Great historical fiction books?

[Anonymous]

Would love recs !

[Anonymous]

Below the Salt by Thomas Costain

[Anonymous]

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy
Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy

[Anonymous]

Love books by Kate Morton

[Anonymous]

Ken Follett’s books are great.

[Anonymous]

+1 on Wolf Hall trilogy
Ragtime
The Alienist
Longbourn
The Mists of Avalon
The Matrix
The Marriage Portrait

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: +1 on Wolf Hall trilogy
Ragtime
The Alienist
Longbourn
The Mists of Avalon
The Matrix
The Marriage Portrait

Sorry, Matrix not "The Matrix"

[Anonymous]

Master and commander (and others in the series)

[Anonymous]

Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!

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Eugenia Price is the author of The Lighthouse, New Moon Rising and The Beloved Invader. (It's best to read them in that order.)

[Anonymous]

A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger

Paints a terrific picture of Chaucer's London

[Anonymous]

I often read fiction to get insight into the past. Recent authors I’ve enjoyed include:
Willa Cather
Tolstoy
Dickens
Pearl Buck
Victor Hugo

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!

+1. And +1 to the Aubrey-Maturin series, too. Dunnett and O'Brian are my two favorites, very different from each other, but absolutely top of the list for historical fiction written in the 20th century.

Another suggestion: if you've never read The Three Musketeers, it's WONDERFUL. 19th-c. historical fiction about the 17th c. It's a great romp. Dumas is a good choice for fans of Dunnett and vice-versa.

[Anonymous]

Kate Quinn books are epic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody comes close to Dorothy Dunnett. Her books are dense, but you'll lose yourself in them entirely. And they'll keep you going a long time!

+1. And +1 to the Aubrey-Maturin series, too. Dunnett and O'Brian are my two favorites, very different from each other, but absolutely top of the list for historical fiction written in the 20th century.

Another suggestion: if you've never read The Three Musketeers, it's WONDERFUL. 19th-c. historical fiction about the 17th c. It's a great romp. Dumas is a good choice for fans of Dunnett and vice-versa.

+2 for Dorothy Dunnet and Dumas.

Also highly recommend Aubrey-Maturin and Hornblower for age of sail and Georgette Heyer for same area female perspective.

The Scarlet Pimpernel and Captain Blood for less historically accuracy and more swashbuckling.