böyle Yazılmazdı
Sanki birisi duyacakmış gibi korkuyla sesini alçatarak devam etti.
-Ama pek vesveseli, pek güvensizdi. Kendinden başka kimseyi dinlemez, kimseye güvenmezdi. Hele orduya hiç. Kendine karşı ihtilal yaparlar diye donanmayı Haliç'te çürüttüğünden yakınırdı ya hep rahmetli baban. Gerçi otuz üç yıl ülkeyi hiç savaşa sokmadı ama bu Devleti Ali'nin toprak kaybetmesini engellemedi ki...”
― Enver Paşa'nın Sultanı: Onu Bu Kadar Sevmeseydi Tarih Böyle Yazılmazdı
