Historical fiction

Loved by 34 people

The Nightingale

By Kristin Hannah ,

Loved by 28 people

My Brilliant Friend

By Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein (translator) ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Loved by 22 people

Pachinko

By Min Jin Lee ,

Loved by 20 people

11/22/63

By Stephen King ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Loved by 19 people

Lincoln in the Bardo

By George Saunders ,

Loved by 19 people

The War of the Worlds

By H.G. Wells ,

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Rathuun

Loved by 18 people

Life After Life

By Kate Atkinson ,

Loved by 18 people

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain , Jenny Sánchez (editor) ,

Loved by 18 people

Homegoing

By Yaa Gyasi ,

Loved by 18 people

The Dutch House

By Ann Patchett ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Rathuun

The Golden Land

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Loved by 13 people

Homage to Catalonia

By George Orwell ,

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Rathuun

The Golden Land

Loved by 13 people

Murder on the Orient Express

By Agatha Christie ,

Rathuun

The Golden Land

Loved by 13 people

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

By Mark Sullivan ,

Loved by 13 people

Les Miserables

By Victor Hugo , Jillian Tamaki (illustrator) , Christine Donougher (translator)

Loved by 12 people

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By Stuart Turton ,

Loved by 12 people

The Underground Railroad

By Colson Whitehead ,

Rathuun

The Golden Land

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Rathuun

The Golden Land

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Loved by 12 people

Wide Sargasso Sea

By Jean Rhys ,

Loved by 12 people

This Tender Land

By William Kent Krueger ,

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Loved by 11 people

Code Name Verity

By Elizabeth Wein ,

Loved by 11 people

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

By Kim Michele Richardson ,

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Loved by 11 people

The Golem and the Jinni

By Helene Wecker ,

The Golden Land

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Loved by 11 people

The Snow Child

By Eowyn Ivey ,

Loved by 11 people

The Weight of Ink

By Rachel Kadish ,

Loved by 10 people

The Invention of Wings

By Sue Monk Kidd ,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Loved by 10 people

News of the World

By Paulette Jiles ,

Loved by 10 people

The Alice Network

By Kate Quinn ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

These Empty Places

The Golden Promise of Cripple Creek

Fried Chicken Castañeda

Rathuun

The Golden Land

We Are Made

By John Ludlam ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Ancient Evenings

