Popular Historical Fiction Books

The Calamity Club

Kathryn Stockett

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Circle of Days

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
Circe

Madeline Miller

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Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate

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The Mad Wife

Meagan Church

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A Founding Mother

Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

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Last Twilight in Paris

Pam Jenoff

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A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

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The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

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The Queens of Crime

Marie Benedict

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Boleyn Traitor

Philippa Gregory

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The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

Ariel Lawhon

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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

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Daughters of the Sun and Moon

Lisa See

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The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Marie Bostwick

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The Four Seasons

Laurel Corona

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The Paris Apartment

Kelly Bowen

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The White Princess

Philippa Gregory

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The Silo Series Collection

Hugh Howey

Fiction & Literature
Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Historical Fiction
The Postcard

Anne Berest

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Ross Poldark

Winston Graham

Historical Fiction
The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

Fiction & Literature
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Claire North

Fiction & Literature
The Book of Lost Names

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction
The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature
Lady Tremaine

Rachel Hochhauser

Fiction & Literature
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Percival Everett

Historical Fiction
Go as a River

Shelley Read

Fiction & Literature
The Intrigue

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction & Literature
The Director

Daniel Kehlmann

Historical Fiction
Emmaline

Ashli O'Connell

Historical Fiction
The Lost Girls of Paris

Pam Jenoff

Historical Fiction
Strangers in Time

David Baldacci

Historical Fiction
The Man from the Broken Hills

Louis L'Amour

Fiction & Literature
Summer of '69

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction & Literature
Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lisa See

Historical Fiction
The Sicilian Inheritance

Jo Piazza

Fiction & Literature
The Sweetness of Forgetting

Kristin Harmel

Fiction & Literature
The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

Historical Fiction
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction & Literature
All the Broken Places

John Boyne

Historical Fiction
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Colson Whitehead

Historical Fiction
Horse

Geraldine Brooks

Historical Fiction
Shōgun, Part One (The Asian Saga)

James Clavell

Historical Fiction
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

Allison Pataki

Historical Fiction
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernán Díaz

Historical Fiction
Edge of Eternity

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
The Mountains We Call Home

Kim Michele Richardson

Fiction & Literature
Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

Historical Fiction
The Lost Summers of Newport

Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White

Fiction & Literature
The Huntress

Kate Quinn

Historical Fiction
The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See

Historical Fiction
The Armor of Light

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons

Fiction & Literature
The Island Club

Nicola Harrison

Fiction & Literature
The Lost Vintage

Ann Mah

Historical Fiction
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction
The Next Ship Home

Heather Webb

Historical Fiction
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

Martha Hall Kelly

Historical Fiction
The Diamond Eye

Kate Quinn

Historical Fiction
The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club

Jojo Moyes

Fiction & Literature
Montana Territory

Charles G. West

Fiction & Literature
The Descendant

Linda Stasi

Fiction & Literature
Winter Garden

Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction
By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

Fiction & Literature
The Sunflower House

Adriana Allegri

Historical Fiction
Becoming Madam Secretary

Stephanie Dray

Fiction & Literature
Kindred

Octavia Butler

Fiction & Literature
The Berlin Wife's Vow

Marion Kummerow

Historical Fiction
All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque & Arthur Wesley Wheen

Fiction & Literature
The Shadow Network

Deborah Swift

Historical Fiction
Animal Farm

George Orwell

Fiction & Literature
I, Medusa

Ayana Gray

Historical Fiction
The Seekers

John Jakes

Historical Fiction
The Silk Code

Deborah Swift

Historical Fiction
Skylark

Paula McLain

Fiction & Literature
Sharpe's Command

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction
The Last Mrs. Parrish

Liv Constantine

Fiction & Literature
Homeland

John Jakes

Historical Fiction
The Child at the Window

Gill Thompson

Historical Fiction
A Quilt for Christmas

Sandra Dallas

Historical Fiction
The Girl Behind the Gates

Brenda Davies

Historical Fiction
America's First Daughter

Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

Historical Fiction
Twice

Mitch Albom

Fiction & Literature
The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

Historical Fiction
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Min Jin Lee

Fiction & Literature
Drums of Autumn

Diana Gabaldon

Historical Fiction
The Only Woman in the Room

Marie Benedict

Historical Fiction
A Far-flung Life

M.L. Stedman

Historical Fiction
Elisabeth

Eric Rohmer & Aaron Kerner

Fiction & Literature
Beat to Quarters

C.S. Forester

Historical Fiction
The Last Mountain Man

William W. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature
The Book of Last Letters

Kerry Barrett

Historical Fiction
Lost Souls of Leningrad

Suzanne Parry

Historical Fiction
The First Ladies

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction & Literature
Hell Hath No Fury

Charles G. West

Fiction & Literature

Popular Historical Fiction Books

Kathryn Stockett

Fiction & Literature

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction

Madeline Miller

Historical Fiction

Lisa Wingate

Historical Fiction

Meagan Church

Historical Fiction

Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

Historical Fiction

Pam Jenoff

Historical Fiction

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction & Literature

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature

Marjan Kamali

Fiction & Literature

Marie Benedict

Fiction & Literature

Philippa Gregory

Historical Fiction

Ariel Lawhon

Historical Fiction

Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction

Lisa See

Historical Fiction

Marie Bostwick

Historical Fiction

Laurel Corona

Historical Fiction

Kelly Bowen

Historical Fiction

Philippa Gregory

Historical Fiction

Hugh Howey

Fiction & Literature

Ann Patchett

Fiction & Literature

Amor Towles

Historical Fiction

Anne Berest

Historical Fiction

Winston Graham

Historical Fiction

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction

Ann Patchett

Fiction & Literature

Claire North

Fiction & Literature

Kristin Harmel

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Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature

Rachel Hochhauser

Fiction & Literature

Percival Everett

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Shelley Read

Fiction & Literature

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction & Literature

Daniel Kehlmann

Historical Fiction

Ashli O'Connell

Historical Fiction

Pam Jenoff

Historical Fiction

David Baldacci

Historical Fiction

Louis L'Amour

Fiction & Literature

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction & Literature

Lisa See