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Fiction Books Featuring Real People

Turns out you can totally write a book about a real-life person so long as
a) They're dead
b) You're incredibly popular
In some cases is the real person the protagonist. Sometimes the famous person just cameos to cement the historical setting. I'm not counting the cases where the author shows up, otherwise we'd be here forever.
And yes, I know Robin Hoid wasn't real, but King Richard and Prince John were.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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Seth Grahame-Smith
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
2
William Shakespeare
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
3
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
4
William Shakespeare
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
5
Dante Alighieri
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
6
James Joyce
Edward II
Edward II
7
Edward III (Shakespeare)
Edward III
8
Shakespeare
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
9
Valeria Luiselli
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
10
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons)
The Fifth Heart
11
Dan Simmons
The General in His Labyrinth (Marquez)
The General in His Labyrinth
12
Marquez
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
13
Anita Loos
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
14
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
15
Simon Callow
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
16
William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part I
17
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part II
18
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VI, Part III
19
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
20
William Shakespeare
Joan Makes History (Kate Grenville)
Joan Makes History
21
Kate Grenville
Joan of Arc (Mark Twain)
Joan of Arc
22
Mark Twain
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
23
William Shakespeare
King John (William Shakespeare)
King John
24
William Shakespeare
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
25
Victor Hugo
The Lighthouse at the End of the World (Stephen Marlowe)
The Lighthouse at the End of the World
26
Stephen Marlowe
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
27
William Shakespeare
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
28
Salman Rushdie
Queen Pokou (Veronique Tadjo)
Queen Pokou
29
Veronique Tadjo
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
30
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
31
William Shakespeare
Robin Hood (Carola Oman)
Robin Hood
32
Carola Oman
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
The Sandman
33
Neil Gaiman
Siege Winter (Ariana Franklin)
Siege Winter
34
Ariana Franklin
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
35
William Shakespeare
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
36
Peter Carey
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
37
James Joyce
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
38
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
39
Leo Tolstoy
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
40
Alan Moore
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