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List byRachel Steele

Historical Fiction

  • August 26, 2023
  • 80 Books
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#3

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
ByPatrick Süskind,John E. Woods(Translator)

1985 • 529 Readers • 263 pages • 3.9

#25

The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers
ByAlice Hoffman

2011 • 55 Readers • 504 pages • 4

#26

The Violent Century

The Violent Century
ByLavie Tidhar

2013 • 10 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

#27

Fingersmith

Fingersmith
BySarah Waters

267 Readers • 4.1

#29

Long Lankin

Long Lankin
ByLindsey Barraclough

7 Readers • 5

#31

The Night Gardener

The Night Gardener
ByJonathan Auxier

2014 • 39 Readers • 350 pages • 3.7

#32

The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom
ByVictor LaValle

2016 • 237 Readers • 149 pages • 3.8

#33

A Dark Dividing

A Dark Dividing
BySarah Rayne

2004 • 3 Readers • 535 pages

#36

The Night Circus

The Night Circus
ByErin Morgenstern

2011 • 1,600 Readers • 387 pages • 3.9

#39

In Midnight's Silence

#0.1 of 3 in Los Nefilim

In Midnight's Silence
ByT. Frohock

2015 • 6 Readers • 128 pages • 3

#40

Thin Air

Thin Air
ByMichelle Paver

2016 • 29 Readers • 223 pages • 3.5

#42

The North Water

The North Water
ByIan McGuire

2016 • 81 Readers • 255 pages • 3.9

#43

The Bedlam Stacks

#3 of 3 in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

The Bedlam Stacks
ByNatasha Pulley

2017 • 49 Readers • 336 pages • 4

#46

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
ByStuart Turton

2018 • 1,021 Readers • 529 pages • 3.9

#47

The Bird King

The Bird King
ByG. Willow Wilson

2019 • 101 Readers • 3.9

#50

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha
ByArthur Golden

1997 • 731 Readers • 435 pages • 3.9

#53

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner
ByKhaled Hosseini

1969 • 1,303 Readers • 401 pages • 4.1

#55

The Devil in America

The Devil in America
ByKai Ashante Wilson

2014 • 10 Readers • 43 pages • 4.5

#56

The Poppy War

#1 of 3 in The Poppy War

The Poppy War
ByR. F. Kuang

2018 • 1,570 Readers • 530 pages • 4

#58

A Darker Shade of Magic

#1 of 3 in Shades of Magic

A Darker Shade of Magic
ByV. E. Schwab

2015 • 1,463 Readers • 400 pages • 4

#59

Little Eve

Little Eve
ByCatriona Ward

2018 • 76 Readers • 3.7

#60

Swimming in the Dark

Swimming in the Dark
ByTomasz Jedrowski

2020 • 216 Readers • 229 pages • 4.3

#63

All the Murmuring Bones

All the Murmuring Bones
ByA.G. Slatter

2021 • 33 Readers • 337 pages • 4.1

#65

Black Sun

#1 of 3 in Between Earth and Sky

Black Sun
ByRebecca Roanhorse

2020 • 597 Readers • 464 pages • 4.2

#67

Once Upon a River

Once Upon a River
ByDiane Setterfield

2018 • 192 Readers • 496 pages • 4.3

#68

Sea of Tranquility

Sea of Tranquility
ByEmily St. John Mandel

2022 • 1,181 Readers • 258 pages • 4

#69

When Women Were Dragons

When Women Were Dragons
ByKelly Barnhill

2022 • 248 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8

#70

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
ByDaniel James Brown

2009 • 86 Readers • 357 pages • 4.2

#72

Fairest Flesh

Fairest Flesh
ByK.P. Kulski

2020 • 3 Readers • 228 pages

#74

The Historian

The Historian
ByElizabeth Kostova

2005 • 366 Readers • 3.7

#76

Lapvona

Lapvona
ByOttessa Moshfegh

2022 • 282 Readers • 320 pages • 3.6

#77

Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
ByR. F. Kuang

2022 • 1,904 Readers • 560 pages • 4.1

#1

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
ByBrom

2021 • 269 Readers • 320 pages • 4.4

#1

Bitter Seeds

#1 of 3 in Milkweed Triptych

Bitter Seeds
ByIan Tregillis

2012 • 69 Readers • 484 pages • 4

#1

Middlesex

Middlesex
ByJeffrey Eugenides

502 Readers • 4.2

#1

The Glass Woman

The Glass Woman
ByCaroline Lea

2019 • 27 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9

#1

Burial Rites

Burial Rites
ByHannah Kent

2013 • 183 Readers • 336 pages • 4

#1

Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants
BySara Gruen

2006 • 503 Readers • 3.9

#1

Black Rabbit Hall

Black Rabbit Hall
ByEve Chase

14 Readers • 3.8

#1

The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life

The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life
ByMichael Talbot

1982 • 10 Readers • 406 pages

#1

Raptor Red

Raptor Red
ByRobert T. Bakker

1982 • 27 Readers • 362 pages • 3.6

#1

The Winter People

The Winter People
ByJennifer McMahon

2014 • 154 Readers • 317 pages • 3.6

#1

The Fade Out, Act One

#1 of 3 in The Fade Out

The Fade Out, Act One
ByEd Brubaker(Writer),Sean Phillips(Artist, Letterer)

2015 • 31 Readers • 120 pages • 3.7

#1

Circe

Circe
ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 2,238 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3

#1

Fevre Dream

#1 of 8 in Fevre Dream

Fevre Dream
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1982 • 123 Readers • 461 pages • 3.6

#1

The Mechanical

#1 of 3 in The Alchemy Wars

The Mechanical
ByIan Tregillis

2015 • 71 Readers • 440 pages • 4.1

#1

These Savage Shores

#1-5 of 1 in These Savage Shores

These Savage Shores
ByRam V.

