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What Are Your Faves for Historical Fiction?

Which ones did you like the most? This is a collection of both old and new historical fiction. It covers many different time periods and countries. I am just curious to see which ones you enjoyed.
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The Exiles (Hilary Baker Kline)
The Exiles
1
Hilary Baker Kline
1000 White Women (Jim Fergus)
1000 White Women
2
Jim Fergus
The Absolutist (John Boyne)
The Absolutist
3
John Boyne
Abundance (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Abundance
4
Sena Jeter Naslund
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
5
Agincourt (Bernard Cornwell)
Agincourt
6
Bernard Cornwell
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
7
Irving Stone
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
8
Margaret Atwood
The Alice Network (Kate Quinn)
The Alice Network
9
Kate Quinn
The Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
10
Caleb Carr
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
11
Anthony Doerr
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
12
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
13
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
14
Michael Chabon
An Officer an a Spy (Robert Harris)
An Officer an a Spy
15
Robert Harris
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
16
Mikhail Sholokhov
The Archer's Tale (Bernard Cornwell)
The Archer's Tale
17
Bernard Cornwell
Arthur and George (Julian Barnes)
Arthur and George
18
Julian Barnes
Arundel (Kenneth Roberts)
Arundel
19
Kenneth Roberts
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
20
The Atomic City Girls (Janet Beard)
The Atomic City Girls
21
Janet Beard
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
22
Ian McEwan
Auschwitz Lullaby (Mario Escobar)
Auschwitz Lullaby
23
Mario Escobar
Aztec
Aztec
24
Beasts of a Little Land (Juhea Kim)
Beasts of a Little Land
25
Juhea Kim
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
26
Toni Morrison
Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Mark Sullivan)
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
27
Mark Sullivan
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
28
A. B. Guthrie
The Birth of Venus (Sarah Dunant)
The Birth of Venus
29
Sarah Dunant
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
30
James Ellroy
Black Robe (Brian Moore)
Black Robe
31
Brian Moore
Blood and Beauty (Sarah Dunant)
Blood and Beauty
32
Sarah Dunant
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
33
Cormac McCarthy
The Bone Setter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bone Setter's Daughter
34
Amy Tan
The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Book of Longings
35
Sue Monk Kidd
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name) (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
36
Lawrence Hill
The Book of Saladin (Tariq Ali)
The Book of Saladin
37
Tariq Ali
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
38
John Boyne
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
39
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
40
Marlon James
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