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Good Historical Fiction Books That Bring History to Life

Live through the drama, passion, and intrigue of bygone eras. These meticulously researched novels bring history to life with rich settings, complex characters, and stories that reveal how the past still echoes in our lives today. You’ll find both escapism and a deeper understanding of where we come from.

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The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin, #1)
19min17,734 ratings

The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin, #1)

by Agatha Christie

The Crown (The Selection, #5)
34min318,703 ratings

The Crown (The Selection, #5)

by Kiera Cass

Master of the Game
26min60,536 ratings

Master of the Game

by Sidney Sheldon

The Known World
36min45,431 ratings

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones

The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)
28min33,937 ratings

The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)

by Paullina Simons

The Goblin Emperor
29min12,081 ratings

The Goblin Emperor

by Katherine Addison

Grant
31min295 ratings

Grant

by Ron Chernow

The Song of Achilles
31min48,003 ratings

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

Bones of the Hills (Conqueror, #3)
25min22,791 ratings

Bones of the Hills (Conqueror, #3)

by Conn Iggulden

Of Mice and Men
29min2,862,333 ratings

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

Ball Four
29min21,251 ratings

Ball Four

by Jim Bouton

The Guns of August
35min85,381 ratings

The Guns of August

by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
35min81,655 ratings

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
28min235,007 ratings

Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

by Hilary Mantel

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
36min7,130 ratings

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

The Kashmir Shawl
34min10,561 ratings

The Kashmir Shawl

by Rosie Thomas

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
27min2,753,240 ratings

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

by George R.R. Martin

A Thousand Splendid Suns
24min1,754,218 ratings

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

Azincourt
30min32,088 ratings

Azincourt

by Bernard Cornwell

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
27min16,101 ratings

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

by George MacDonald Fraser

For Whom the Bell Tolls
30min198,022 ratings

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

Water for Elephants
33min1,082,952 ratings

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

White Teeth
34min176,268 ratings

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

Drawn
31min192 ratings

Drawn

by Marie Lamba

March: Book One (March, #1)
28min21,092 ratings

March: Book One (March, #1)

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
18min5,062 ratings

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

by Randall Munroe

Happily Ever After
25min81,200 ratings

Happily Ever After

by Kiera Cass

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
25min24,496 ratings

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)

by Julia Quinn

Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)
30min302,848 ratings

Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

Black Hawk Down
35min69,349 ratings

Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden

The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3)
38min1,366 ratings

The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3)

by Pat Barker

The Bonfire of the Vanities
25min666 ratings

The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe

The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)
25min28,560 ratings

The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)

by T.H. White

Here, There Be Dragons (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #1)
27min239 ratings

Here, There Be Dragons (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #1)

by James A. Owen

Tough Trip Through Paradise, 1878-1879
35min158 ratings

Tough Trip Through Paradise, 1878-1879

by Andrew Garcia, Bennett H. Stein

Tempest at Dawn
32min306 ratings

Tempest at Dawn

by James D. Best

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop, #2)
28min2,169 ratings

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop, #2)

by Jenny Colgan

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
30min7,777 ratings

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

by Hampton Sides

Before the Poison
28min3,878 ratings

Before the Poison

by Peter Robinson

Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
29min2,036 ratings

Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

by Julia Fox

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
35min4,912 ratings

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

by Gillian Gill

The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House
33min99 ratings

The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House

by Daniel Mark Epstein

The Forgotten Soldier
28min6,108 ratings

The Forgotten Soldier

by Guy Sajer

Programming Windows
40min192 ratings

Programming Windows

by Charles Petzold

War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
36min261 ratings

War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier

by John F. Ross

Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)
23min21,045 ratings

Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)

by Paullina Simons

Here Lies Arthur
30min1,693 ratings

Here Lies Arthur

by Philip Reeve

The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence
31min318 ratings

The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence

by Robert Klara

I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.
23min1,322 ratings

I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.

