Historical Fiction Lovers

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This is a list consisting of historical fiction books. My explanations include the setting (time period and location) of the book. Please do not add books written in the author's own lifetime as HF. For example, "Pride & Prejudice" is not historical fiction. Happy reading!
1
La lladre de llibres
de Markus Zusak
44,882 membres
2,126 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: WWII Germany.
2
Dissolution
de C. J. Sansom
4,181 membres
196 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1537 England
3
Outlander
de Diana Gabaldon
23,791 membres
987 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1743 Scotland.
4
La Casa de Riverton
de Kate Morton
5,430 membres
249 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1900's England and World War I
5
El noi del pijama de ratlles
de John Boyne
14,979 membres
853 ressenyes
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: WWII, probably Auschwitz although the camp is never specifically identified in the book.
6
Madame Tussaud
de Michelle Moran
1,042 membres
96 ressenyes
4
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1700's France and the French Revolution
7
Alias Grace
de Margaret Atwood
11,858 membres
259 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1843 Upper Canada (present day Ontario).
8
The Sunne in Splendour
de Sharon Kay Penman
2,382 membres
76 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1400's England during the reign of Edward IV
9
Doomsday Book
de Connie Willis
7,971 membres
375 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Time-travel book, much of the plot set in 1320 in the Oxford area of England.
10
The Midwife's Revolt
de Jodi Daynard
240 membres
22 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1770's Massachusetts, USA, Revolutionary War
11
Regeneration
de Pat Barker
4,506 membres
113 ressenyes
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Edinburgh WWI military hospital for soldiers suffering from shell shock.
12
L'autèntica història dels Kelly
de Peter Carey
4,238 membres
79 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Mid-19th century Australia.
13
Small Island
de Andrea Levy
3,998 membres
140 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1948 Jamaican diaspora to Britain.
14
A Morbid Taste for Bones
de Ellis Peters
3,941 membres
103 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Series takes place in Western England in the period 1135-1145.
15
A Town Like Alice
de Nevil Shute
3,744 membres
140 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: WWII Malaya (present day Malaysia) and post-WWII Northern Territory of Australia.
16
The Far Pavilions
de M. M. Kaye
2,389 membres
68 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 19th century India under the British Raj.
17
A Brief History of Seven Killings
de Marlon James
2,869 membres
108 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 Jamaica.
18
Inés of My Soul
de Isabel Allende
2,624 membres
90 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 16th century Chile and Peru.
19
La Bíblia de l'arbre del verí
de Barbara Kingsolver
26,258 membres
501 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1960's Congo
20
The Midwife of Venice
de Roberta Rich
632 membres
47 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1575 Venice, Italy
21
The Praise Singer
de Mary Renault
860 membres
17 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Ancient Greece
22
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
de Michael Chabon
2,915 membres
141 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 10th Century Middle East
23
Cold Sassy Tree
de Olive Ann Burns
4,148 membres
86 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: a small town in 1906 Georgia, USA
24
Affinity
de Sarah Waters
3,340 membres
129 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1874 London, England
25
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
de Margaret Atwood
5,879 membres
257 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Ancient Greece
26
The Ninth Daughter
de Barbara Hamilton
272 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1773 Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Revolutionary War
27
The Queen of the Night
de Alexander Chee
985 membres
47 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1800's Paris, France
28
Daughter of Fortune
de Isabel Allende
8,735 membres
192 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1840s, set in both Chile and in California during the Gold Rush.
29
Dragon's Lair
de Sharon Kay Penman
838 membres
14 ressenyes
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 14th Century Wales
30
The Lords of the North
de Bernard Cornwell
2,702 membres
51 ressenyes
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 878 A.D. Britain
31
The Thief-Taker
de T. F. Banks
198 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1815 London, England
32
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
de Christopher Paul Curtis
7,453 membres
397 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
33
The Marsh King's Daughter
de Elizabeth Chadwick
285 membres
9 ressenyes
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 13th Century England
34
The Talisman Ring
de Georgette Heyer
1,562 membres
48 ressenyes
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1800's England
35
L'Última trobada
de Sándor Márai
3,967 membres
145 ressenyes
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1940's Hungary and Austria
36
The Typewriter Girl
de Alison Atlee
185 membres
7 ressenyes
3
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1800's England
37
Devil's Consort
de Anne O'Brien
110 membres
6 ressenyes
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: medieval France and England
38
Alice I Have Been: A Novel
de Melanie Benjamin
1,580 membres
150 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1800's and 1900's England, partially set in World War I
39
The Secret River
de Kate Grenville
2,797 membres
130 ressenyes
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 19th century Australia in a camp for transported prisoners.
40
Burr
de Gore Vidal
2,371 membres
52 ressenyes
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1700's and 1800's America, Revolutionary War
41
Beautiful Lies
de Clare Clark
146 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1887 England
42
Burial Rites
de Hannah Kent
3,606 membres
273 ressenyes
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: Rural Iceland, 1829.
