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68 Best Historical Fiction Books Ever Written

"You'll find here novels that explore periods as well-trodden as the two World Wars, and ones as rich as China's Ming Dynasty.
Through these historical fiction books, you'll meet Henry VIII, William Shakespeare, Madame Tussauds, Abraham Lincoln, and so many more.
You'll spend time in a French asylum, on the wide plains of Argentina, and the battlefields of Ancient Greece.
These are some of the best historical fiction books you'll ever read; books that will take you across so much of this world's rich, vibrant, and tumultuous history."
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Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
1
Hilary Mantel
Little (Edward Carey)
Little
2
Edward Carey
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
3
Maggie O'farrell
Love and Fury (Samantha Silva)
Love and Fury
4
Samantha Silva
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
5
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
6
Kazuo Ishiguro
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
7
Anthony Doerr
Babel (R. F. Kuang)
Babel
8
R. F. Kuang
Clytemnestra (Costanza Casati)
Clytemnestra
9
Costanza Casati
Nettleblack (Nat Reeve)
Nettleblack
10
Nat Reeve
The Mercies (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
The Mercies
11
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Dance Tree (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
The Dance Tree
12
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Sara Collins)
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
13
Sara Collins
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
14
Min Jin Lee
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
15
Toni Morrison
Finger Bone (Hiroki Takahashi)
Finger Bone
16
Hiroki Takahashi
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain (Victoria Mackenzie)
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
17
Victoria Mackenzie
Our Hideous Progeny (C. E. McGill)
Our Hideous Progeny
18
C. E. McGill
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop)
At Night All Blood Is Black
19
David Diop
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
20
Ken Follett
The Manningtree Witches (A. K. Blakemore)
The Manningtree Witches
21
A. K. Blakemore
The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
The Mountains Sing
22
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
The Adventures of China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
The Adventures of China Iron
23
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
The Wolf Den (Elodie Harper)
The Wolf Den
24
Elodie Harper
The Court Dancer (Kyung-Sook Shin)
The Court Dancer
25
Kyung-Sook Shin
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
26
Markus Zusak
The Corset (Laura Purcell)
The Corset
27
Laura Purcell
The Whispering Muse (Laura Purcell)
The Whispering Muse
28
Laura Purcell
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
29
Colson Whitehead
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
30
Pat Barker
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
31
Pat Barker
The Leviathan (Rosie Andrews)
The Leviathan
32
Rosie Andrews
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
33
Yaa Gyasi
Briefly, a Delicious Life (Nell Stevens)
Briefly, a Delicious Life
34
Nell Stevens
The North Water (Ian McGuire)
The North Water
35
Ian McGuire
The Key in the Lock (Beth Underdown)
The Key in the Lock
36
Beth Underdown
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
37
Ian McEwan
The Pull of the Stars (Emma Donoghue)
The Pull of the Stars
38
Emma Donoghue
Haven (Emma Donoghue)
Haven
39
Emma Donoghue
The Revolt (Clara Dupont-Monod)
The Revolt
40
Clara Dupont-Monod
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