historical fiction (1,785)
Javier Cercas

Soldiers of Salamis
Javier Cercas · 2001
Sarah Waters

Fingersmith
Sarah Waters · 2002
Dan Simmons

The Terror
Dan Simmons · 2007
Eoin Colfer

Airman
Eoin Colfer · 2008
Michael Crichton

Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton · 2009
Eleanor Catton

The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton · 2013
Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
Mary Shelley

Valperga
Mary Shelley · 1823
Prosper Mérimée

A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX
Prosper Mérimée · 1829
Hendrik Conscience
De Leeuw van Vlaenderen of de Slag der Gulden Sporen
Hendrik Conscience · 1838
Arthur Conan Doyle

Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1888
Charles Nordhoff

Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Nordhoff · 1932
Richard Llewellyn

How Green Was My Valley
Richard Llewellyn · 1939
Anna Seghers

The Seventh Cross
Anna Seghers · 1942
Lao She
Four Generations under One Roof
Lao She · 1944
William Styron

The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron · 1967
Herman Wouk

The Winds of War
Herman Wouk · 1971
Laura Mancinelli

The Twelve Abbots of Challant
Laura Mancinelli · 1981
Hugo Claus

The Sorrow of Belgium
Hugo Claus · 1983
Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey · 1988
Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien · 1990
Cormac McCarthy

The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy · 1994
Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry · 1995
Amin Maalouf

Balthasar's Odyssey
Amin Maalouf · 2000
Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey · 2000
Robert Harris

Pompeii
Robert Harris · 2003
Isabel Allende

Zorro
Isabel Allende · 2005
Robert Domes
Fog in August
Robert Domes · 2008
Ian McDonald

The Dervish House
Ian McDonald · 2010
Richard Flanagan

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan · 2014
George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders · 2017
Chu Renhuo
Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Chu Renhuo · 1695
Maria Edgeworth

Castle Rackrent
Maria Edgeworth · 1800
Walter Scott
The Monastery
Walter Scott · 1820
Wilhelm Hauff

Jud Süß
Wilhelm Hauff · 1827
Mary Shelley

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
Mary Shelley · 1830
Felix Dahn

A Struggle for Rome
Felix Dahn · 1876
Muratsan
Gevorg Marzpetuni
Muratsan · 1896
Johannes V. Jensen

The Fall of the King
Johannes V. Jensen · 1901
Emilio Salgari
The King of the Sea
Emilio Salgari · 1906
Thomas Mann

Royal Highness
Thomas Mann · 1909
Rafael Sabatini
The Sea Hawk
Rafael Sabatini · 1915
Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather · 1927
William Faulkner

The Unvanquished
William Faulkner · 1938
Lin Yutang

Moment in Peking
Lin Yutang · 1939
A. J. Cronin

The Keys of the Kingdom
A. J. Cronin · 1941
Rahul Sankrityayan
Volga Se Ganga
Rahul Sankrityayan · 1943
Kathleen Winsor

Forever Amber
Kathleen Winsor · 1944