498 titles · curated
Historical Fiction
The past, walked through slowly.
Empire, intimacy, the colour of a room nobody alive remembers. Research worn lightly.
Time dial
Every era of Historical
From this year all the way back.
The whole shelf · 498 titles
The shelf
Babel
R.F. Kuang
Babel
R.F. Kuang
4.1·2022·560p
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
4.4·1993·552p
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab
4.2·2020·448p
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
3.6·1844·1276p
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
4.0·1961·443p
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
4.4·2003·401p
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
4.3·2014·531p
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
4.1·1878·864p
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
4.0·1939·496p
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.2·2019·422p
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
3.9·2004·1006p
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
4.3·2022·400p
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
3.8·1859·544p
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
4.3·1989·973p
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
4.2·1862·1711p
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
2.7·1805·838p
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
4.5·2022·560p
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
4.3·2016·512p
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
4.1·2020·352p
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
4.2·1997·435p
Perfume
Patrick Süskind
Perfume
Patrick Süskind
4.0·1985·0p
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
4.1·1980·556p
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
4.1·1989·245p
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
4.1·2021·128p
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
4.6·1985·866p
James
Percival Everett
James
Percival Everett
4.4·2024·320p
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.0·2021·369p
The Wager
David Grann
The Wager
David Grann
4.2·2023·352p
Shōgun
James Clavell
Shōgun
James Clavell
4.4·1975·1125p
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
4.1·2000·306p
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
4.2·2020·320p
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
3.8·1958·185p
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
4.3·1936·976p
The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner
The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner
3.8·2021·320p
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
4.0·2006·215p
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
3.8·1929·352p
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
4.0·1940·484p
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
3.7·1857·256p
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
3.9·2009·559p
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
4.2·1998·576p
