498 titles · curated
Historical Fiction
The past, walked through slowly.
Empire, intimacy, the colour of a room nobody alive remembers. Research worn lightly.
Time dial
Every era of Historical
From this year all the way back.
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Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
4.4·1998·386p
Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett
Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett
4.1·2014·1121p
The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
4.1·0·0p
The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
3.8·2011·314p
The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr.
The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr.
3.9·2021·416p
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8·1986·208p
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
3.9·1998·417p
Silas Marner
George Eliot
Silas Marner
George Eliot
3.7·1861·364p
Across the Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn
Across the Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn
4.0·2002·301p
The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.3·2020·353p
The Clockmaker's Daughter
Kate Morton
The Clockmaker's Daughter
Kate Morton
3.8·2018·496p
The Violin Conspiracy
Brendan Slocumb
The Violin Conspiracy
Brendan Slocumb
4.1·2022·352p
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
Horse
Geraldine Brooks
4.2·2022·413p
Imperium
Robert Harris
Imperium
Robert Harris
4.1·2006·367p
News of the World
Paulette Jiles
News of the World
Paulette Jiles
4.1·2016·212p
People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
4.0·2008·400p
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
4.0·1958·223p
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See
4.3·2017·375p
The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont
The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont
3.7·2022·320p
The Fraud
Zadie Smith
The Fraud
Zadie Smith
3.3·2023·463p
Augustus
John Williams
Augustus
John Williams
4.3·1972·336p
We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter
We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter
4.4·2017·403p
Under Heaven
Guy Gavriel Kay
Under Heaven
Guy Gavriel Kay
4.2·2010·576p
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
3.5·2014·576p
Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
4.2·1951·288p
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
4.0·2013·465p
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
4.0·1940·213p
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
4.1·2013·383p
Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende
4.0·1999·418p
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton
3.8·2021·0p
The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult
The Storyteller
Jodi Picoult
4.3·2013·508p
The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo
The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo
3.8·2017·338p
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.5·2000·313p
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
3.9·1975·369p
The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert
3.9·2013·512p
The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner
The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner
3.7·2020·320p
My Antonia
Willa Cather
My Antonia
Willa Cather
3.9·1918·95p
The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys
The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys
4.3·2019·515p
Those Across the River
Christopher Buehlman
Those Across the River
Christopher Buehlman
3.7·2011·357p
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
4.1·1993·1785p
