Top Historical Fiction
Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a separate page listing these, as I use it as a reference guide often.
This list is of the Top Historical Fiction which was first posted in the January 2021 Newsletter.
A great historical fiction book can not only tell you a great story, but also teach you something about the past. This genre is loaded with great books and so is this list from our readers. We’re always looking for more books though so if you have a recommendation, let us know in the comments.
Top Historical Fiction:
- Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer
- The Todd Family series by Kate Atkinson
- Earth’s Children series by Jean Auel
- Billy Boyle: A WWII Mystery by James R. Benn
- Books by Chris Bohjalian
- Molly Murphy series by Rhys Bowen
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- Little Women by Geraldine Brooks
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Asian saga by James Clavell
- Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
- The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
- A Lost Child series by Michelle Cox
- Books by Ivan Doig
- Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati
- The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
- Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett
- The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
- Flashman Papers by George MacDonald Fraser
- Sister Frevisse Mysteries by Margaret Frazer
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Rosie Winter Mystery series by Kathryn Miller Haines
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- The Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
- Eden series by Marilyn Harris
- The Lady Darby Mysteries by Anna Lee Huber
- Sniper series by Stephen Hunter
- Elizabeth I trilogy by Margaret Irwin
- Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes
- North and South series by John Jakes
- Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
- Alan Lawrie series by Dewey Lambdin
- Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
- Maggie Hope series by Susan Elia MacNeal
- Oliver Cromwell series by Hilary Mantel
- Ben Hope series by Scott Mariani
- Quaker Midwife Mystery series by Edith Maxwell
- The Kendra Donovan series by Julie McElwain
- Novels by James Michener
- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- Books by Anton Myrer
- Aubrey/Maturin by Patrick O’Brian
- The Dante Club and/or The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
- Books by Sharon Penman
- Cadfael series by Ellis Peters
- Atlas Cateby mystery series by D.M. Quincy
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- The Circle of Ceridwen Saga by Octavia Randolph
- Awakening Land trilogy by Conrad Richter
- Giants in the Earth trilogy by O.E. Rolvaag
- Novels by Edward Rutherford
- Tudor novels by C.J. Sansom
- …And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hoover Santmyer
- Books by Ruta Sepetys
- Kopp Sister series by Amy Stewart
- The Zion Covenant series by Bodie and Brock Thoene
- Gaslight mystery series by Victoria Thompson
- Bess Crawford Mystery series by Charles Todd
- Marius Mules series by S.J.A Turney
- Battle Cry by Leon Uris
- The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
- The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
- Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
- The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Saint-Germain series by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
This is the place I come to look for books from authors I find by accident.