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20 of the Most Influential Historical Fiction Books of All Time

Whether you're a beginner to this genre or have been a fan for some time now, this list of the most influential historical fiction of all time might be helpful. Keep reading to know more about what roles gender, class, and ethnicity played in our defining our present.
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Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Joy Luck Club
1
Amy Tan
Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
Girl in Translation
2
Jean Kwok
Brick Lane (Monica Ali)
Brick Lane
3
Monica Ali
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
6
Margaret Atwood
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
7
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
8
Arthur Golden
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
9
Yaa Gyasi
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
10
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
11
Michael Ondaatje
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
12
Charles Dickens
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
13
Chinua Achebe
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
14
Heather Morris
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
15
Khaled Hosseini
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
16
Colson Whitehead
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
17
Amor Towles
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Invention of Wings
18
Sue Monk Kidd
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
19
Min Jin Lee
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
20
Arundhati Roy
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