Loved by 10 people

The Silence of the Girls

By Pat Barker ,

Loved by 10 people

Beautiful Ruins

By Jess Walter ,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

Loved by 9 people

The Island of Doctor Moreau

By H.G. Wells ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

Loved by 9 people

Before We Were Yours

By Lisa Wingate ,

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

Loved by 8 people

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

By Heather Morris ,

Plow

By Saz Keukan,

Hemingway's Goblet

By Dermot Ross ,

Katy: The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Loved by 8 people

The Signature of All Things

By Elizabeth Gilbert ,

Loved by 8 people

The Cold Cold Ground

By Adrian McKinty ,

Loved by 8 people

Just One Damned Thing After Another

By Jodi Taylor ,

Loved by 8 people

The False Prince

By Jennifer A. Nielsen ,

Loved by 8 people

Beyond the Bright Sea

By Lauren Wolk ,

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Ancient Evenings

Loved by 8 people

Mrs. Dalloway

By Virginia Woolf ,

Loved by 8 people

The Heart's Invisible Furies

By John Boyne ,

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Ancient Evenings

Loved by 8 people

The Night Diary

By Veera Hiranandani ,

Loved by 8 people

An Ember in the Ashes

By Sabaa Tahir ,

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Ancient Evenings

Jurassic Girl

Loved by 8 people

The Water Dancer

By Ta-Nehisi Coates ,

Loved by 7 people

Bring Up the Bodies

By Hilary Mantel ,

Ancient Evenings

Jurassic Girl

Loved by 7 people

The Eagle of the Ninth

By Rosemary Sutcliff ,

Loved by 7 people

Matterhorn

By Karl Marlantes ,

Loved by 7 people

Euphoria

By Lily King ,

Loved by 7 people

The Light Between Oceans

By M.L. Stedman ,

The Losing Role

A Haunting at Venus Bay

The Woman and Her Stars

By Penny Haw ,

Serpent Visions

Ancient Evenings

Jurassic Girl

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Loved by 7 people

Ghost Boys

By Jewell Parker Rhodes ,

Jurassic Girl

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Loved by 7 people

Dread Nation

By Justina Ireland ,

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Loved by 7 people

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

By Madeleine Thien ,

Loved by 7 people

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

By Richard Flanagan ,

Loved by 7 people

Rules of Civility

By Amor Towles ,

Jurassic Girl

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Loved by 7 people

The Giver of Stars

By Jojo Moyes ,

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Ancient Evenings

Jurassic Girl

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Congress's Cryptographer

Loved by 6 people

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By David Mitchell ,

Loved by 6 people

Confessions of the Fox

By Jordy Rosenberg ,

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Loved by 6 people

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

By Claire North ,

Loved by 6 people

The Night Gardener

By Jonathan Auxier ,

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Congress's Cryptographer

Loved by 6 people

It Can't Happen Here

By Sinclair Lewis ,

Loved by 6 people

Grave Mercy

By Robin LaFevers ,

Loved by 6 people

Doctor Zhivago

By Boris Pasternak , Richard Pevear (translator) , Larissa Volokhonsky

Loved by 6 people

To the Bright Edge of the World

By Eowyn Ivey ,

Congress's Cryptographer

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

Loved by 6 people

City of Girls

By Elizabeth Gilbert ,

Loved by 6 people

Ordinary Grace

By William Kent Krueger ,

Loved by 6 people

Once Upon a River

By Diane Setterfield ,

Loved by 6 people

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

By Jonas Jonasson ,

Congress's Cryptographer

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Loved by 6 people

Conclave

By Robert Harris ,

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Loved by 5 people

The Huntress

By Kate Quinn ,

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Congress's Cryptographer

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

Loved by 5 people

The Long Ships

By Frans G. Bengtsson , Michael Meyer (translator) ,

Loved by 5 people

Machines Like Me

By Ian McEwan ,

Loved by 5 people

The Nickel Boys

By Colson Whitehead ,

Loved by 5 people

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

By Hiro Arikawa , Philip Gabriel (translator) ,

Loved by 5 people

Orphan Train

By Christina Baker Kline ,

Jurassic Girl

A Most Improper Summer

The Last Whaler

Fables & Lies

Catching It Lovely

Congress's Cryptographer

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Loved by 5 people

The Alexandria Quartet

By Lawrence Durrell ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Loved by 5 people

The War That Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ,

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Loved by 5 people

Things in Jars

By Jess Kidd ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

Loved by 5 people

Brown Girl Dreaming

By Jacqueline Woodson ,

Loved by 5 people

Etiquette & Espionage

By Gail Carriger ,

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Congress's Cryptographer

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

The Bootlegger's Betrayal

Crossing

Night Terminus

By Ellis Scott ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Loved by 5 people

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By Stuart Turton ,

Loved by 5 people

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

By Avi ,

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Loved by 5 people

Remarkable Creatures

By Tracy Chevalier ,

Loved by 5 people

Circling the Sun

By Paula McLain ,

Loved by 5 people

Salt to the Sea

By Ruta Sepetys ,

War and Preservation

Lady of the Quay

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Loved by 5 people

Seraphina

By Rachel Hartman ,

Loved by 5 people

How to Stop Time

By Matt Haig ,

A Small Compass

By Cinda Gault ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Loved by 5 people

The Essex Serpent

By Sarah Perry ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Loved by 5 people

Killing Commendatore

By Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel (translator) , Ted Goossen (translator)

Loved by 5 people

The Paris Wife

By Paula McLain ,

Loved by 5 people

Barkskins

By Annie Proulx ,

Loved by 5 people

Magpie Murders

By Anthony Horowitz ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Lake Song

City of the Muse

By Kate Hilton ,

Loved by 5 people

The Fountains of Silence

By Ruta Sepetys ,

Loved by 5 people

The Zone of Interest

By Martin Amis ,

Lake Song

City of the Muse

By Kate Hilton ,

Loved by 4 people

Lilac Girls

By Martha Hall Kelly ,

Loved by 4 people

The Island of Sea Women

By Lisa See ,

Lake Song

City of the Muse

By Kate Hilton ,

Margery and Me

Loved by 4 people

The Paying Guests

By Sarah Waters ,

Loved by 4 people

America's First Daughter

By Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie ,

Wheel Man

Upon the Corner of the Moon

Lake Song

City of the Muse

By Kate Hilton ,

Margery and Me

Written in Blood

By Fiona Forsyth ,

Abandoning the Script

By Linda Rosen ,

Loved by 4 people

A Brief History of Seven Killings

By Marlon James ,

Loved by 4 people

American Spy

By Lauren Wilkinson ,

Margery and Me

Written in Blood

By Fiona Forsyth ,

Lake Song

City of the Muse

By Kate Hilton ,

Margery and Me