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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The Women of Troy
Pat Barker
The Women of Troy
Pat Barker
3.8·2021·320p
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie
3.9·2011·800p
The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton
The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton
4.2·2012·484p
The Familiars
Stacey Halls
The Familiars
Stacey Halls
3.9·2019·298p
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck
3.3·2021·336p
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Olivia Waite
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Olivia Waite
4.0·2019·336p
A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson
4.0·2015·480p
The Archer's Tale
Bernard Cornwell
The Archer's Tale
Bernard Cornwell
4.2·2000·496p
West with Giraffes
Lynda Rutledge
West with Giraffes
Lynda Rutledge
4.3·2021·372p
The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
4.1·1990·896p
Table for Two
Amor Towles
Table for Two
Amor Towles
4.2·2024·465p
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
4.1·1987·178p
The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco
The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco
3.5·2010·444p
HHhH
Laurent Binet
HHhH
Laurent Binet
4.1·2010·327p
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.2·1937·356p
The Lake House
Kate Morton
The Lake House
Kate Morton
4.1·2015·495p
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
4.2·1971·482p
Drood
Dan Simmons
Drood
Dan Simmons
3.5·2009·775p
The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
3.8·2003·896p
The Librarianist
Patrick deWitt
The Librarianist
Patrick deWitt
3.4·2023·352p
Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane
Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane
4.3·2023·299p
The Valley of Horses
Jean M. Auel
The Valley of Horses
Jean M. Auel
3.8·1982·546p
The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman
The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman
3.6·2023·272p
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
3.8·1993·483p
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber
3.9·2002·901p
The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory
The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory
3.9·2005·432p
The Storm We Made
Vanessa Chan
The Storm We Made
Vanessa Chan
3.7·2024·352p
Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
3.9·1933·372p
Affinity
Sarah Waters
Affinity
Sarah Waters
3.8·1999·366p
The Lymond Chronicles: The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett
The Lymond Chronicles: The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett
4.1·1961·512p
Sharpe's Tiger
Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Tiger
Bernard Cornwell
4.1·1997·303p
March
Geraldine Brooks
March
Geraldine Brooks
3.8·2005·304p
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
3.9·1896·568p
The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore
The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore
4.2·2016·384p
Fire from Heaven
Mary Renault
Fire from Heaven
Mary Renault
4.0·1969·427p
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See
3.9·2009·337p
Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
3.6·2022·317p
The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom
The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom
4.2·2010·368p
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
3.9·1997·704p
The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
4.0·2013·434p
