Historical

Historical fiction presents a story set in the past, often during a significant time period. In historical fiction, the time period is an important part of the setting and often of the story itself.

Historical fiction may include fictional characters, well-known historical figures or a mixture of the two. Authors of historical fiction usually pay close attention to the details of their stories (settings, clothing, dialogue, etc.) to ensure that they fit the time periods in which the narratives take place.

In some historical fiction, famous events appear from points of view not recorded in histor
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A Song to Drown Rivers
For She Is Wrath
The Stone Witch of Florence
This Cursed House
Like Mother, Like Mother
The Bletchley Riddle
Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)
Strange Beasts
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
The Witches of El Paso
Legend of the White Snake
Women's Hotel
The Specimen
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
Much Ado About Margaret
The Four Winds
Mexican Gothic
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
The Book of Witching
The Paris Novel
A Calamity of Souls
The Quarry Girls
The Cliffs
The Medicine Woman of Galveston
The Happiest Man on Earth
Wisteria (Belladonna, #3)
Long Island Compromise
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
The Sun Sister (The Seven Sisters, #6)
The Rose Arbor
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Family Saga Novels
785 books — 939 voters
Magenta by John Payton FodenThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDiplomats & Admirals by Dale A. Jenkins
History Books - Fact and Fiction
1,260 books — 378 voters

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Sizzling Summer Sensations
2,986 books — 837 voters
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Children In Romance
398 books — 335 voters

Enduring Night by John  WiltshireHow to Be a Normal Person by T.J. KluneStygian by Santino HassellKage Unmasked by Maris BlackDick, It's What's for Dinner by James   Cox
October 2015 MM Releases
165 books — 340 voters
Just Don't Fall by Emma St. ClairForever Fidelity by Ginny SterlingHow to Kiss Your Enemy by Jenny ProctorThe Pocket Pair by Emma St. ClairA Holly Jilly Christmas by Emma St. Clair
2023 Swoony Awards
758 books — 769 voters

The Book Thief
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
All the Light We Cannot See
The Song of Achilles
Pride and Prejudice
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Nightingale
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)

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