historical fiction (1,785)
James Clavell

King Rat
James Clavell · 1962
Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Earth of Mankind
Pramoedya Ananta Toer · 1980
Jean M. Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel · 1980
José Saramago

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago · 1982
Daniel Defoe

The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe · 1719
George Eliot

Adam Bede
George Eliot · 1859
Géza Gárdonyi
Eclipse of the Crescent Moon
Géza Gárdonyi · 1901
William Faulkner

Soldiers' Pay
William Faulkner · 1926
Stefan Zweig

Buchmendel
Stefan Zweig · 1929
Pär Lagerkvist

The Dwarf
Pär Lagerkvist · 1944
Alexander Fadeyev

The Young Guard
Alexander Fadeyev · 1946
Alejo Carpanter

The Kingdom of this World
Alejo Carpanter · 1949
Fannie Flagg

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fannie Flagg · 1987
Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon · 1992
David Diop

Frère d'âme
David Diop · 2018
Madeline Miller

Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
Walter Scott

The Heart of Midlothian
Walter Scott · 1818
James Fenimore Cooper

The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea
James Fenimore Cooper · 1840
Alexandre Dumas

Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Alexandre Dumas · 1846
George Eliot

Romola
George Eliot · 1862
Arthur Conan Doyle

The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1891
H. Rider Haggard

Montezuma's Daughter
H. Rider Haggard · 1893
Krste Misirkov
On Macedonian Matters
Krste Misirkov · 1903
Jack London

Burning Daylight
Jack London · 1910
Liviu Rebreanu

Forest of the Hanged
Liviu Rebreanu · 1922
Irving Stone

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Irving Stone · 1961
Augusto Roa Bastos

I the Supreme
Augusto Roa Bastos · 1974
Tim Powers

On Stranger Tides
Tim Powers · 1987
Toni Morrison

Jazz
Toni Morrison · 1992
Bryan Sykes

The Seven Daughters of Eve
Bryan Sykes · 2001
José Saramago

Cain
José Saramago · 2009
Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel · 2012
Walter Scott
The Antiquary
Walter Scott · 1816
Walter Scott
The Pirate
Walter Scott · 1822
Khachatur Abovian
Wounds of Armenia
Khachatur Abovian · 1858
H. Rider Haggard

Cleopatra
H. Rider Haggard · 1889
Robert Louis Stevenson

Catriona
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1893
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1906
John Steinbeck

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
John Steinbeck · 1929
Hermann Broch

The Death of Virgil
Hermann Broch · 1945
Rosemary Sutcliff

The Eagle of the Ninth
Rosemary Sutcliff · 1954
Lion Feuchtwanger

Die Jüdin von Toledo
Lion Feuchtwanger · 1955
רולף הוכהוט

The Deputy
רולף הוכהוט · 1963
Michael Crichton

The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton · 1975
E. L. Doctorow

Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow · 1975
Katherine Neville

The Eight
Katherine Neville · 1988
J. M. Coetzee

The Master of Petersburg
J. M. Coetzee · 1994
Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood · 1996