Popular Historical Fiction Books

A Well-Behaved Woman

Therese Anne Fowler

Historical Fiction
Thunder of the Mountain Man

William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature
Mistress of the Ritz

Melanie Benjamin

Historical Fiction
The Radcliffe Ladies' Reading Club

Julia Bryan Thomas

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The Orphans on the Train

Gill Thompson

Historical Fiction
The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

Ariel Lawhon

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Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lisa See

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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

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Twice

Mitch Albom

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The Briar Club

Kate Quinn

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Circle of Days

Ken Follett

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The Life & Times of Sarah Good, Accused Witch

Sandra Wagner-Wrigh

Fiction & Literature
The Guest in Room 120

Sara Ackerman

Historical Fiction
The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Marie Bostwick

Fiction & Literature
The Women

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature
Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

Historical Fiction
The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

Fiction & Literature
Tai-Pan

James Clavell

Historical Fiction
The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature
Trigger Happy

William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature
White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht

Historical Fiction
The Eagle's Claw

Jeff Shaara

Historical Fiction
The Dilemma

Sarah Hawthorn

Historical Fiction
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernán Díaz

Historical Fiction
The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Fiction & Literature
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Percival Everett

Historical Fiction
All the Broken Places

John Boyne

Historical Fiction
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction & Literature
The Director

Daniel Kehlmann

Historical Fiction
The Land in Winter

Andrew Miller

Historical Fiction
Strangers in Time

David Baldacci

Historical Fiction
The Secret Book Society

Madeline Martin

Historical Fiction
Shōgun, Part One (The Asian Saga)

James Clavell

Historical Fiction
Becoming Madam Secretary

Stephanie Dray

Fiction & Literature
Winter Garden

Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction
Go as a River

Shelley Read

Fiction & Literature
Circe

Madeline Miller

Historical Fiction
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

Allison Pataki

Historical Fiction
How to Dodge a Cannonball

Dennard Dayle

Historical Fiction
The Missing Pages

Alyson Richman

Fiction & Literature
The Book of Lost Names

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction
The Kitchen House

Kathleen Grissom

Historical Fiction
The Rarest Fruit

Gaëlle Bélem & Hildegarde Serle

Fiction & Literature
The Things We Cannot Say

Kelly Rimmer

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

Jojo Moyes

Fiction & Literature
Last Twilight in Paris

Pam Jenoff

Historical Fiction
Sandwich

Catherine Newman

Fiction & Literature
The Diamond Eye

Kate Quinn

Fiction & Literature
The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods

Fiction & Literature
The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction & Literature
The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction
The Mad Wife

Meagan Church

Historical Fiction
Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Fiction & Literature
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion

Fannie Flagg

Fiction & Literature
The Complete Jaipur Trilogy

Alka Joshi

Historical Fiction
Christmas with the Queen

Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb

Fiction & Literature
Edge of Eternity

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
Horse

Geraldine Brooks

Historical Fiction
Warlock

Oakley Hall & Robert Stone

Fiction & Literature
Winter of the World

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Min Jin Lee

Fiction & Literature
The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction
Julian Fellowes's Belgravia

Julian Fellowes

Historical Fiction
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

Fiction & Literature
The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction & Literature
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Historical Fiction
The Lost Baker of Vienna

Sharon Kurtzman

Historical Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Historical Fiction
The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

Fiction & Literature
The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

Historical Fiction
Ridgeline

Michael Punke

Historical Fiction
Rivals

Jilly Cooper

Fiction & Literature
The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles

Historical Fiction
The Only Woman in the Room

Marie Benedict

Historical Fiction
The Paris Library

Janet Skeslien Charles

Historical Fiction
The Sweetness of Forgetting

Kristin Harmel

Fiction & Literature
Unsheltered

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction & Literature
Once an Eagle

Anton Myrer

Fiction & Literature
Boleyn Traitor

Philippa Gregory

Historical Fiction
The Night of the Dog

Michael Pearce

Historical Fiction
Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Daniel Silva

Fiction & Literature
Code Name Hélène

Ariel Lawhon

Historical Fiction
The Texas Hill Country

William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

Historical Fiction
The Second Mrs. Astor

Shana Abé

Fiction & Literature
I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

Fiction & Literature
Mr. Dickens and His Carol

Samantha Silva

Historical Fiction
The Violin Maker’s Secret

Evie Woods

Fiction & Literature
The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese's Book Club

Pip Williams

Historical Fiction
The Jackal's Mistress

Chris Bohjalian

Historical Fiction
The Oceans and the Stars

Mark Helprin

Fiction & Literature
Wish You Well

David Baldacci

Historical Fiction
Fall of Giants

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction
We Were the Lucky Ones

Georgia Hunter

Historical Fiction
The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

Historical Fiction
The Flame Bearer

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction & Literature
Wilde in Love

Eloisa James

Fiction & Literature
The Nature of Fragile Things

Susan Meissner

Historical Fiction
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress

Ariel Lawhon

Historical Fiction

Popular Historical Fiction Books

Therese Anne Fowler

Historical Fiction

William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature

Melanie Benjamin

Historical Fiction

Julia Bryan Thomas

Historical Fiction

Gill Thompson

Historical Fiction

Ariel Lawhon

Historical Fiction

Lisa See

Historical Fiction

Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction

Mitch Albom

Fiction & Literature

Kate Quinn

Fiction & Literature

Ken Follett

Historical Fiction

Sandra Wagner-Wrigh

Fiction & Literature

Sara Ackerman

Historical Fiction

Marie Bostwick

Fiction & Literature

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature

Arthur Golden

Historical Fiction

Marjan Kamali

Fiction & Literature

James Clavell

Historical Fiction

Kristin Hannah

Fiction & Literature

William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

Fiction & Literature

Mary Lynn Bracht

Historical Fiction

Jeff Shaara

Historical Fiction

Sarah Hawthorn

Historical Fiction

Kristin Harmel

Historical Fiction

Hernán Díaz

Historical Fiction

Madeline Miller

Fiction & Literature

Percival Everett

Historical Fiction

John Boyne

Historical Fiction

Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction & Literature

Daniel Kehlmann

Historical Fiction

Andrew Miller

Historical Fiction

David Baldacci

Historical Fiction

Madeline Martin

Historical Fiction

James Clavell

Historical Fiction

Stephanie Dray

Fiction & Literature

Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction

Shelley Read

Fiction & Literature

Madeline Miller

Historical Fiction

Allison Pataki

Historical Fiction

Dennard Dayle