by David Thorne

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
14min715 ratings

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War

by T.J. Stiles

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
28min1,485 ratings

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories

by Edward P. Jones

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
30min651 ratings

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

by T.J. Stiles

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg
37min1,196 ratings

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg

by James M. McPherson

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
31min4,277 ratings

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
30min203,559 ratings

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

by Chinua Achebe

The Diary of a Young Girl
25min2,028,299 ratings

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank, Eleanor Roosevelt, B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday

The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
30min6,444 ratings

The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

by Jake Tapper

A Density of Souls
31min9,357 ratings

A Density of Souls

by Christopher Rice

The Book Thief
33min1,193,697 ratings

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

Uncle Tom's Cabin
30min633 ratings

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2)
30min43,983 ratings

Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2)

by Ransom Riggs

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)
36min29,984 ratings

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)

by Melina Marchetta

The Wolf Road
30min7,149 ratings

The Wolf Road

by Beth Lewis

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
31min101,432 ratings

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

John Adams
37min223,171 ratings

John Adams

by David McCullough

No Man's Land
26min1,308 ratings

No Man's Land

by Simon Tolkien

Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend
38min2,311 ratings

Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

by James I. Robertson Jr.

River of Destiny
38min2,628 ratings

River of Destiny

by Barbara Erskine

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
30min254 ratings

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

by David McCullough

Beloved
30min238,038 ratings

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
35min19,341 ratings

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

by Antony Beevor

Of Mice and Men
32min1,495,516 ratings

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
50min22,427 ratings

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman

American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1)
26min39,004 ratings

American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1)

by Philip Roth

Their Eyes Were Watching God
36min184,282 ratings

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
37min717 ratings

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
4min119,470 ratings

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa

Empire Falls
32min91,773 ratings

Empire Falls

by Richard Russo

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
32min3,221 ratings

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)

by Sarah J. Maas

The Notebook
24min1,064,723 ratings

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

The Forgotten Seamstress
31min8,256 ratings

The Forgotten Seamstress

by Liz Trenow

As I Lay Dying
34min105,220 ratings

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
32min7,778 ratings

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

by Elizabeth Letts

The Complete Persepolis
30min73,851 ratings

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris, Anjali Singh

Homage to Catalonia
35min23,122 ratings

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell, Lionel Trilling

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
32min19,942 ratings

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S.C. Gwynne

An Almond for a Parrot
27min2,502 ratings

An Almond for a Parrot

by Wray Delaney

The Remains of the Day
27min110,370 ratings

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
27min95,449 ratings

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson, Rod Bradbury

Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2)
31min8,254 ratings

Royal Flash (The Flashman Papers, #2)

by George MacDonald Fraser

Mudbound
36min44,222 ratings

Mudbound

by Hillary Jordan

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
30min175,173 ratings

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

by Libba Bray

Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)
33min12,505 ratings

Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)

by Bernard Cornwell

The Kitchen House
23min172,233 ratings

The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom

The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
31min41,917 ratings

The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr., Linda Antonsson

The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)
21min32,661 ratings

The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)

by Camilla Lackberg, Tiina Nunnally

Tully
14min11,826 ratings

Tully

by Paullina Simons

The God of Small Things
32min328,662 ratings

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
29min2,383 ratings

And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)

by Kiersten White

Flags of Our Fathers
35min429 ratings

Flags of Our Fathers

by James D. Bradley, Ron Powers

John Adams
39min1,637 ratings

John Adams

by David McCullough

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
42min504,961 ratings

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

The Tea Rose (#1)
31min40,918 ratings

The Tea Rose (#1)

by Jennifer Donnelly

Snow Falling on Cedars
37min134,689 ratings

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

My Sister's Secret
26min8,605 ratings

My Sister's Secret

by Tracy Buchanan

Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults
34min359 ratings

Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults

by Cheryl B. Klein

The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)
33min33,765 ratings

The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)

by Philippa Gregory

Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol His Life in Photographs
27min14 ratings

Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol His Life in Photographs

by Donna L. Hill

Outliers: The Story of Success
40min872,608 ratings

Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell