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The English Teacher's List of Great Historical Fiction - 2020 Update

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast updates a previous list of great historical fiction. For the purpose of this list, he defines historical fiction as fiction that is consciously set in an historical epoch other than that in which the author is writing., and that makes a serious attempt at being historically accurate. Under this definition, "A Tale of Two Cities", for example, is historical fiction While "Bleak House" is not. It is for that reason that works like "The Grapes of Wrath" and the Sherlock Holmes series are not included.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
The Accomplice (Kanon)
The Accomplice
2
Kanon
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
3
Caleb Carr
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
The Angel of Darkness (Caleb Carr)
The Angel of Darkness
5
Caleb Carr
April Morning (Howard Fast)
April Morning
6
Howard Fast
Aubrey/Maturin Series
Aubrey/Maturin Series
7
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
August 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
8
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
9
Lew Wallace
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
10
A. B. Guthrie
Black Hills (Dan Simmons)
Black Hills
11
Dan Simmons
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
12
The Blue Max (Jack D. Hunter)
The Blue Max
13
Jack D. Hunter
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
14
Markus Zusak
Botany Bay (Charles Nordhoff)
Botany Bay
15
Charles Nordhoff
The Breaker (Denton)
The Breaker
16
Denton
The Bull From the Sea (Mary Renault)
The Bull From the Sea
17
Mary Renault
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
18
James A. Michener
Citizen Tom Paine (Howard Fast)
Citizen Tom Paine
19
Howard Fast
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
20
Charles Frazier
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
21
Simmons
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
22
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Drood (Simmons)
Drood
23
Simmons
Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D. Edmonds)
Drums Along the Mohawk
24
Walter D. Edmonds
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
25
Mika Waltari
The Egyptian Necklace (Palmer)
The Egyptian Necklace
26
Palmer
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
27
Leon Uris
Fall of Giants (Ken Follett)
Fall of Giants
28
Ken Follett
The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
29
Freedom or Death (Kazantzakis)
Freedom or Death
30
Kazantzakis
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire
31
The Good German (Joseph Kanon)
The Good German
32
Joseph Kanon
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders
33
Jane Smiley
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
34
James. A. Michener
Hornblower (C S Forester)
Hornblower
35
C S Forester
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
36
Robert Graves
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages (Hella S. Haasse)
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
37
Hella S. Haasse
In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
In Sunlight and in Shadow
38
Mark Helprin
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
39
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
40
Daphne Du Maurier
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