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Historical Fiction

Part of Fiction

Travel through time with stories that bring history to life through compelling characters.

222 books available

Best Selling Historical Fiction Books

Top rated by millions of readers

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

4.3★· 3.4M ratings

The Help

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

4.5★· 3.0M ratings

Night

Night

Elie Wiesel

4.4★· 1.4M ratings

Night - Vocabulary from Literature

Night - Vocabulary from Literature

Elie Wiesel

4.4★· 1.3M ratings

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

4.3★· 1.2M ratings

Vom Winde Verweht "Gone with the Wind"

Vom Winde Verweht "Gone with the Wind"

Margaret Mitchell

4.3★· 1.2M ratings

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

4.3★· 1.1M ratings

Count of Monte Cristo

Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

4.3★· 1.0M ratings

Unbroken

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand

4.4★· 996K ratings

Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

4.3★· 877K ratings

Book Lists featuring Historical Fiction

CIRCE

The Silence of the Girls

The Women of Troy

CIRCE

The Silence of the Girls

The Women of Troy

Historical Fiction Like The Song of Achilles

Readers enchanted by Madeline Miller's lyrical retelling will find these novels equally compelling in their blend of mythology, beautiful prose, and tragic love stories. These books offer the same emotional depth and classical inspiration.

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

For the Term of His Natural Life

The Harp in the South

Popular Historical Fiction Books

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Accelerate

Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

For the Term of His Natural Life

The Harp in the South

Sydney Harbour Bridge Workers Historical Fiction

Historical novels exploring the lives of workers who built Australia's most iconic structure. Stories of immigration, industrial progress, and the human cost of monumental construction.

8 books

Robbery Under Arms

For the Term of His Natural Life

The Getting of Wisdom

Robbery Under Arms

For the Term of His Natural Life

The Getting of Wisdom

Australian Historical Fiction Set During the Gold Rush Era

Period novels capturing the chaos, opportunity, and cultural collision of Australia's gold rush years. Stories of fortune-seekers, established settlers, and changing communities.

The Secret River

The Thorn Birds

A Town Like Alice

The Secret River

The Thorn Birds

A Town Like Alice

Historical Fiction About Early Australian Settlers

Journey back to Australia's colonial past through these vivid historical novels. Experience the struggles and triumphs of early settlers, convicts, and pioneers who shaped the nation.

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

The Book Thief

The Nightingale: A Novel

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

The Book Thief

The Nightingale: A Novel

Historical Fiction Set During World War II

Experience the courage and heartbreak of WWII through these powerful historical novels. From resistance fighters to concentration camp survivors, these stories illuminate humanity's darkest and brightest moments.

Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming

Adventure

Jamie Lendino

A Fire Upon The Deep

A Fire Upon The Deep

Vernor Vinge

A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

A Man Called Ove: A Novel

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame's Father Ted Hesburgh

American Priest

Wilson D. Miscamble

A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating

A Million First Dates

Dan Slater

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Nicholas Taleb

A River Out of Eden

A River Out of Eden

John Hockenberry

Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Art & Fear

David Bayles, Ted Orland

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Modern Classics)

A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel

R. F Kuang

Becoming

Becoming

Michelle Obama

Bemelmans: The Life and Art of Madeline's Creator

Bemelmans

John Bemelmans Marciano

Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Is Changing the World

Blockchain Revolution

Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott

Blue: The History of a Color

Blue

Michel Pastoureau

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself

Dr. Joe Dispenza

Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms

Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design

Geoffrey Engelstein, Isaac Shalev