Historical

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.

Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in histor
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Blood on Her Tongue
One Good Thing
The Antidote
The Girl from Greenwich Street
The Jackal's Mistress
The Hymn to Dionysus
A Map to Paradise
The Paris Express
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates #1)
The Women on Platform Two
O Sinners!
The Trouble with Anna
The Boxcar Librarian
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
Lessons in Chemistry
The Four Winds
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
His Forefathers and Mick 2nd Edition
American Housewife
The Rose Bargain
Deep Cuts
Every Precious and Fragile Thing
When the World Fell Silent
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
A Calamity of Souls
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
The Cliffs
Long Island Compromise
A Map to Paradise
Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. MaxwellThe Marriage Bargain by Jennifer ProbstVanilla on Top by C.J. EllissonRules of Entanglement by Gina L. MaxwellProtecting What's His by Tessa Bailey
Entangled Books
446 books — 385 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,083 books — 25,193 voters

Magenta by John Payton FodenThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDiplomats & Admirals by Dale A. Jenkins
History Books - Fact and Fiction
1,262 books — 352 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThoughtless by S.C. StephensBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Best Adult Romance Series
136 books — 321 voters

Worth the Fall by Claudia ConnorSeduction and Snacks by Tara SivecSmooth Talking Stranger by Lisa KleypasNever Too Far by Abbi GlinesLaw Man by Kristen Ashley
Children In Romance
398 books — 314 voters
Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick DaltonThe Witch's Heart by Genevieve GornichecThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe Kindest Lie by Nancy    JohnsonHall of Smoke by H.M. Long
2021 Debuts - Adult
270 books — 482 voters

The Book Thief
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
All the Light We Cannot See
The Song of Achilles
Pride & Prejudice
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Nightingale
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)

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