43
The Stranger's Child
de Alan Hollinghurst
1,627 membres
77 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1900's England and World War I
44
A Respectable Trade
de Philippa Gregory
917 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1787 Bristol, England
45
Memorial del convent
de José Saramago
2,462 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 18th century Portugal during the construction of the Convent of Mafra.
46
Freud's Mistress
de Karen Mack
276 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: late 1800's Austria and Germany
47
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
de Anton DiSclafani
901 membres
78 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1930 America during the Great Depression - mainly set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
48
The Sandcastle Girls
de Chris Bohjalian
1,470 membres
150 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1915 Syria.
49
The Passions of Dr. Darcy
de Sharon Lathan
34 membres
3
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 18th Century England and British India
50
The Reckoning
de Sharon Kay Penman
1,355 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: medieval Wales and England
51
The Long Song
de Andrea Levy
1,316 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 19th century Jamaica on a sugarcane plantation.
52
Homegoing
de Yaa Gyasi
5,592 membres
277 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 19th century Ghana.
53
Besar el vellut
de Sarah Waters
5,102 membres
147 ressenyes
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 19th Century England
54
A Beautiful Place to Die
de Malla Nunn
555 membres
39 ressenyes
4
Member
ahef1963
Explicacions
ahef1963: 1950s South Africa.
55
A White Room
de Stephanie Carroll
44 membres
9 ressenyes
4.2
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1901 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
56
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
de Therese Anne Fowler
1,839 membres
92 ressenyes
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1920's and 1930's America and France, from Alabama to Paris
57
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
de Sarah Dunant
998 membres
99 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Renaissance Italy and the Borgia family
58
1066: What Fates Impose
de G.K. Holloway
25 membres
7 ressenyes
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1066 England leading up to the Battle of Hastings
59
The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart
de Jesse Bullington
524 membres
27 ressenyes
3.2
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: medieval England and Germany
60
The Darling Strumpet
de Gillian Bagwell
187 membres
24 ressenyes
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 17th Century England in the court of Charles II
61
Medicus
de Ruth Downie
1,264 membres
70 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Roman Empire and Roman Britain
62
Conquistadora
de Esmeralda Santiago
351 membres
20 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: a plantation in 19th Century Puerto Rico
63
Something Dangerous
de Penny Vincenzi
475 membres
7 ressenyes
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1930's and 1940's England, and World War II
64
The Anatomist
de Federico Andahazi
616 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Renaissance Padua, Italy
65
The Road to Wellville
de T.C. Boyle
1,674 membres
35 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1907 Michigan, USA
66
Sacred Hearts
de Sarah Dunant
1,610 membres
127 ressenyes
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1570 Ferrara, Italy
67
The Captive of Kensington Palace
de Jean Plaidy
172 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 19th Century England
68
Rivals in the Tudor Court
de D.L. Bogdan
98 membres
13 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Tudor England
69
The Sweet Smell of Decay
de Paul Lawrence
108 membres
1 ressenya
3.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1664 London, England
70
The Nature of Monsters
de Clare Clark
686 membres
23 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1718 London, England
71
The Solitary House
de Lynn Shepherd
416 membres
45 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1850 London, England
72
The Cloud Sketcher
de Richard Rayner
229 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1900's Finland and New York, USA
73
Scandalmonger
de William Safire
405 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1790's USA - central cities in the book are Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Virginia
74
No One Is Here Except All of Us
de Ramona Ausubel
402 membres
36 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1940's Russia and Romania, partially set during World War II
75
From the Mouth of the Whale
de Sjón
410 membres
30 ressenyes
3.2
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1635 Iceland
76
The Last Brother
de Nathacha Appanah
347 membres
41 ressenyes
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: World War II Mauritania
77
Ali and Nino
de Kurban Said
955 membres
48 ressenyes
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan during World War I
78
The Last Nude
de Ellis Avery
357 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1920's Paris, France
79
The Burning Times
de Jeanne Kalogridis
437 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1357 France during the Hundred Year's War
80
The White
de Deborah Larsen
450 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 18th Century Pennsylvania, USA
81
Sayonara
de James A. Michener
597 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1950's Japan after World War II
82
Winter in Madrid
de C. J. Sansom
2,024 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1940's Madrid, Spain during World War II
83
La Professora de piano
de Janice Y. K. Lee
2,235 membres
116 ressenyes
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1940's - 1950's China and Hong Kong, partially set during World War II
84
An Imperfect Lens: A Novel
de Anne Roiphe
86 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1883 Alexandria, Egypt
85
Tides of War
de Steven Pressfield
937 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: 1812 Spain and England during the Napoleonic Wars
86
Lionheart
de Sharon Kay Penman
901 membres
55 ressenyes
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: the Crusades - 1189 France, Italy, Israel, and Cyprus
87
The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
de Pamela Kaufman
455 membres
15 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explicacions
jordantaylor: medieval England and France during the reign and lifetime of Eleanor of Aquitaine
88
Birdsong
de Sebastian Faulks
6,092 membres
156 ressenyes
4
Member
ahef1963,
Explicacions
ahef1963: Front line at Amiens during the First World War.