The best historical fiction books will transport you back in time and help you to make sense of the past. They are the perfect books to immerse yourself into history. The best historical fiction books are all on our ultimate list. This list of new and best historical fiction books is better than an epic movie! If you are looking for a historical fiction book to read, there is bound to be one here for you to enjoy. So get your TBR tracker ready with one of our most favourite historical fiction books. We highly recommend them all!
Last Updated: April 27, 2023
Best Historical Fiction Books
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Deorr
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
3. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
4. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
8. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
9. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
12. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
13. Beloved by Toni Morrison
14. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
15. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
16. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
17. The Underground Railroad by Colton Whitehead
18. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
19. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
20. The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
21. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
22. The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson
23. Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
24. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
25. The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
26. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
27. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
28. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
29. The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
30. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
31. The Four Winds by Kirstin Hannah
32. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
33. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
34. I, Claudius by Robert Graves
35. The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
36. March by Geraldine Brooks
37. The Nightwatchmen by Louise Erdrich
38. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
39. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
40. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
41. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
42. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
43. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
44. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
45. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
46. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
47. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
48. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
49. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
50. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
51. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
52. The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
53. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
54. Kindred by Octavia Butler
55. Circe by Madeline Miller
The Best historical fiction books are ones that really make you think. I hope that you find something on our best historical fiction books list that gets you into the mood for stepping back in time. Happy reading!