Some personal favorites in Historical Fiction
Discover a curated list of personal favorite historical fiction books that bring the past to life. Explore captivating stories, rich settings, and unforgettable characters in these must-read novels.
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The Titans
by John Jakes
"The godfather of historical novelists" ("Los Angeles Times") continues his eight-volume saga of the Kent family, as abolitionist Jeptha Kent and his sons find themselves …
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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
The classic civil war romanctic tale of Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler and the Civil War conflict.
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Love and War
by John Jakes
The Hazard family of Pennsylvania and the Main family of South Carolina experience five years of sacrifice, corruption, courage, brutality, friendship and passion during the …
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Alaska
by James Albert Michener
Describes the lives and struggles of humans and animals in Alaskan prehistory and then leaps into the eighteenth century where the historical high points are …
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Caravans
by James A. Michener
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, …
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The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
The classic story of a sensitive boy under the strain of war moving from cowardice to courage.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel …
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Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
An epic novel of Russia before and during the Revolution.
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The Haj
by Leon Uris
“The narrative is fast paced, bursting with action, and obviously based on an intimate grasp of the region, its peoples, their tradition and age-old ways …
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Exodus
by Leon Uris
“Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of …
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The Settlers
by Meyer Levin
Set in Palestine from the turn of the century to the Balfour Declaration, this novel revolves around a large Russian immigrant family facing a new …
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The Far Pavilions
by Mary Margaret Kaye
A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th Century India, when the thin …
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The Big Wind
by Beatrice Coogan
Bringing a generation of Irish history to life, the story of the O'Carroll family of County Tipperary begins with the Big Wind of 1839 and …
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Morgan's Run
by Colleen McCullough
Richard Morgan finds romance and adventure on the continent of Australia.
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The Colonists
by William Stuart Long
Volume VI of THE AUSTRALIANS. Sequel to THE ADVENTURERS and followed by THE GOLD SEEKERS. A generation of Australians forms the focus of this segment …