45 Best Historical Fiction Books
Goal: Find the best Historical Fiction books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best historical fiction books" and study the top 6+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
45 Best Historical Fiction Books
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The Pillars of the Earth
Kingsbridge, Book 1
by Ken Follett
Also recommended by:
The Underground Railroad
A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
Also recommended by:
Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Barack Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker
Things Fall Apart
African Trilogy, Book 1
by Chinua Achebe
Also recommended by:
Barack Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jacqueline Novogratz
Alias Grace
A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
Girl with a Pearl Earring
A Novel
by Tracy Chevalier
The Four Winds
A Novel
by Kristin Hannah
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
The Red Tent
A Novel
by Anita Diamant
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Also recommended by:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Neil Strauss, Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Cal Fussman, Shashi Tharoor, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Fred Wilson, Christopher Hitchens
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Novel
by Amor Towles
Also recommended by:
Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Brian Koppelman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Melinda Gates
All the Light We Cannot See
A Novel
by Anthony Doerr
Also recommended by:
Abundance
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
by Sena Jeter Naslund
Alex & Eliza
by Melissa de la Cruz
Arthur & George
by Julian Barnes
As Meat Loves Salt
by Maria McCann
Cold Mountain
A Novel
by Charles Frazier
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
A Novel
by C Pam Zhang
Human Acts
A Novel
by Han Kang
Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
March
A Novel
by Geraldine Brooks
My Brilliant Friend
Neapolitan, Book 1
by Elena Ferrante
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A Novel
by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A Novel
by Lisa See
The Book of Longings
A Novel
by Sue Monk Kidd
The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
The Marriage of Opposites
by Alice Hoffman
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
The Night Watchman
A Novel
by Louise Erdrich
The Twelve Rooms of the Nile
by Enid Shomer
The Twentieth Wife
A Novel
by Indu Sundaresan
Sources
- 1
25 Best Historical Fiction Books - Novels Inspired By History
goodhousekeeping.com
- 2
50 Of The Best Historical Fiction Books You Must Read | Book Riot
bookriot.com
- 3
60 Best Historical Fiction Novels of All Time | Reedsy Discovery
reedsy.com
- 4
50 best historical fiction books of all time - Pan Macmillan
panmacmillan.com
- 5
Blog50 Best Works Revisionist History Speculative History Historical Fiction
barnesandnoble.com
- 6
21 Best Fiction Books of All Time (2022 Update)
fictionhorizon.com
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