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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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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Blood on Her Tongue
The Antidote
The Girl from Greenwich Street
The Paris Express
The Hymn to Dionysus
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates #1)
O Sinners!
The Boxcar Librarian
Malinalli
The Trouble with Anna
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
A Gentleman's Gentleman
Rooms for Vanishing
Rose of Jericho
Lessons in Chemistry
The Four Winds
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
Deep Cuts
The Rose Bargain
American Housewife
A Calamity of Souls
Every Precious and Fragile Thing
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
When the World Fell Silent
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
The Keeper of Happy Endings
Long Island Compromise
The Cliffs
Who Will Remember (Sebastian St. Cyr, #20)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasRed Queen by Victoria AveyardMermen by Mimi Jean PamfiloffAn Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
New Series (2015)
459 books — 1,174 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,085 books — 25,208 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
755 books — 763 voters

Dreamland by Nancy BilyeauCartier's Hope by M.J. RoseCode Name Hélène by Ariel LawhonThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelAnd They Called It Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Historical Fiction 2020
368 books — 520 voters
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsUnder Locke by Mariana ZapataKulti by Mariana ZapataCall Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Best Grumpy Hot Men of Romance
434 books — 406 voters

The Book Thief
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
All the Light We Cannot See
The Song of Achilles
Pride & Prejudice
The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Nightingale
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Help
Memoirs of a Geisha
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)

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