Most Popular Historical Fiction Books

The Last Kingdom #7

The Pagan Lord

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

September 24, 2013

The Last Kingdom #5

The Burning Land

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2009

The Last Kingdom #6

Death of Kings

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2011

The Egyptian

Mika Waltari

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

1949

The Last Kingdom #3

The Lords of the North

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2006

The Etruscan

Mika Waltari

Fantasy · Translation · Historical Fiction

1956

The Last Kingdom #4

Sword Song

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2007

The Last Kingdom #2

The Pale Horseman

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2005

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

1983

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I

Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Science Fiction · 19th century · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Comics

2000

The Last Kingdom #1

The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2004

Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2008

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Magical Realism · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2005

Outlander #1

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

1991

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Fantasy · Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Christmas Fiction

1843

Outlander #6

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

2005

The Warlord Chronicles #1

The Winter King - A Novel of Arthur

Bernard Cornwell

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fiction

1995

Outlander #2

Dragonfly in Amber

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

1992

Outlander #3

Voyager

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

1993

Dodger

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Young Adult · Historical Fiction

September 11, 2012

Outlander #7

An Echo in the Bone

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

September 22, 2009

Outlander #4

The Drums of Autumn

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

1996

Outlander #5

The Fiery Cross

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

2001

The Eight #1

The Eight

Katherine Neville

Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

December 27, 1988

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction

1902

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fiction

February 25, 2015

Lavinia

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Ancient Mythology · Locus Award · Historical Fiction

April 5, 2008

The Wolf Chronicles #1

Promise of the Wolves

Dorothy Hearst

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Paleofiction · Historical Fiction

May 29, 2008

Babel: An Arcane History

R. F. Kuang

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fiction

August 23, 2022

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

Horror · Vampires · Historical Fiction · Thriller

2005

Languedoc #1

Labyrinth

Kate Mosse

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery

2005

Languedoc #2

Sepulchre

Kate Mosse

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery

2007

The Moon and the Sun

Vonda N. McIntyre

Fantasy · Nebula Award · Historical Fiction

1997

I Survived #22

I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910

Lauren Tarshis

Middle Grade · Historical Fiction

September 6, 2022

The Talents #1

Ordinary Monsters

J.M. Miro

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

June 7, 2022

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #2

Dance

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Historical Fiction

February 9, 2017