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Goodreads' Best Historical Fiction - Page 2

The best of historical fiction. Historical fiction are novels that re-create a period or event in history and often use historical figures as some of its characters. To be deemed historical, a novel must have been written at least fifty years after the events described.
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Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
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Leon Uris
Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)
Fall of Giants
42
Ken Follett
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
43
Elizabeth George Speare
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
44
Patrick Suskind
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
45
Anthony Doerr
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
46
John Boyne
The Sunne in Splendour (Sharon Kay Penman)
The Sunne in Splendour
47
Sharon Kay Penman
Here Be Dragons (Sharon Kay Penman)
Here Be Dragons
48
Sharon Kay Penman
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
49
Scott O'Dell
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
50
Baroness Orczy
The Queen's Fool
The Queen's Fool
51
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
52
Fannie Flagg
Pope Joan (Donna Woolfolk Cross)
Pope Joan
53
Donna Woolfolk Cross
The Boleyn Inheritance (Philippa Gregory)
The Boleyn Inheritance
54
Philippa Gregory
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
55
Irving Stone
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
56
Gabriel García Márquez
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
57
Hilary Mantel
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
58
Isabel Allende
Molokai (Alan Brennert)
Molokai
59
Alan Brennert
The Bronze Horseman (Paullina Simons)
The Bronze Horseman
60
Paullina Simons
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
61
Isabel Allende
Sarum (Edward Rutherford)
Sarum
62
Edward Rutherford
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
63
Sir Walter Scott
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
64
Margaret Atwood
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
65
James A. Michener
The Birth of Venus (Sarah Dunant)
The Birth of Venus
66
Sarah Dunant
Tai-Pan
Tai-Pan
67
Nefertiti
Nefertiti
68
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
69
James. A. Michener
The First Man in Rome
The First Man in Rome
70
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
71
Diane Setterfield
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
72
A.S. Byatt
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
73
One Thousand White Women (Jim Fergus)
One Thousand White Women
74
Jim Fergus
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
75
Elizabeth Gaskell
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
76
John Fowles
The Forgotten Garden (Kate Morton)
The Forgotten Garden
77
Kate Morton
London
London
78
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
79
John Irving
Aubrey–Maturin Series
Aubrey–Maturin Series
80
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