historical fiction (144)
Mika Waltari

The Egyptian
Mika Waltari · 1945
Markus Zusak

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · 2006
James Clavell

Shōgun
James Clavell · 1975
Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde · 1887
Marguerite Yourcenar

Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar · 1951
Walter Scott

Waverley
Walter Scott · 1814
Pierre Boulle

The Bridge over the River Kwai
Pierre Boulle · 1952
Ismail Kadare

The General of the Dead Army
Ismail Kadare · 1963
José Saramago

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
José Saramago · 1991
Sofi Oksanen

Purge
Sofi Oksanen · 2008
Günter Grass

Crabwalk
Günter Grass · 2002
Walter Scott

Quentin Durward
Walter Scott · 1823
Alexandra Ripley

Scarlett
Alexandra Ripley · 1991
Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead · 2016
Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen · 2006
Nadine Gordimer

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer · 1979
Ken Follett

Winter of the World
Ken Follett · 2012
Willa Cather

O Pioneers!
Willa Cather · 1913
Halldór Laxness

Iceland's Bell
Halldór Laxness · 1943
Donna Woolfolk Cross

Pope Joan
Donna Woolfolk Cross · 1996
Lloyd C. Douglas

The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas · 1942
Lois Lowry

Number the Stars
Lois Lowry · 1989
Jean M. Auel

The Plains of Passage
Jean M. Auel · 1990
Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah · 2015
Uladzimir Karatkievich
Ears of Rye Under Your Sickle
Uladzimir Karatkievich · 1965
Thomas Pynchon

Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon · 1997
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Tiger
Bernard Cornwell · 1997
Thomas Hardy

The Trumpet-Major
Thomas Hardy · 1880
Jaan Kross
Between Three Plagues
Jaan Kross · 1970
Bryce Courtenay

The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay · 1989
Andreï Makine

Dreams of My Russian Summers
Andreï Makine · 1995
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Fortress
Bernard Cornwell · 1998
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Triumph
Bernard Cornwell · 1998
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Trafalgar
Bernard Cornwell · 2000
Diana Gabaldon

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon · 2005
Anna Ziegler

Photograph 51
Anna Ziegler · 2008
Stephen King

1922
Stephen King · 2010
Yury Tynyanov
Lieutenant Kijé
Yury Tynyanov · 1930
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Prey
Bernard Cornwell · 2001
Diana Gabaldon

The Fiery Cross
Diana Gabaldon · 2001
C. J. Sansom

Dissolution
C. J. Sansom · 2003
Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Havoc
Bernard Cornwell · 2003
Rafael Ábalos
Grimpow. The Invisible Road
Rafael Ábalos · 2005
Adalbert Stifter

Witiko
Adalbert Stifter · 1865
Patrick O'Brian

HMS Surprise
Patrick O'Brian · 1973
James A. Michener

Chesapeake
James A. Michener · 1978
Eva Ibbotson

A Countess Below Stairs
Eva Ibbotson · 1981
Pat Barker

Regeneration
Pat Barker · 1991