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.
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
4.3·2019·224p
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
4.6·2018·288p
Middlemarch
George Eliot
Middlemarch
George Eliot
4.0·1871·853p
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Nghi Vo
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Nghi Vo
3.9·2020·121p
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
4.5·1850·974p
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
4.1·2001·354p
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
4.0·1981·674p
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.1·2015·384p
The Terror
Dan Simmons
The Terror
Dan Simmons
4.1·2007·784p
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
3.9·2023·400p
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
4.2·2008·305p
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
4.1·1983·904p
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
3.8·2019·336p
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee
4.0·2015·0p
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
3.9·2023·309p
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
4.1·2019·192p
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
4.0·1831·510p
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
4.3·2017·532p
Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano
Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano
4.1·2023·400p
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
4.0·2023·627p
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
3.8·2013·544p
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
4.3·2003·948p
Fall of Giants
Ken Follett
Fall of Giants
Ken Follett
4.6·2005·865p
Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll
Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll
4.0·2023·400p
World Without End
Ken Follett
World Without End
Ken Follett
4.6·2007·1030p
The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
4.3·2004·384p
City of Thieves
David Benioff
City of Thieves
David Benioff
4.3·2008·258p
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield
4.0·2006·406p
The Reformatory
Tananarive Due
The Reformatory
Tananarive Due
4.4·2023·576p
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.3·2006·541p
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
4.2·2021·593p
Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson
Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson
4.0·2003·917p
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
4.1·2002·548p
The Lost Bookshop
Evie Woods
The Lost Bookshop
Evie Woods
4.0·2023·448p
The Gilded Wolves
Roshani Chokshi
The Gilded Wolves
Roshani Chokshi
3.7·2019·416p
The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
3.9·2018·327p
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.1·2019·401p
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
4.0·1996·636p
The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell
The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell
4.3·1995·448p
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon
4.3·1992·752p
