historical fiction (1,785)
Mika Waltari

The Dark Angel
Mika Waltari · 1952
Khushwant Singh

Train to Pakistan
Khushwant Singh · 1956
Edgar Hilsenrath

The Story of the Last Thought
Edgar Hilsenrath · 1989
Amin Maalouf

The Gardens of Light
Amin Maalouf · 1991
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Captain Alatriste
Arturo Pérez-Reverte · 1996
Mario Puzo

The Family
Mario Puzo · 2001
Jean M. Auel

The Shelters of Stone
Jean M. Auel · 2002
E. L. Doctorow

The March
E. L. Doctorow · 2005
Bernard Cornwell

The Pale Horseman
Bernard Cornwell · 2005
Thomas Pynchon

Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon · 2006
John Irving

Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving · 2009
Seth Grahame-Smith

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith · 2010
Ken Follett

Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett · 2014
Ken Follett

The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett · 2020
Alexandre Dumas

Georges
Alexandre Dumas · 1843
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Prince Serebrenni
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy · 1862
Raffi
David Bek
Raffi · 1882
Howard Pyle

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle · 1883
Robert Louis Stevenson

Weir of Hermiston
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1896
Thomas Dixon Jr.

The Clansman
Thomas Dixon Jr. · 1905
Mikheil Javakhishvili
Arsena of Marabda
Mikheil Javakhishvili · 1933
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1933
Michel Tournier

The Erl-King
Michel Tournier · 1970
Gary Jennings

Aztec
Gary Jennings · 1980
Gore Vidal

Creation
Gore Vidal · 1981
Robert Silverberg

Gilgamesh the King
Robert Silverberg · 1984
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Wandering Star
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio · 1992
Diana Gabaldon

Voyager
Diana Gabaldon · 1993
Bernard Cornwell

The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell · 1995
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Priestess of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley · 2000
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Ancestors of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley · 2004
Andrzej Sapkowski

Lux perpetua
Andrzej Sapkowski · 2006
Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer · 2008
Philippa Gregory

The White Queen
Philippa Gregory · 2009
Youssef Ziedan
Azazeel
Youssef Ziedan · 2009
Pierre Lemaitre

The Great Swindle
Pierre Lemaitre · 2013
Robert Harris

An Officer and a Spy
Robert Harris · 2013
Éric Vuillard

The Order of the Day
Éric Vuillard · 2017
Min Jin Lee

Pachinko
Min Jin Lee · 2017
Ryōtarō Shiba
Saka no Ue no Kumo
Ryōtarō Shiba
Alexandre Dumas

The Knight of Sainte-Hermine
Alexandre Dumas · 1869
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Devi Chaudhurani
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee · 1884
C. V. Raman Pillai

Marthandavarma
C. V. Raman Pillai · 1891
Pierre Louÿs
Aphrodite: mœurs antiques
Pierre Louÿs · 1896
Eduard Vilde
The Mahtra War
Eduard Vilde · 1902
Dimitar Talev
The Iron Candlestick
Dimitar Talev · 1952
Sven Hassel
The Legion of the Damned
Sven Hassel · 1953
Leo Perutz

By night under the stone bridge
Leo Perutz · 1953