50! Of Your Picks For Best Historical Fiction Books
This Riot Recommendation collecting your picks for best historical fiction books is sponsored by CADENZA by Stella Riley, a vibrant historical romance in The Times recommended Rockliffe series.
Don’t miss this heart-warming historical romance with vibrant characters and exquisite period detail! In CADENZA, Julian Langham was poised on the brink of a dazzling career when the lawyers lured him into making a catastrophic mistake. Now, instead of the concert platform, he has a title he doesn’t want, an estate verging on bankruptcy, and bewildering responsibilities for which he is totally unfitted. Will the young lady employed to rescue his house from chaos succeed before the famed Duke of Rockliffe discovers her charade? “Cadenza is a feast for the senses.”—Rakes and Rascals
We excitedly awaited your answers to what you thought are the best historical fiction books and you did not disappoint! While I personally have a sweet spot for feminist historical mysteries like A Study In Scarlet Women and The Widows of Malabar Hill, I really love all historical fiction so I jotted down all the ones on this list I hadn’t read. And here’s your big ol’ list of best historical fiction books: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina Human Acts by Han Kang Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal The Mortifications by Derek Palacio A Death of No Importance by Mariah Fredericks A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas The House at Riverton by Kate Morton The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela The Red Tent by Anita Diamont What the Lady Wants by Renee Rosen The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson The Keening by Margaret Pinard Hawaii by James Michener Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian Molokai by Alan Brennert The Josephine Bonaparte Trilogy by Sandra Gulland The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church Kindred by Octavia Butler Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans The Kingsbridge Trilogy by Ken Follett The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber The Physician by Noah Gordon Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye The Stranger Prince by Margaret Irwin Sir John Fielding mysteries by Bruce Alexander The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann North & South series by John Jakes Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt The Earl by Cecelia Holland Aztec by Gary Jennings Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter Century Trilogy by Ken Follett Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Legacy by Susan Kay Little by Edward Carey
Don’t miss this heart-warming historical romance with vibrant characters and exquisite period detail! In CADENZA, Julian Langham was poised on the brink of a dazzling career when the lawyers lured him into making a catastrophic mistake. Now, instead of the concert platform, he has a title he doesn’t want, an estate verging on bankruptcy, and bewildering responsibilities for which he is totally unfitted. Will the young lady employed to rescue his house from chaos succeed before the famed Duke of Rockliffe discovers her charade? “Cadenza is a feast for the senses.”—Rakes and Rascals
We excitedly awaited your answers to what you thought are the best historical fiction books and you did not disappoint! While I personally have a sweet spot for feminist historical mysteries like A Study In Scarlet Women and The Widows of Malabar Hill, I really love all historical fiction so I jotted down all the ones on this list I hadn’t read. And here’s your big ol’ list of best historical fiction books: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina Human Acts by Han Kang Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal The Mortifications by Derek Palacio A Death of No Importance by Mariah Fredericks A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas The House at Riverton by Kate Morton The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela The Red Tent by Anita Diamont What the Lady Wants by Renee Rosen The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson The Keening by Margaret Pinard Hawaii by James Michener Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian Molokai by Alan Brennert The Josephine Bonaparte Trilogy by Sandra Gulland The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church Kindred by Octavia Butler Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans The Kingsbridge Trilogy by Ken Follett The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber The Physician by Noah Gordon Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye The Stranger Prince by Margaret Irwin Sir John Fielding mysteries by Bruce Alexander The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann North & South series by John Jakes Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt The Earl by Cecelia Holland Aztec by Gary Jennings Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter Century Trilogy by Ken Follett Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Legacy by Susan Kay Little by Edward Carey
