Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres. What are your favorite historical fiction books?
Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres. What are your favorite historical fiction books?
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Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
Also loved
The Nightingale
Lilac Girls
The Auschwitz Escape
We Were The Lucky Ones
THE ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Cline. Snowflower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See. The Book Theif, Marc I can’t spell his last name and don’t want to Google at 2:30A lol.
The Book Thief is by Markus Zusak. I loved this book!
That’s it! Thank you!
I ADORE the writing style! I’ve not seen it before or since this book!
Lorna Doone
The Other Boleyn Girl
And the rest of that set are brilliant too ?
The Book of Night Women
The Shardlake books by CJ Sansom, the first is Dissolution (edited). Ken Follet Pillars of the Earth, Bernard Cornwell Stonehenge, Jaqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series. If you enjoy war fiction I can give you several excellent titles.
The first one is Dissolution.
@Joanne thank you. I read them so long ago!
Eileen Welsh where do we start ? Tudors and Jacobites
The Bronze Horseman, the Dovekeepers, Sandcastle Girls, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Plus the ones already mentioned above
Bronze horseman is one of my all time favourites
The C.J.Sansom books known as the Shardlake series are wonderful as well as Ken Follets The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. Have read each of these many times and enjoy everytime
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (I highly recommend the audiobook of this one. It was amazingly done!).
All quiet on the western front
Alone in Berlin
Catch 22
The nightingale
Devil in the White City – although I think it’s classified as non- fiction
It’s sadly a true story. Gruesome , but a good read.
A Crowning Mercy
Loved wolf hall
The Road to Alexander – of course!
I write and read Historical Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi , People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
The Nightingale
anything by Jean Plaidy read them all
Game of Thrones
Fantasy
People of the Book
@Frederi Love, love, love that book.
you are right – even though it is dated back it is more fantasy
Phillippa Gregory’s Tudor court and Plantagent series
Never look back and remember me, both by lesley pearse. Orphan train x
Anything by Ken Follet
C J Sansom, the Shardlake books x
I love Elizabeth Chadwick, I like Philippa Gregory, and Anne O’Brien, and I’m just about to start CJ Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series
Jodi Taylor Chronicles of St Mary’s series
Agreed!
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote -ni#
Nonfiction
My own. He Wrote Her Every Day
The Outlander series; Phillipa Gregory novels; Jodi Taylor St Mary’s series.
A Man in Moscow, Before we Were Yours, The Alice Network.
Just started the Alice Network. Really liking it so far
The Nightingale, Before We Were Yours, The Kitchen House
Secret life of bees, The Help, the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks and now, probably tied for first is The Nightengale. I also just started All the Light We Cannot see and love it.
Under a Scarlett sky has also been recommended time and time again
Henrietta Lacks – nonfiction
Ah, yeah true. Still historical- still ranks as my number one or two and reads like a story, not like a biography of that makes sense.
The White Queen,The Red Queen,The Other Boleyn Girl,Pillars of the Earth,Girl with a pearl earring.
Stephanie Dray’s “America’s First Daughter.”
Yes!! One of my favorites! Currently eyeing her other book My Dear Hamilton.
I am currently reading Amy Snow by Tracy Rees and really enjoying it!
The Nightingale. Before we were Yours, the-immortal-life-of Henrietta Lacks, I’m currently reading Lilac Girls.
I read an Historical Fiction book about Columbine a while back and can not remember the name. Does anyone know it??? It’s really bothering me!!
I just wrote an article on this: http://www.booxoul.com/5-works-of-indian-historical-fiction-by-indian-authors-that-should-be-on-your-must-read-list/
Escape from Auschwitz
This is so good! Listening to it now on Audible!!
What author? There are many books with this name on Goodreads
@Beth Joel C Rosenberg
thanks!
The Bronze Horseman and Salt to the Sea. ?
I really enjoyed, “Before we were yours”. It’s based on true events from the 40s/50s. Very good!!
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Sisi by Allison Pataki. The Midwife Series by Jodi Dayard.
So many to list! I love the author Anya Seton, her books Katherine, Green Darkness, Avalon, Dragonwyck are awesome. Outlander series, Wilderness series by Sara Donati, The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, Pillars of the Earth series, Clan of the Cave Bear series, Tea Rose Trilogy and I could go on and on.
Shogun, Starbuck Chronicles, Aubrey-Maturin Series, The last Kingdom
I love historical fiction too!
My favorite authors are
Beatriz Williams
Alice Hoffman
Kristin Hannah
Kate Morton
Jojo Moyes (she has a few historical)
And i love the Outlander Series
All of AJ Cronin,my favourite being Hatters Castle.
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
Cherish the dream by Jodi Thomas
Bryce Courtenay wonderful
My favorite kind of book too. currently reading Lonesome Dove. Sooooooooooooooo good.
The welsh princes trilogy by Sharon Kay penman. Here Be Dragons is the first book.
Caveat: you must read 180 pages before it gets good. The first pages are a slog, but from page 181 on its absolutely captivating.
Love Sharon Penman. The Sunne in Splendour
@Noeleen that’s on my to be read list for sure.
THE CONSTANT PRINCESS- YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS
I absolutely loved Edith Pargeter’s “The heaven Tree” trilogy (so sad!) and her Brothers Gwynedd series – read those over 40 years ago!! 😮 But read “Heaven Tree” books again quite a few years ago. I also like anything set in Tudor times.
I also enjoyed all of Anya Seton’s books.
Anything by Phillipa Gregory
that’s soooo true!
Memoirs Of A Geisha
The Hearts Invisible Furies
Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
Beneath A Scarlet Sky
Orphan Train
Secret Life Of Bees
The Nightingale
The Things They Carried
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo is on my list! Definitely reading it after I finish the book I’m reading now.
Prisoner of Night and Fog was really good!
Liz Trenow, Fiona Davis, Hazel Gaynor, Susan Meissner. Vreeland is my favorite
Probably ‘Our lady of the rivers’ by phillipa gregory.
Philippa Gregory novels
A Thousand Splendid Suns. Prepare to cry your eyes out though.
Snow flower and the secret fan by Lisa see
The Nightingdale by Kristin Hanna-Beneath a Scarlet Sky.
The Outlander series
I have read so many that it boggles my mind. My absolute favorites are all penned by Johanna Lindsey, but they are all bodice rippers. They are not PC books.
Unbroken
Pillars of the earth and world without end
I love several of the ones already mentioned but one I don’t see is Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Anything by Ken Follet or Philippa Gregory
I used to love Wilbur Smith. He does series so you can really fall in love with the characters. My favourites are the Ancient Egypt series and the Courteney Series (but only a few of them, the ones that follow Hal and then his sons)
I said used to because I haven’t read them in a long time; I’m sure I would still enjoy them today!
Outlander series and Elizabeth Chadwick, just bought these and can’t wait to read ….
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
The boy in the striped pyjamas
The Morland Dynasty series by Cynthia Harrod Eagles takes you on a wonderful journey through British history. I like Philippa Gregory too
Where the light falls
If anyone likes Philippa Gregory then Alison Weir is very good too.
I read all of Jean Plaidy’s books over 40 years ago and loved them. Also read most of her Victoria Holt books and Phillipa Carr books too!
Oh yes – I too read all Victoria Holt books and the ones she wrote as Philippa Carr were excellent.
At that time I would say she was my favourite author.
Bel Canto
The Bronze Horsemen
The Alice network
Ken Follet’s “Pillars of the Earth”
Who do you read?
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is my favorite historical fiction series. Looking for others as well.