History fiction top 40
Explore the top 40 historical fiction books that bring the past to life. Discover gripping tales of love, war, and adventure from master storytellers across the ages.
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Sons of Yocahu
by Gloria Bond
When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola, he discovered the magnificent culture of the Tainan people - a people who believed in peace, …
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Sao Tome
by Paul D. Cohn
In 1485, the Portuguese Crown and Catholic Church began to kidnap Jewish children, forcibly convert the young conscripts, and ship them to So Tom Island …
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Graves in the Wilderness
by Jock R. Gordon
Settling in Australia after the American civil war, the son of Ulster-Scott migrants and the only survivor of the East Texas black Indian Karankawa tribe …
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Unburnable
by Marie-Elena John
Set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, this debut novel deftly intertwines the cultures of blacks in the United States and …
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Churchill
by Geoffrey Best
Churchill's inspiring leadership left him above criticism for many years. Recently, however, his record has come under attack. In this book, one of Britain's most …
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The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
by Harry Turtledove
Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . . Science fiction’s most illustrious and …
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Devil in Vienna
by Doris Orgel
Inge Dorenwald and Lieselotte Vessely have been best friends for most of their thirteen years. They share secrets, fears, hopes and even the same birthday. …
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Bloodfever
by Karen Marie Moning
"New York Times" bestselling author Moning returns with a second undeniably sexy Fever novel, further chronicling the adventures of "sidhe"-seer MacKayla Lane in the world …
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World Without End
by Ken Follett
#1 New York Times Bestseller In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in …
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The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Other Boleyn Girl" comesa tempestuous Tudor tale about two queens, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr, and …
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The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate …
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The World is Flat
by Thomas L. Friedman
Offers a concise history of globalization, discussing a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class …
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A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there …
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1776
by David McCullough
Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War, now spectacularly packaged with reproductions …
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Temeraire: Empire of Ivory
by Naomi Novik
An epidemic of unknown origins has decimated the noble dragons' ranks and only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons stand as the only …
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An Army at Dawn
by Rick Atkinson
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A splendid book... The emphasis throughout is on the human drama of men at war."--The …
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The Tainos
by Irving Rouse
Tells the story of the Taino people from their ancestral days in South America through their migration to the northern Caribbean islands where they were …
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You Wouldn't Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus!
by Fiona Macdonald
Describes what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the …
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The Last Voyage of Columbus
by Martin Dugard
The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his …
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Rethinking Columbus
by Bill Bigelow
Provides resources for teaching elementary and secondary school students about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
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Christopher Columbus
by Peter Roop
Recounts the life story of the noted explorer, including excerpts from his own writings.
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Columbus's Outpost Among the Taínos
by Kathleen A. Deagan
In 1493 Christopher Columbus led a fleet of seventeen ships and more than twelve hundred men to found a royal trading colony in America. Columbus …
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The Truth about Columbus
by James W. Loewen
An historian sets the record straight on Columbus's "discovery" of the Americas, using art and text to sum up recent revisionist thought and to debunk …
