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Literary Historical Fiction

Y'know, it's like historical fiction, but literary. Woo.
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Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
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Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
2
Hilary Mantel
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
3
Robert Musil
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
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Ian McEwan
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
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Virginia Woolf
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
7
Markus Zusak
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
8
Umberto Eco
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
9
Charles Dickens
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
10
Alexandre Dumas
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
11
Leo Tolstoy
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
12
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
13
Kazuo Ishiguro
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
14
Margaret Mitchell
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
15
Michael Ondaatje
Possession (Byatt)
Possession
16
Byatt
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
17
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
18
Charles Frazier
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
19
Sarah Waters
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
20
Toni Morrison
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
21
Michael Shaara
The Red Tent, By Anita Diamant
The Red Tent, By Anita Diamant
22
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
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Margarite Yourcenar
Dissolution (C.J. Sansom)
Dissolution
24
C.J. Sansom
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
25
Sir Walter Scott
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
26
David Mitchell
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
27
Gabriel García Márquez
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
28
Elizabeth Kostova
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
29
Margaret Atwood
Place of Greater Safety
Place of Greater Safety
30
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
31
Anthony Doerr
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
32
Michael Faber
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
33
Sebastian Faulks
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
34
William Styron
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
35
Kate Atkinson
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
36
Madeline Miller
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
37
Edmond Rostand
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
38
Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Lavinia
39
Ursula K. Le Guin
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
40
Robert Graves
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