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The Well-Read Retiree: Historical Fiction

Our retired maverick English Teacher comes up with 50 works of historical fiction limited to one title per author. To be clear, our compiler defines historical fiction as fiction where the author deliberately sets the story in an historical era or epoch other than his or her own. Hence, for example, " A Tale of Two Cities" would be considered historical fiction, but "A Christmas Carol" would not.
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The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
1
Caleb Carr
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
2
Anthony Doerr
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
3
Solzhenitsyn
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
4
Lew Wallace
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
5
A. B. Guthrie
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
6
Markus Zusak
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Cecil Scott Forester)
Captain Horatio Hornblower
7
Cecil Scott Forester
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
8
James A. Michener
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
9
Simmons
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
10
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D. Edmonds)
Drums Along the Mohawk
11
Walter D. Edmonds
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
12
Mika Waltari
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
13
Leon Uris
Gates of Fire (Steven Pressfield)
Gates of Fire
14
Steven Pressfield
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
15
Margaret Mitchell
The Good German (Joseph Kanon)
The Good German
16
Joseph Kanon
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders
17
Jane Smiley
In Sunlight and in Shadow (Mark Helprin)
In Sunlight and in Shadow
18
Mark Helprin
Jamaica Inn (Daphne Du Maurier)
Jamaica Inn
19
Daphne Du Maurier
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian
20
Gore Vidal
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
21
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
22
Michael Shaara
The King Must Die (Mary Renault)
The King Must Die
23
Mary Renault
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
The Last Englishman
24
Hebe Weenolsen
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
25
Thomas Berger
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
26
Bengtsson
The Man on a Donkey (H.F.M. Prescott)
The Man on a Donkey
27
H.F.M. Prescott
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander
28
Patrick O'Brian
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
29
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
30
Barry Unsworth
Napoleon Symphony (Anthony Burgess)
Napoleon Symphony
31
Anthony Burgess
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
32
Kristin Hannah
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage
33
Kenneth Roberts
Pillar of the Sky (Cecelia Holland)
Pillar of the Sky
34
Cecelia Holland
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
35
Ken Follett
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
36
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
37
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
38
Anita Diamant
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
39
Lloyd Douglas
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers
40
Alan Lemay
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