2019 • 10 Readers • 176 pages • 4.5

#1

Wise Child

#1 of 3 in Doran

Wise Child
ByMonica Furlong

1987 • 26 Readers • 228 pages • 4.3

#1

To Be or Not To Be

Chooseable-Path Adventures

To Be or Not To Be
ByRyan North

2013 • 30 Readers • 768 pages • 3.9

#1

Our Share of Night

Our Share of Night
ByMariana Enríquez,Megan McDowell(Translator)

2019 • 258 Readers • 720 pages • 4

#1

The Prestige

The Prestige
ByChristopher Priest

1995 • 139 Readers • 368 pages • 4

#1

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
ByKate Moore

2016 • 316 Readers • 404 pages • 4.2

#1

The People in the Trees

The People in the Trees
ByHanya Yanagihara

2013 • 152 Readers • 303 pages • 3.6

#1

Airman

Airman
ByEoin Colfer

2007 • 42 Readers • 424 pages • 3.9

#1

The Snow Child

The Snow Child
ByEowyn Ivey

2011 • 206 Readers • 4

#1

The Color Purple

#1 of 3 in The Color Purple Collection

The Color Purple
ByAlice Walker

1976 • 738 Readers • 288 pages • 4.1

#1

Cover 4

Edith Holler
ByEdward Carey

6 Readers

#1

Book of a Thousand Days

Book of a Thousand Days
ByShannon Hale

2007 • 45 Readers • 306 pages • 3.9

#1

Miss Don't Touch Me: Complete Set

#1-4 of 2 in Miss Pas Touche

Miss Don't Touch Me: Complete Set
ByHubert,Kerascoët

2009 • 5 Readers • 192 pages • 4

#1

Tigana

Tigana
ByGuy Gavriel Kay

1990 • 418 Readers • 687 pages • 4

#1

The Golem and the Jinni

#1 of 2 in The Golem and the Jinni

The Golem and the Jinni
ByHelene Wecker

2013 • 438 Readers • 486 pages • 4.2

#1

The Wanderer in Unknown Realms

The Wanderer in Unknown Realms
ByJohn Connolly

2013 • 4 Readers • 128 pages • 5

#1

Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna

#1 of 7 in Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna
ByChris Dingess

2014 • 11 Readers • 128 pages • 4.3

#1

A green and ancient light

A green and ancient light
ByFrederic S. Durbin

2016 • 14 Readers • 299 pages • 3.9

#1

The Devil All the Time

The Devil All the Time
ByDonald Ray Pollock

2011 • 133 Readers • 261 pages • 4

#1

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian
ByCormac McCarthy

1985 • 793 Readers • 368 pages • 4.1

#1

Between Two Fires

Between Two Fires
ByChristopher Buehlman

2012 • 324 Readers • 432 pages • 4.2

#1

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

#1.5 of 1 in Strange & Norrell

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
BySusanna Clarke

2004 • 119 Readers • 235 pages • 3.6

#1

The Half Killed

#1 of 1 in Sundered Veil

The Half Killed
ByQuenby Olson

2015 • 4 Readers • 274 pages • 3.5

#1

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
ByPatrick Süskind,John E. Woods(Translator)

1985 • 63 Readers • 263 pages • 4

#1

Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
ByBarbara Comyns

1954 • 23 Readers • 218 pages • 4.3

#1

The Bear and the Nightingale

#1 of 3 in The Winternight Trilogy

The Bear and the Nightingale
ByKatherine Arden

2017 • 711 Readers • 319 pages • 4.1

#1

The Thief

#1 of 6 in The Queen's Thief

The Thief
ByMegan Whalen Turner

1996 • 298 Readers • 242 pages • 3.7

#1

All the Pretty Horses

#1 of 3 in The Border Trilogy

All the Pretty Horses
ByCormac McCarthy

1992 • 255 Readers • 322 pages • 4.1

#1

Silk

Silk
ByAlessandro Baricco

1996 • 44 Readers • 104 pages • 3.7

#1

The Monstrumologist

#1 of 4 in The Monstrumologist

The Monstrumologist
ByRick Yancey

2009 • 85 Readers • 450 pages • 3.7

#1

Dark Matter

Dark Matter
ByMichelle Paver

2010 • 98 Readers • 256 pages • 4.1

#1

Red Rabbit

Red Rabbit
ByAlex Grecian

2023 • 49 Readers • 455 pages • 4.1

#1

BioShock: Rapture

BioShock: Rapture
ByJohn Shirley

2012 • 30 Readers • 436 pages • 3.6

#1

Cover 6

The Waiting Room
ByF.G. Cottam

2010 • 9 Readers • 294 pages • 4