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Time Travel With These Recent Historical Fiction Hits From Goodreads

Hey, historical fiction fans! Are you in the market for new time and place?

We've gathered here 48 of the most popular historical fiction novels on Goodreads in the last year-and-a-half or so–from June 2023 back to the beginning of 2022. As always, the selections are based on overall star ratings, reader reviews, and which books are landing on Goodreads members' Read and Want to Read shelves.

The collection below starts with the newest books first, but otherwise cuts across all manner of historical fiction, featuring stories with a wide range of time and place. You'll find plenty of genre blurring and crossover expeditions, too.
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
1
Lisa See
The Wind Knows My Name (Isabel Allende)
The Wind Knows My Name
2
Isabel Allende
The Paris Daughter (Kristin Harmel)
The Paris Daughter
3
Kristin Harmel
Banyan Moon (Thao Thai)
Banyan Moon
4
Thao Thai
The Beach at Summerly (Beatriz Williams)
The Beach at Summerly
5
Beatriz Williams
Maddalena and the Dark (Julia Fine)
Maddalena and the Dark
6
Julia Fine
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
7
Abraham Verghese
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? (Crystal Smith Paul)
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
8
Crystal Smith Paul
A History of Burning (Janika Oza)
A History of Burning
9
Janika Oza
Good Night, Irene (Luis Alberto Urrea)
Good Night, Irene
10
Luis Alberto Urrea
Homecoming (Kate Morton)
Homecoming
11
Kate Morton
The House Is on Fire (Rachel Beanland)
The House Is on Fire
12
Rachel Beanland
The Trackers (Charles Frazier)
The Trackers
13
Charles Frazier
Only the Beautiful (Susan Meissner)
Only the Beautiful
14
Susan Meissner
Weyward (Emilia Hart)
Weyward
15
Emilia Hart
Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
Hang the Moon
16
Jeanette Walls
Beyond That, the Sea (Laura Spence-Ash)
Beyond That, the Sea
17
Laura Spence-Ash
Wandering Souls (Cecile Pin)
Wandering Souls
18
Cecile Pin
The House of Eve (Sadeqa Johnson)
The House of Eve
19
Sadeqa Johnson
Looking for Jane (Heather Marshall)
Looking for Jane
20
Heather Marshall
The Librarian of Burned Books (Brianna Labuskes)
The Librarian of Burned Books
21
Brianna Labuskes
River Sing Me Home (Eleanor Shearer)
River Sing Me Home
22
Eleanor Shearer
The Mitford Affair (Marie Benedict)
The Mitford Affair
23
Marie Benedict
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion (Bushra Rehman)
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
24
Bushra Rehman
Hester (Laurie Lico Albanese)
Hester
25
Laurie Lico Albanese
Signal Fires (Dani Shapiro)
Signal Fires
26
Dani Shapiro
The Whalebone Theatre (Joanna Quinn)
The Whalebone Theatre
27
Joanna Quinn
The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O'farrell)
The Marriage Portrait
28
Maggie O'farrell
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II (Madeline Martin)
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II
29
Madeline Martin
Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
Horse
30
Geraldine Brooks
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
31
Herman Diaz
The Book Woman's Daughter (Kim Michele Richardson)
The Book Woman's Daughter
32
Kim Michele Richardson
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
33
Bonnie Garmus
Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Take My Hand
34
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo
35
Douglas Stuart
Memphis (Tara M. Stringfellow)
Memphis
36
Tara M. Stringfellow
The Diamond Eye (Kate Quinn)
The Diamond Eye
37
Kate Quinn
Woman on Fire (Lisa Barr)
Woman on Fire
38
Lisa Barr
A Train to Moscow (Elena Gorokhova)
A Train to Moscow
39
Elena Gorokhova
The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers)
The Tobacco Wives
40
Adele Myers
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