Outstanding Historical Fiction
Discover the best outstanding historical fiction books that bring the past to life. Explore captivating stories, rich settings, and unforgettable characters in our curated list of top picks.
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Echoes
by Danielle Steel
On the shores of Lake Geneva in 1915, the Jewish beauty Beata Wittgenstein falls in love with a Catholic French officer and marries him despite âŠ
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The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą The fifth book in Diana Gabaldonâs acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. âA grand adventure written âŠ
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To the Last Man
by Jeff Shaara
Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author âŠ
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Zorro
by Isabel Allende
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born âŠ
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The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
Turning fifteen in Renaissance Florence, Alessandra Cecchi becomes intoxicated with the works of a young painter whom her father has brought to the city to âŠ
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A Land Remembered
by Patrick D. Smith
"In 1858 Tobias MacIvey abandoned his Georgia farm, loaded his meager possessions and his wife and infant son in a wagon and headed south into âŠ
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The Virgin's Lover
by Philippa Gregory
A fictional portrait of the early years of the reign of Elizabeth I follows the young queen as she copes with intrigues aimed at placing âŠ
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Ireland
by Frank Delaney
An epic tale-within-a-tale based on the history of Ireland finds a traditional wandering Storyteller revealing his life experiences while forging a poignant new relationship in âŠ
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Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
Inman, an injured and disillusioned Confederate soldier, embarks on a harrowing journey home to his sweetheart, Ada, who herself is struggling to run the farm âŠ
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The Warriors
by John Jakes
The Kent Family Chronicles continue as Confederate Corporal Jeremiah Kent carries out his commander's dying request-while the Union Army ravages Georgia.
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The Far Side of the World
by Patrick O'Brian
Captain Jack Aubrey, accompanied by ship's surgeon and British intelligence operative, Stephen Maturin, sails for Cape Horn, assigned to intercept an American frigate that is âŠ
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The Sugar Camp Quilt
by Jennifer Chiaverini
In Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years before the Civil War, Dorothea Granger agrees to sew an unusual quilt to fulfill her uncle's deathbed request, âŠ
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The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner.
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The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
âThe Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama.â âThe New York Times âUnabashedly uplifting . . âŠ
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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"
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The Wandering Hill
by Larry McMurtry
The second volume in Larry McMurtry's four-part historical epic featuring the Berrybender family as they continue their journey through the West during the 1830s. In âŠ
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One Thousand White Women
by Jim Fergus
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Doddâa remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through âŠ
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The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
Nominated as one of Americaâs best-loved novels by PBSâs The Great American Read #1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection The âmonumental masterpieceâ âŠ
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The Nutmeg of Consolation (Vol. Book 14) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
Captain Aubrey, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane are shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East âŠ
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Pompeii
by Robert Harris
This latest "New York Times" bestseller by the author of "Archangel" chronicles the suspenseful last days of the legendary ancient city nestled below the slopes âŠ