Historical Fiction

Historical fiction includes any novel that is set in the past. Some of the most well-known historical fiction authors are Philippa Gregory who writes dramas about the British monarchy, Bernard Cornwell who writes about everything from Europe in the Middle ages to the American Revolution, and Colleen McCullough who wrote epic novels that span the Roman Empire to the Australian Outback.

Dominus by Steven Saylor

The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Leonora in the Morning Light by Michaela Carter

Send for Me by Lauren Fox

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

The Cold Millions by Jess Walter

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora