Historical Fiction Books
Historical fiction reconstructs the past through invented characters and dramatized events, grounding its stories in the textures of a specific era. Expect meticulous period detail, real figures woven into fictional plots, and narratives that illuminate how earlier centuries shaped the present.
154 books
Thriller
11/22/63
Stephen King
Non-Fiction
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
Historical Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
Historical Fiction
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Literary Fiction
A Month in the Country
Historical Fiction
A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes
Historical Fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Literary Fiction
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Historical Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
Literary Fiction
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
Historical Fiction
An Iliad
Alessandro Baricco
Literary Fiction
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
Literary Fiction
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Fantasy
Babel
R.F. Kuang
Historical Fiction
Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter
Literary Fiction
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Historical Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Mark Sullivan
Historical Fiction
Beowulf
Seamus Heaney
Historical Fiction
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
Literary Fiction
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Young Adult
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
Historical Fiction
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
Contemporary Fiction
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Non-Fiction
Cathedral of the Sea
Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra
Historical Fiction
Cilka's Journey
Fantasy
Circe
Madeline Miller
Historical Fiction
City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert
Non-Fiction
City of Thieves
David Benioff
Comedy
Closing Time
Joseph Heller
Non-Fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Historical Fiction
Code Name Helene
Ariel Lawhon
Historical Fiction
Commonwealth
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Historical Fiction
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Contemporary Fiction
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Historical Fiction
Dead Wake
Erik Larson
Historical Fiction
Dictionary of the Khazars
Milorad Pavic
Literary Fiction
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Contemporary Fiction
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
Historical Fiction
Fingersmith
Historical Fiction
Fugitive Pieces
Anne Michaels
Historical Fiction
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Historical Fiction
Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead
Literary Fiction
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Historical Fiction
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Historical Fiction
Harvest Home
Janet Lee Barton
Horror
Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Literary Fiction
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Historical Fiction
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
Comedy
How to Dodge a Cannonball
Dennard Dayle
Comedy
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
Young Adult
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
Literary Fiction
James
Percival Everett
Historical Fiction
Jazz
Toni Morrison
Historical Fiction
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
Historical Fiction
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Literary Fiction
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
Historical Fiction
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Historical Fiction
Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan
Mystery
Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear
Non-Fiction
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
Romance
Mrs. Hemingway
Ariel Lawhon
Literary Fiction
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
Romance
My Cousin Rachel
Daphne du Maurier
Historical Fiction
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Fantasy
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Historical Fiction
Off to Be the Wizard
Scott Meyer
Historical Fiction
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
Historical Fiction
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Non-Fiction
Sarah's Key
Tatiana de Rosnay
Historical Fiction
Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
Non-Fiction
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson
Historical Fiction
Shogun
James Clavell
Comedy
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
Historical Fiction
Tai-Pan
James Clavell
Non-Fiction
Tao Te Ching
老子
Historical Fiction
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Historical Fiction
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
Literary Fiction
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Non-Fiction
The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
Historical Fiction
The Black Lyon
Jude Deveraux
Historical Fiction
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Historical Fiction
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson
Historical Fiction
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Young Adult
The Cay
Theodore Taylor
Historical Fiction
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel
Literary Fiction
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Literary Fiction
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
Historical Fiction
The Diamond Eye
Kate Quinn
Literary Fiction
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe
Mystery
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
Historical Fiction
The Gamble
LaVyrle Spencer
Historical Fiction
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee
Historical Fiction
The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes
Historical Fiction
The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker
Historical Fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Historical Fiction
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah
Literary Fiction
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
Horror
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
Literary Fiction
The House of the Spirits
Frederik Pohl
Thriller
The Huntress
Kate Quinn
Fantasy
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab
Non-Fiction
The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See
Historical Fiction
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
Thriller
The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
Non-Fiction
The Last of the Wine
Mary Renault
Literary Fiction
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
Historical Fiction
The Luminaries
Historical Fiction
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
Historical Fiction
The Only Woman in the Room
Marie Benedict
Non-Fiction
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Ken Liu
Science Fiction
The Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
Historical Fiction
The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
Historical Fiction
The Passage
Jean M. Auel
Historical Fiction
The Physician
Noah Gordon
Historical Fiction
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
Literary Fiction
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Memoir
The Radium Girls
Kate Moore
Literary Fiction
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Historical Fiction
The Rose Code
Kate Quinn
Historical Fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy
Contemporary Fiction
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Historical Fiction
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Young Adult
The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction
The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
Historical Fiction
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Historical Fiction
The Sparrow
Fantasy
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Historical Fiction
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Literary Fiction
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Historical Fiction
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
Romance
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
Historical Fiction
The Unbroken
Mildred D. Taylor
Non-Fiction
The Underground Railroad
Literary Fiction
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Historical Fiction
The Winds of War
Herman Wouk
Historical Fiction
The Winter Sea
Susanna Kearsley
Historical Fiction
The Women
Kristin Hannah
Historical Fiction
The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman
Literary Fiction
Trust
Hernan Diaz
Literary Fiction
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Romance
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
Historical Fiction
We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter
Historical Fiction
Weyward
Emilia Hart
Horror
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
Historical Fiction
What the Wind Knows
Amy Harmon
Historical Fiction
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
Contemporary Fiction
Winter Garden
Kristin Hannah
Thriller
Winter in Madrid
C. J. Sansom
Historical Fiction
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Thriller
World Without End
Ken Follett
Non-Fiction
Year of Wonders
Literary Fiction
Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart
Historical Fiction
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Therese Anne Fowler
