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Highly Rated Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction rated 4.0 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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A Gentleman In Moscow

Amor Towles

4.3 Hardcover · 940 ratings

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All The Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

4.2 Hardcover · 1,551 ratings

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Atmosphere: A Love Story

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.3 Hardcover · 663 ratings

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Babel, Or The Necessity Of Violence: An Arcane History Of The Oxford Translators' Revolution

R.F. Kuang

4.1 Hardcover · 2,051 ratings

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Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman

4.1 Hardcover · 565 ratings

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Blood Meridian: Or The Evening Redness In The West

Cormac Mccarthy

4.1 Hardcover · 879 ratings

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Catch 22

Heller, Joseph

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Fall Of Giants

Ken Follett

4.2 Hardcover · 392 ratings

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Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

4.1 Hardcover · 597 ratings

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Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

4.4 Hardcover · 538 ratings

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James

Percival Everett

4.4 Hardcover · 675 ratings

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Lonesome Dove

Larry Mcmurtry

4.6 Hardcover · 572 ratings

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Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

4.3 Hardcover · 966 ratings

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Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

4.1 Hardcover · 941 ratings

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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

4.2 Hardcover · 556 ratings

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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

4.2 Hardcover · 2,388 ratings

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The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

4.2 Hardcover · 312 ratings

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The Name Of The Rose

Umberto Eco

4.1 Hardcover · 839 ratings

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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

4.4 Hardcover · 1,033 ratings

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The Pillars Of The Earth

Ken Follett

4.2 Hardcover · 1,137 ratings

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The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0 Hardcover · 515 ratings

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The Remains Of The Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

4.2 Hardcover · 874 ratings

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The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.3 Hardcover · 3,427 ratings

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The Shadow Of The Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.2 Hardcover · 1,266 ratings

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The Song Of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.3 Hardcover · 3,272 ratings

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The Terror

Dan Simmons

4.0 Hardcover · 382 ratings

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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

4.0 Hardcover · 709 ratings

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.3 Hardcover · 580 ratings

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War And Peace

Leo Tolstoy

4.1 Hardcover · 543 ratings

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Where The Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

4.1 Hardcover · 1,946 ratings

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